Threat Of Climate Change Pushes 2020 Democrats

(Washington Examiner)

he threat of climate change is leading some Democratic presidential candidates to favor nuclear energy.

While Democrats and some Left environmental groups have traditionally been skeptical of nuclear energy on safety and cost grounds, a faction of candidates for president is embracing nuclear energy — which provides most of America’s zero-carbon power.

“I don't think nuclear is tricky anymore with Democrats,” said Josh Freed, who runs the clean energy program at the center-left think tank Third Way. “What we have seen over last the several years is nuclear has emerged as an area where there’s growing acknowledgment across the climate debate that it needs to be an option." Read more