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+Phase-out leads to coal – Germany proves. |
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+Wilson 15 Why Germany’s nuclear phaseout is leading to more coal burning POSTED ON JUNE 6, 2015 UPDATED ON JUNE 6, 2015 Carbon Counter |
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+In September 2012 |
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+coal power plants. |
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+This link is true – renewable transitions are impossible. |
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+Kharecha and Hansen 13, Pushker A. Kharecha* and James E. Hansen NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University Earth Institute, “Prevented Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Historical and Projected Nuclear Power,” American Chemical Society, Environmental Science and Technology, 2013. |
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+However, there are |
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+global energy supply. |
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+Coal is more radioactive than nuclear. |
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+Hvistenhdahl 7 Coal Ash Is More Radioactive Than Nuclear Waste By burning away all the pesky carbon and other impurities, coal power plants produce heaps of radiation By Mara Hvistendahl on December 13, 2007 |
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+The popular conception |
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+these issues again." |
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+Coal kills environment and causes warming. |
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+UCS no date How Coal Works Union of Concerned Scientists |
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+Of the many |
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+clean-up costs. |
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+Risk is linear and brink is now – there’s a 2-degree threshold and Paris doesn’t solve. |
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+Mastroianni 15 (Brian, “Why 2 degrees are so important to the climate,” November 30th 2015, http://www.cbsnews.com/news/paris-un-climate-talks-why-2-degrees-are-so-important/, CBS News) |
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+As the United Nations |
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+plants would disappear. |
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+Climate change perpetrates “slow violence” and outweighs – it hurts the most vulnerable populations and discounts those who can`t prove their worth in economic terms. |
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+Nelson 16 Sara Nelson is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Society at the University of Minnesota. Her research explores the political economy of conservation and environmental management (Sara Nelson, 2/17/16, “The Slow Violence of Climate Change”, JacobIn, https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/02/cop-21-united-nations-paris-climate-change/)// |
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+The Paris Agreement, |
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+violence in action |