Swiss voters back plan to phase out nuclear power
Currently, solar and wind power account for less than 5 percent of Switzerland’s energy output, while power from water accounts for 60 percent and nuclear power accounts for 35 percent. But, that’s all changing. In May of this year, Swiss voters “backed the government’s plan to ban new nuclear plants, provide billions of dollars in subsidies for renewable energy, and help bail out struggling utilities.”1 The vote showed that the public is ready to follow other European countries in using safe, renewable energy. (Germany intends to phase out nuclear power by 2022, Austria banned it decades ago.) RELATED ARTICLE:...
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