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A Former EPA Head and a Greenpeace Co-Founder Lead a New Coalition Promoting Nuclear Energy in the U.S.
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(TEBO OPEN):
TWO PROMINENT ENVIRONMENTAL FIGURES--FORMER E-P-A
ADMINISTRATOR AND NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN,
AND GREENPEACE CO-FOUNDER AND FORMER LEADER, DOCTOR
PATRICK MOORE--HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL CO-CHAIR THE NEWLY
LAUNCHED "CLEAN AND SAFE ENERGY COALITION"--ALSO KNOWN AS
THE "CASENERGY ['CASE-ENERGY'] COALITION". BOTH
GOVERNOR WHITMAN AND DOCTOR MOORE ARE CALLING ON AMERICANS TO JOIN THEM
IN SUPPORTING THE USE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AS A CLEAN, SAFE, RELIABLE, AND
COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO MEET THE NATION'S ELECTRICITY DEMANDS--WHILE ALSO
PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT. GOVERNOR WHITMAN EXPLAINS...
(WHITMAN):
"DURING MY SEVEN YEARS AS GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY,
AND THE TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS AS HEAD OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY, I WORKED HARD TO PROMOTE POLICIES THAT WOULD HELP REDUCE OUR
GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS--AND HELP CLEAN OUR AIR. NONE OF THE
ACTIONS THAT WE TOOK WILL HAVE AS GREAT A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR
ENVIRONMENT AS WILL INCREASING OUR ABILITY TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY
THROUGH NUCLEAR POWER."
(TEBO BRIDGE):
A RECENT SURVEY BY BISCONTI RESEARCH FINDS THAT
68-PERCENT OF AMERICANS FAVOR NUCLEAR ENERGY--AND 86-PERCENT SEE NUCLEAR
ENERGY AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PLAN FOR MEETING THE NATION'S FUTURE
ENERGY NEEDS. DOCTOR MOORE ADDS...
(MOORE):
"THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO ENVIRONMENTAL SCHOOLS OF
THOUGHT AROUND THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PRODUCTION: ONE SCHOOL OF
THOUGHT SAYS THAT WE CAN PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS AND NUCLEAR
ENERGY--AND DO THE WHOLE THING WITH RENEWABLES. ANOTHER SCHOOL OF
THOUGHT SAYS THAT--IF WE ARE TO REALISTICALLY PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUELS IN
ANY WAY--OR TO CONSIDERABLY REDUCE THEIR CONSUMPTION--THE ONLY PRACTICAL
SOLUTION IS A COMBINATION OF RENEWABLES AND NUCLEAR. I DO NOT
BELIEVE YOU CAN COME UP WITH A PRACTICAL WAY TO REDUCE FOSSIL-FUEL
CONSUMPTION FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, UNLESS NUCLEAR IS PART OF THE
MIX--ALONG WITH RENEWABLES."
(TEBO CLOSE):
103 NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES PROVIDE
ELECTRICITY TO ONE OF EVERY FIVE HOMES AND BUSINESSES. FOR MORE
INFORMATION, VISIT
"CLEAN-SAFE-ENERGY"-DOT-ORG. I'M BOB TEBO.
