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Fewer US nuclear plants could curb climate change fight
2014-05-07 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Nuclear power plants in the United States increasingly risk closure amid growing competition from cheap natural gas, which experts said could hamper President Barack Obama's efforts to combat climate change. The White House on Tuesday urged action to fight the repercussions of greenhouse gas emissions, warning that human-caused warming was already having a serious impact. But an increase in the exploitation of abundantly available shale gas could mean that nuclear power plants -- which do not...
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