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Pro-Nuclear Victory in New Jersey! But at the Cost of a Hefty Subsidy for Solar

New Jersey’s passage today of legislation to prevent the premature closure of the state’s nuclear plants is another crucial victory to save America’s largest source of clean energy.

Climate and environmental scientists organized by Environmental Progress urged New Jersey’s Governor Philip Murphy to pass the legislation, and I testified in support of the legislation last December.

But the legislation’s passage came at a hefty price: 18 to 28 times more in subsidies for solar energy than will be received by nuclear plants.

Essay, Subsidies, Victory for Nuclear, Cost, Charts, Energy and EnvironmentMichael ShellenbergerApril 12, 2018New Jersey, United States, Energy Sources, Solar, War on Nuclear, subsidiesComment

Billionaire Energy Speculator Tom Steyer Bankrolls Arizona Initiative That Would Close America's Single Largest Source of Clean Energy

Tom Steyer, a billionaire energy speculator, is bank-rolling an Arizona ballot initiative that would prematurely close the state’s sole nuclear plant — which is also America’s largest single source of clean energy — and replace it with fossil fuels.

Essay, Energy and Environment, War on Nuclear, Charts, CostMichael ShellenbergerApril 10, 2018Arizona, United States, Energy Sources, War on Nuclear, Solar, California, Germany, ElectricityComment