To the Point
Is nuclear power the answer to climate change?
Human civilization is threatened by climate change. But it also needs the energy from fossil fuels that now emit greenhouse gases. Are renewables like wind and solar developing fast enough?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenNuclear power is a troubled industry with rising costs and a history of disasters: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima. But the predictable consequences of climate change are scarier still. That’s led some opponents of nuclear--including the Union of Concerned Scientists--to take another look. Will it be needed if renewables, solar and wind, can’t develop fast enough to replace fossil fuels that generate greenhouse gases?
