The Snake River Alliance Education Fund is an Idaho-based organization that advocates for weather dependent solar energy. Snake River Alliance is opposed to the use of zero carbon nuclear energy. ^{1 2}

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

The Snake River Alliance has asserted that nuclear energy is “dirty” and “dangerous.” The group has claimed to be “Idaho’s nuclear watchdog and clean energy champion.” ³

Nuclear power plants produce no carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions, and as of 2021 accounted for 19 percent of American electricity production—the largest source of zero carbon electricity in the United States. ⁴ An October 2018 proposal from The Nature Conservancy noted that zero-carbon nuclear plants produced 7.8 percent of total world energy output and recommended reducing carbon emissions by increasing nuclear capacity to 33 percent of total world energy output. ⁵

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1. “Nuclear Program.” Snake River Alliance.” Accessed August 1, 2023. https://snakeriveralliance.org/what-we-do/nuclear-program/
2. THE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND INC. 2021 IRS Form 990. Accessed August 1, 2023. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/820386993/202243199349330614/full
3. “Nuclear Program.” Snake River Alliance.” Accessed August 1, 2023. https://snakeriveralliance.org/what-we-do/nuclear-program/
4. “Nuclear explained.” U.S. Energy Information Administration. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/us-nuclear-industry.php
5. “The Science of Sustainability.” The Nature Conservancy. October 13, 2018. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/the-science-of-sustainability/