Behind long-dredged but deepening trenches, Democrats lobby for renewables—wind, solar, biomass—and Republicans rally for fossil fuels—oil, gas, coal—with both sides claiming their polar policies plot the best ways forward to a national future secured by reliable, affordable domestic energy.
Between both lines, but not drawing partisan fire, shimmers nuclear energy, the one power neither party wants to pull the plug on.
In fact, congressional Republicans and Democrats agree the United States must dramatically boost domestic uranium excavation and processing because right now, 95 percent of the ore that fuels the nation’s 55 nuclear power plants is imported, including nearly a quarter from Russia….