U.S. CO2 Emissions Rise As Nuclear Power Plants Close

U.S. CO2 Emissions Rise As Nuclear Power Plants Close: Closing nuclear power plants ahead of schedule is a bad idea if you care about the environment, if you care about carbon emissions. That’s because nuclear is the best source of low-C energy and actually produces most of our low-C electricity, over 800 billion kWhs – twice as much as all renewables.