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How Nuclear Bailouts Would Cost over 60,000 Green American Jobs
Let’s talk jobs. Specifically: how many jobs would a nuclear bailout actually create? Spoiler alert! None. Over the last few weeks, we’ve shown why subsidizing nuclear power is a bad investment for climate, environmental justice, and renewable energy. Earlier this month, we co-released a major report with Friends of the Earth that shows why nuclear……
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Justice for Downwinders: Remembering the Trinity Bomb Blast and Church Rock Uranium Disaster
Seventy-six years ago, on July 16, 1945, the first nuclear bomb in the world was exploded in the desert of New Mexico by U.S. military scientists and officials. 40,000 people lived within 50 miles of the blast, many living self-sustained off the landscape. As soon as the bomb went off, the fallout began. Over many……
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Cooper Report: Building a 21st Century Electricity System
Report: Proposed Nuclear Industry Subsidies Will Waste Taxpayer Dollars, Renewables Cheaper and More Reliable Alternative Proposals from the White House and Congress would invest up to $50 billion dollars in subsidies for aging, uneconomical nuclear power plants over the next decade. A new report by economist and consumer advocate Dr. Mark Cooper shows that……
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