Michigan Democrats embrace nuclear energy, but it’s still radioactive to some

May 23, 2024 Mlive

WYOMING, MI — Townhall panelists lauded the new Clean Energy and Jobs Act for more than an hour, emphasizing the economic gains inherent to dumping fossil fuels. They championed energy reforms passed in November which streamline permitting for wind and solar projects and require all of Michigan’s energy to come from “clean” sources by 2040. But the panel didn’t once mention a major source of carbon-free power defined as clean under the new law: nuclear energy.