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Friday, May 05, 2006

The nukes are coming

Howard Troxler, columnist for the St. Petersburg Times, sounds the alarm over a stealth "energy bill" advancing in Florida:
Did you know that a bill about to pass the Florida Legislature makes it easier to approve new nuclear power plants in this state, makes it harder to oppose them, and allows utilities to start billing customers for them in advance?
This is in line with the nuclear industry's new Southern strategy. Read the rest of Troxler's column here.
posted by Chris Kromm at 3:35 PM | Email this post | Post a Comment
1 Comments:
Blogger Scorpio said...

The germane question to ask here is: can nuclear plants operate underwater?

5/08/2006 4:47 PM  

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