During his appearance, Buttigieg, who is neck-and-neck with Bernie Sanders in the Iowa vote tally, distanced himself from the Vermont senator over the issue of nuclear energy. But he went on to suggest that taking existing nuclear power plants offline, which is what Sanders wants to do, would be a “meat cleaver solution." Nuclear energy has turned out to be one of the sharpest divides among Democrats running for president. Rob Bishop (Utah) said in a Republicans have expressed hesitation giving Grijalva subpoena power. The National Association of State Energy Officials holds its 2020 Energy Policy Outlook Conference and Innovation Summit in Washington, DC until Feb. 7.

Source: Washington Post February 06, 2020 13:18 UTC