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+====Nuclear empirically reduces emissions.==== |
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+**IEA, policy adviser to its member states, 2015 ** |
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+**(International Energy Agency, "Technology Roadmap: Nuclear Energy", IEA Technology Roadmaps, Online: **http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/download/6115041e.pdf?expires=1473106686andid=idandaccname=guestandchecksum=F95B1340F995C5663300B5467C27A69D**, Accessed August 8 – MG) ** |
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+Nuclear energy currently contributes to a reduction of CO2 emissions from the power sector of |
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+AND |
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+providing reliable, low-carbon electricity in most regions of the world. |
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+====The AFF causes a shift to fossil fuels and more emissions. ==== |
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+**Abrams, editorial fellow at The Atlantic and staff writer at Salon, 2013** |
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+**(Lindsay, "Is nuclear power the only real alternative to coal?", Salon, Aug 21, Online: http://www.salon.com/2013/08/21/is_nuclear_power_the_only_real_alternative_to_coal/, Accessed September 5 - MG~~** |
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+When a nuclear power plant closes, a coal plant opens. At least, |
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+AND |
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+the first half of this year, according to the World Nuclear Association. |
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+====Emissions cause long-term warming.==== |
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+**UCS, nonprofit science advocacy organization based in the United States, no date** |
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+**(Union of Concerned Scientists, "Why does CO2 get most of the attention when there are so many other heat-trapping gases (greenhouse gases)?", Online: **http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/CO2-and-global-warming-faq.html~~#bf-toc-0**, Accessed September 5 – MG)** |
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+CO2, more than any other cf driver, has contributed the most to climate |
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+and overheating the Earth as less energy (heat) escapes into space. |
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+====Impoverished and developing countries are uniquely harmed. ==== |
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+**Vidal, The Guardian's Environment Editor, 2013,** |
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+**(John, "Climate change will hit poor countries hardest, study shows ", The Guardian, September 27, Online: **https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/27/climate-change-poor-countries-ipcc**, Accessed September 5 – MG)** |
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+Low-income countries will remain on the frontline of human-induced climate change |
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+AND |
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+we will soon experience climate extremes well outside the boundaries of human experience." |