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Gary Palmer: “So if you--if we really think that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, then why would we be moving…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2021
So if you--if we really think that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, then why would we be moving towards weather--more weather-dependent energy sources and shutting down our most efficient forms of energy, including nuclear, which also happens to be our largest source of zero-carbon power?
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Gary Palmer
Republican · Alabama

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Palmer questions the logic of shutting down nuclear energy amid increasing extreme weather events.

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