Dr Conca says No. In fact, Clinton generally supports nuclear energy. She does not want any nuclear power plants to close prematurely, particularly the New York Indian Point nuclear plant. Clinton says that rapidly shutting down our nuclear power fleet puts ideology ahead of science and would make it harder and costlier to build a clean energy future, agreeing with EPA chief Gina McCarthy, leading climate scientist Dr. James Hansen and almost all nuclear scientists. Clinton opposes the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository and supports the Blue Ribbon Commission recommendations for our nuclear future. She is the most reasoned candidate on energy we have ever had running for President, says Conca.
The Clinton campaign laid out a policy goal of achieving 33% of U.S. electricity from non-carbon-emitting sources by 2027, including maintaining our nuclear energy fleet. Clinton actually cares enough about the environment and global warming to understand we need nuclear, hydroelectric, solar and wind as well as more efficiency, conservation and storage. Clinton has promised to have a half-billion rooftop solar panels installed by 2020. But Clinton does not support a carbon tax, which many economists believe is the only way to really cut emissions quickly without choosing which low-carbon technologies should be supported by government as is done now with renewable portfolio standards and tax credits. On the other hand, Donald Trump does not seem to care about energy except as a campaign tool. He has decided it would serve him better to say global warming is a hoax, vow to cancel the Paris agreements, revive the Keystone XL pipeline, and cede his decision-making power on energy to corporate leaders and Wall Street.
Even as domestic market forces are moving the energy sector away from coal and towards natural gas, Trump keeps saying he will restore the coal industry and its lost jobs. After supporting exports of LNG, he admitted he did not know what that was... Read on.
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