Activist Gene Stilp, affected by the Three Mile Island incident in 1979, continues to protest nuclear power, opposing a reactor restart at a nearby power plant in Pennsylvania. Stilp's group, Stop TMI Restart, formed to safeguard community health, emphasizes that younger generations lack awareness about nuclear energy's dangers. Maryland's Governor Wes Moore supports nuclear energy as a clean solution amidst rising power demand. Valerie Gardner advocates for nuclear as essential to reducing carbon emissions, criticizing the focus on renewables while ignoring the reliability of nuclear energy.
People have forgotten that nuclear power stands for dedicated dead zones with nuclear waste. People who are environmentalists have forgotten about all these things that their parents and their grandparents used to know. The new generations are not up to speed on nuclear power.
Advocates increasingly see nuclear energy as a key, cost-effective climate solution. As Maryland and other states push for clean air amid rising power demand, they are looking for reliable energy sources.
Valerie Gardner argued that anti-nuclear stalwarts are refusing to focus on the goals of reducing carbon emissions, focusing instead on renewables while rejecting nuclear.
The founder of the nearly 10-year-old Climate Coalition said she has come around, now taking on fights to keep nuclear plants open, including Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant.
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