, are also still hoping to cobble together compromise environmental legislation that would require emissions reductions, but also
expand nuclear energy production and allow limited offshore drilling.
Not exact matches
Over time, its mission
expanded to the study of a broad range of science and technology issues, mostly related to
energy production (including wind and solar to
nuclear power).
It is appalling that while the federal government is pushing offshore oil drilling and mountaintop - removal coal mining, proposing to strip - mine shale oil and tar sands and to dramatically
expand the
production of high - level
nuclear waste, they have declared a two - year moratorium on new solar electric power plants on public lands — which have some of the best solar
energy resources in the world — for «environmental reasons».
A national renewable electricity standard would mandate that a given share of an electric company's
production come from renewable sources (most likely wind power), or, in the case of a «clean
energy standard,» from an
expanded list including
nuclear and hydroelectric power.
It is a vision of: urbanization, as people in cities have more opportunities and use resources more efficiently; intensified food
production to increase yields and leave more room for nature; the
expanded use of
nuclear energy, which has zero emissions and the smallest land footprint of any
energy source; greater development of GMOs to reduce chemical use and increase yields; animal - free meat; «re-wilding» former farm and pasture lands with wolves, buffalo, mountain lions, and even formerly extinct species — all the while supporting universal human dignity.
This vision, as outlined in An Ecomodernist Manifesto, is one of urbanization; intensified food
production to increase yields and leave more room for nature; the
expanded use of
nuclear energy, which has zero emissions and the smallest land footprint of any
energy source; greater development of GMOs to reduce chemical use and increase yields; animal - free meat; and «rewilding» former farm and pasture lands with wolves, buffalo, mountain lions, and even formerly extinct species.