# What anti-nuclear power groups in the US have any political power?

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-anti-nuclear-power-groups-in-the-us-have-any-political-power/833123/16 "2019-04-28T01:27:32Z")

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Now, another thing that is missed, solutions like carbon trading with cap-n-trade and taxation of emissions have been declared as tool of the devil by many conservatives, we came to that sad state of affairs when powerful interests convinced many conservatives that that was the case.

> **[Climate of Doubt | FRONTLINE](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/climate-of-doubt/transcript/?)**
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> FRONTLINE explores the massive shift in public opinion on climate change.

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> JOHN HOCKENBERRY: Skeptics had found a seat at the table, but the scientific consensus still had the momentum. When cap-and-trade came up for a vote in the House in 2009, it passed with eight Republicans on board.
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> PRESIDING OFFICER: The bill is passed!
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> MYRON EBELL: The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill passed the House very narrowly, 219 to 212. The members of the Senate, who were going to take it up in July, went home for the 4th of July recess, and they got an earful from their constituents.
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> Sen. CLAIRE McCASKILL (D), Missouri: You don’t trust me?
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> CROWD: No!
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> CONSTITUENT: Let’s talk about some of your other votes, such as cap-and-trade.
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> CONSTITUENT: We are not for more government!
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> JOHN HOCKENBERRY: The Tea Party saw a frightening expansion of government in the health care plan and the push for cap-and-trade.
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> CONSTITUENT: You’re a traitor, Lindsey Graham! You’ve betrayed this nation and you betrayed the state!
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> Rep. JAMES SENSENBRENNER (R), Wisconsin: The people of this country were really not concerned one way or the other on this issue until the economy started going south in 2008.

Now the sad part, it is clear that if cap-and-trade and other mechanisms like a tax on emissions had been in place, it is very likely that industry would had found that nuclear was still economically viable.

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