Top US climate scientists support development of safe nuclear power (Orchestrated, again)

Top US climate scientists support development of safe nuclear power

Open letter to environmentalists and world leaders says wind and solar power are not enough to diminish carbon emissions

Associated Press in Pittsburgh

theguardian.com, Sunday 3 November 2013 11.03 EST          

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/03/climate-scientists-support-nuclear-power

Some of the world's top climate scientists say wind and solar energy won't be enough to head off extreme global warming, and they're asking environmentalists to support the development of safer nuclear power as one way to cut fossil fuel pollution.

Four scientists who have played a key role in alerting the public to the dangers of climate change sent letters Sunday to leading environmental groups and politicians around the world. The letter, an advance copy of which was given to the Associated Press, urges a crucial discussion on the role of nuclear power in fighting climate change.

The letter signers are James Hansen, a former top NASA scientist; Ken Caldeira, of the Carnegie Institution; Kerry Emanuel, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Tom Wigley, of the University of Adelaide in Australia.

Environmentalists agree that global warming is a threat to ecosystems and humans, but many oppose nuclear power and believe that new forms of renewable energy will be able to power the world within the next few decades. That isn't realistic, the letter said.

"Those energy sources cannot scale up fast enough" to deliver the amount of cheap and reliable power the world needs, and "with the planet warming and carbon dioxide emissions rising faster than ever, we cannot afford to turn away from any technology" that has the potential to reduce greenhouse gases.

Hansen began publishing research on the threat of global warming more than 30 years ago, and his testimony before Congress in 1988 helped launch a mainstream discussion. Last February he was arrested in front of the White House at a climate protest that included the head of the Sierra Club and other activists.

Caldeira was a contributor to reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Emanuel is known for his research on possible links between climate change and hurricanes, and Wigley has also been doing climate research for more than three decades.

Emanuel said the signers aren't opposed to renewable energy sources but want environmentalists to understand that "realistically, they cannot on their own solve the world's energy problems."

The vast majority of climate scientists say they're now virtually certain that pollution from fossil fuels has increased global temperatures over the last 60 years. They say emissions need to be sharply reduced to prevent more extreme damage in the future.

In 2011 worldwide carbon dioxide emissions jumped 3%, because of a large increase by China, the world's most carbon polluting country. The US is second in carbon emissions.

Hansen, who's now at Columbia University, said it's not enough for environmentalists to simply oppose fossil fuels and promote renewable energy.

"They're cheating themselves if they keep believing this fiction that all we need" is renewable energy such as wind and solar, Hansen told the AP.

The joint letter says, "the time has come for those who take the threat of global warming seriously to embrace the development and deployment of safer nuclear power systems" as part of efforts to build a new global energy supply.

Stephen Ansolabehere, a Harvard professor who studies energy issues, said nuclear power is "very divisive" within the environmental movement. But he added that the letter could help educate the public about the difficult choices that climate change presents.

One major environmental advocacy organization, the Natural Resources Defense Council, warned that "nuclear power is no panacea for our climate woes."

Risk of catastrophe is only one drawback of nuclear power, NRDC President Frances Beinecke said in a statement. Waste storage and security of nuclear material are also important issues, he said.

"The better path is to clean up our power plants and invest in efficiency and renewable energy."

The scientists acknowledge that there are risks to using nuclear power, but say those are far smaller than the risk posed by extreme climate change.

"We understand that today's nuclear plants are far from perfect."

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Note: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was a donor for The Climate Project.

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Joseph E. Stiglitz was a director at the Climate Reality Project, and is a professor at Columbia University.

L. John Doerr is a general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Colin L. Powell is a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, his son is Michael K. Powell, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

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Sean O'Keefe is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was an administrator at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a member of the Bohemian Club, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

William Randolph Hearst was a member of the Bohemian Club, and his grandson is William R. Hearst III.

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Ann F. Kaplan is a member of the Belizean Grove, and a trustee at Columbia University.

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Henrietta Holsman Fore is a member of the Belizean Grove, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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Michael E. Gellert is a director at the Human Rights Watch, and a trustee at the Carnegie Institution for Science.

William T. Coleman Jr. was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a senior trustee at the Carnegie Institution for Science.

John M. Deutch is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Robert M. Solow is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

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Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

Ted Turner is a co-chairman for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and the founder of CNN.

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William T. Coleman Jr. was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a senior trustee at the Carnegie Institution for Science.