Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services is an educational nonprofit that promotes enforcement of environmental laws and regulations. ¹ The group has opposed the use of carbon free nuclear energy. ²

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services has opposed the use of carbon free nuclear energy.

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. ³ 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. ⁴

In August 2021, as one of 17 members of the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum, Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services cosigned a letter to Congressional leaders regarding the then-proposed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. “In addressing our climate crises,” wrote the signatories, “we oppose any funding towards false ‘clean’ energy solutions that will increase pollution burden in environmental justice communities.” The letter listed nuclear energy, carbon capture, and carbon taxes as specific examples of the “false clean energy solutions.” ⁵

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5. Environmental Justice Leadership Forum letter to The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, et. al. August 19, 2021. Accessed August 23, 2023. https://www.weact.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/FINAL_EJ-FORUM_BID_BIF-Budget-Reconciliation_08182021.pdf