Profile of CASEnergy Coalition

Yesterday, UPI ran a profile of Christine Whitman, co-chair of the CASEnergy Coalition:

Former New Jersey governor and federal environmental chief Christine Todd Whitman is heading one of a growing number of coalitions urging the United States to keep -- and increase -- nuclear energy as part of its energy mix. She`s touring the country with the new mantra that nuclear power is safer and more efficient than ever before -- and, thanks to federal subsidies and potential climate-change legislation, economically competitive.

'It`s 20 percent of our energy now and I think we ought to make sure it stays at least at 20 percent if not 25,' Whitman said during an interview with United Press International.

'It`s not going to be the answer for everything and the be-all-end-all only form of power,' she said. 'But if you care about climate change and you care about air quality, nuclear power is really the only form of base power that doesn`t produce some of the regulated emissions and doesn`t contribute to global climate change.'

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