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Black Fox protest killed nuclear power plant

Black Fox protest killed power plant The Norman Transcript By M. Scott Carter Feb 08 2009 Mention “Black Fox” in Oklahoma and most people won’t think of a little animal. Instead they’ll talk about the how an eastern Oklahoma grandmother derailed a nuclear power plant……………………………

In an effort to stop the plant, Carrie Barefoot Dickerson and Citizens’ Action for Safe Energy began a decade-long protest and legal battle which eventually forced PSO to abandon its plans to build the plant.

According to the group, the Black Fox plant was the only nuclear power plant in the United States to be canceled by a combination of legal and citizen action after construction had started. Since then, no nuclear plant has been built in Oklahoma.

After the protest, Dickerson founded the Carrie Dickerson Foundation, a nonprofit group designed to educate people about the ills of nuclear energy.

The Norman Transcript – Black Fox protest killed power plant

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February 9, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA