"Constructive Dialogue"

Former Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said goodbye to Washington today at a luncheon sponsored by USEA, but before he left he gave his first major policy address since leaving office -- one that included a call for the nation to double its nuclear capacity by 2030.

I'll excerpt more of the speech tomorrow, but this paragraph jumped out at me right away:

[I]t is imperative that we also revive and refocus the public debate over nuclear power. The time has come for nuclear power’s supporters to actively engage its political opponents -- especially those who also advocate controlling greenhouse gas emissions -- in a constructive dialogue about nuclear energy’s environmental and economic advantages.

And it appears there are a number of environmentalists who are willing to listen too. And click here for an NEI fact sheet on nuclear energy and how it helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions.