WASHINGTON,D.C.—Today Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) introduced their Green New Deal resolution. The following statement can be attributed to Maria Korsnick, president and CEO at the Nuclear Energy Institute:
"We commend efforts to promote the adoption of clean and zero-emission sources of electricity to address climate change. Nuclear energy operates 24/7, generates 20 percent of U.S. electricity and more than 50 percent of our carbon-free generation, more than all other sources of zero-carbon electricity combined. Any approach to eliminating greenhouse gas emissions requires all clean energy technologies, including nuclear, to work together to address that urgent problem.
"There is a growing consensus among climate advocates, including the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, The Nature Conservancy, and even The Union of Concerned Scientists, that any climate solution must include nuclear energy. Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said this week that the notion of achieving a grid composed of 100 percent renewables by 2050 is 'not realistic'."
