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+====It is impossible to replace nuclear power with renewables – banning nuclear power would increase fossil fuel use and substantially increase global warming.==== |
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+**Bryce 7-19**(a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute), Robert Bryce, 7-19-2016, "Democrats Ignore Inconvenient Math on Nuclear Power," National Review, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438038/nuclear-power-necessary-green |
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+In 2015, America~’s nuclear plants produced 839 terawatt-hours of electricity. ( |
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+AND |
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+the State~’s carbon emission reduction requirements as well as maintaining electric system reliability." |
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+====Nuclear power plants will be replaced by fossil fuels, not renewables==== |
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+**Conca 16** (a scientist in the field of environmental sciences for 33 years and a consulter for state environment agencies), James Conca, 5-16-2016, "Natural Gas," Forbes, http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2016/05/16/natural-gas-is-replacing-nuclear-power-not-renewables/~~232ec93cfc4abb |
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+Across some parts of the country, nuclear power plants have been closing amid political |
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+AND |
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+the obvious choice for new electricity generation in all regions of the country. |
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+====Coal exacerbates warming==== |
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+**TWC 14** ("Black as Coal", http://www.theworldcounts.com/stories/Coal-Mining-Effects-on-the-Environment) |
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+We were so happy with this cheap fuel source that we didn~’t foresee or refused |
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+AND |
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+fish and plant life. Coal dust can cause respiratory problems in humans. |
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+====Warming devastates oppressed populations here and abroad – there~’s no tradeoff between plan and other struggles for justice==== |
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+**Smith 14** Mychal Denzel Smith is a contributing writer at The Nation, a blogger at TheNation.com and a Knobler Fellow at the Nation Institute, The Nation, April 22, 2014, "Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin", http://www.thenation.com/article/racial-and-environmental-justice-are-two-sides-same-coin/ |
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+According to a study conducted by researches at the University of Minnesota, nonwhite |
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+AND |
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+do the work. It~’s time for all of us to show up. |