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Reining in global warming may require expanding the number of nuclear plants, some say.
Dave Cottrell’s insight:
“California is regarded as the leading state when it comes to addressing climate change. But in 2012, according to analysts at Rhodium Group, California’s carbon emissions actually increased more than 10 percent, bucking the national trend of decreases. That’s in large part because California shut down one of its few remaining nuclear power plants.”