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kristopher

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14. Funny, I was under the impression we were trying to REDUCE coal use...
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 07:49 PM
Apr 2012

...not lock in for 60 years conditions favorable to its continuation and the long term expansion of natural gas.

Nuclear Revival is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts and Harming Customers, says Watchdog Group
See the report, which shows Southeast utilities plan not to replace coal-fired power, but to add nuclear capacity despite falling demand – while jacking up rates and blocking clean energy advances
New Nuclear Power is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts and Harming Customers
http://www.ncwarn.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NCW-NuclearClimate_web.pdf

Clinging to Dirty Energy in the South – a by-the-numbers look from the Institute of Southern Studies
http://www.southernstudies.org/2011/10/institute-index-clinging-to-dirty-energy-in-the-south.html

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