title: Why We Need Nuclear Power: The Environmental Case
author:  Michael H. Fox 
description: <br />"Energy experts throughout the world are attempting to understand how we transition from an energy paradigm largely fueled by fossil fuels to a carbon-constrained world necessitated by ongoing climate change. Michael Fox makes the case for how nuclear energy fits into that carbon-constrained future. For energy decision-makers and planners, and for nuclear power advocates and opponents alike, Fox's thorough take on nuclear power's place in the 21st Century is an important and worthwhile read." -- <em>Bill Ritter, Jr., Former Governor of Colorado and Director of the Center for the New Energy</em> <em>Economy, Colorado State University</em>
zlib_text: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CASE 
  
   Why We Need Nuclear Power  
  
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   Why We Need Nuclear Power  
   The Environmental Case 
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