Wind, biomass, nuclear (Bernie Sanders, Michael Shellenberger, Environmental Progress) USofA

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Bernie Sanders Denies Closure Of Vermont Nuclear Plant Increased Emissions — The Data Says Otherwise Michael Shellenberger ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS April 16, 2019 Over the last four years, Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders (IVT) has repeatedly called President Donald Trump a “ pathological liar ,” including for his statements about climate change. “It’s bad enough that we have a president who is a pathological liar, we have a president who rejects science,” Sanders said last month, calling climate change “an existential threat to our country.” But now Sanders’ own truthfulness has come into question with his televised denial that the closure of Vermont Yankee nuclear plant contributed to a 16% rise in the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. “You think we should eliminate nuclear power,” noted Fox News’s Martha MacCallum at a Fox TV “Town Hall Meeting” with Sanders, “which I know they did in Vermont.” “Sure,” said Sanders. “But it ended up moving your emissions higher,” added MacCallum. “Honestly, I don’t think that’s correct,” said Sanders. But according to data published by Vermont’s Department of Environmental Conservation, the state’s emissions rose 16.3% between 1990 and 2015, which was twice as much as national emissions rose during the same period. Meanwhile, Vermont’s per capita emissions rose 5% while U.S. per capita emissions declined by 17%.

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