Asegment of American environmentalists are not in agreement with the assumption that nuclear energy is the ideal alternative to polluting fuels.Backers of the Green New Deal say climate change is the world's most urgent threat,but supporters of that cause are not embracing the largest source of carbon-free power in America: nuclear energy.The Sunrise Movement! a youth-led activist group,says the Green New Deal calls for America to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions within 11 years-a feat many technical experts say is highly implausible in the best-case scenario,let alone one in which existing carbon-free sources shut down early.The resistance among climate activists to nuclear power,particularly maintaining existing plants,is at odds with some of the more established environmental groups,who have increasingly backed these plants in the name of climate change.
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