Nukes And Coal: The Surprising Clean Energy Bridge to Obama's Low Carbon Future

The Clean Power Plan proposed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on June 2 seems to have sliced the country down the middle. We have green Democrats, climate change action proponents, and environmentalists on one side, and pro-coal Republicans and Democrats, red-meat Republicans, and Chamber of Commerce types—or ‘business,’ if you prefer—on the other.
But I don’t buy this grim, Manichean worldview; we can find some common ground if we change our mentality towards two low-carbon superstars: nuclear power and coal plants that use carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrancer/2014/09/23/nukes-and-coal-the-surprising-clean-energy-bridge-to-obamas-low-carbon-future/