Aug 16, 2010

Nuclear Power Rich France still fails to curb CO2

The nuclear energy fallacy
Independent - the fact that 85 percent of its electricity production is generated by nuclear power... France's carbon dioxide emissions have remained constant over the last two decades despite efforts to curb the potent greenhouse gas, a government agency reported Thursday.

Between 1990 and 2007 - the most recent year for which figures are available - total CO2 emissions increased slightly from 438 million to 439 million tonnes,  Read on at Independent