By Jarret Adams

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) told a packed audience Feb. 23 at conference held by The New Republic that he was working with a group of leading senators and the Obama administration on renewed push for a climate bill.

“We’re on a short track here in terms of piecing together legislation we intend to roll out,” Kerry told the conference. While he acknowledged that his optimism about the legislation was “contrary to conventional wisdom” and added that all of the approaches are on the table.
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Yesterday, Radio WHYY from Philadelphia, Pa., featured a conversation on nuclear power renaissance in the United States. Alan Hanson, AREVA Executive Vice-President for technologies and used fuel management, and Sharon Squassoni, Senior Fellow and Directors of the Proliferation Prevention Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, debated key nuclear energy issues and its potential for expansion following recent support from the Obama administration.

To learn more about the nuclear energy debate and critical questions, listen to the program, Radio Times, here.