New York’s electric grid got 46% dirtier over the last two years thanks to the two-part closure of the Indian Point Nuclear Plant. The plant’s second and final reactor was shut down April 30th, a year to the day after then-Governor Andrew Cuomo had the first disconnected. In a tough year for Cuomo that resulted in his disgraceful resignation from office, this was a rare win — one that was two decades in the making.
Cuomo wasn’t alone in his vendetta against Indian Point. Democrats, in alliance with anti-nuclear organizations, have been suffocating the nuclear industry for decades through misinformation, regulation, and reckless subsidization of renewables. Despite global acceptance of nuclear energy, the war Democrats have waged against it has put the industry, and our emissions goals, in danger.
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