Matters of Policy & Politics

Area 45: Trump’s Energy Strategy, The Nuclear Option, Featuring Jeremy Carl

A new approach to federal energy policy.

Matters of Policy & Politics•October 11, 2017
Area 45: Trump’s Energy Strategy, The Nuclear Option, Featuring Jeremy Carl

Recorded on October 6, 2017

A new administration means a new approach to federal energy approach, in the case of Donald Trump’s presidency, a new look at nuclear energy. Hoover research fellow Jeremy Carl, coauthor of Keeping the Lights on at America’s Nuclear Power Plants, examines the choices available to Trump on clean, green, and fossil energies                                          

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Jeremy Carl

Jeremy Carl

Bill Whalen

Bill Whalen

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