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POWER POLITICS: West Virginia redefines dirty energy as “alternative”

POWER POLITICS: West Virginia redefines dirty energy as “alternative” FACING SOUTH 14 July 09  “………. In the recent legislative session, Gov. Joe Manchin (D) (in photo at right) championed and state lawmakers approved an energy portfolio standard bill requiring 25% of generation to come from “alternative and renewable” sources by 2025. But the new standard, which goes into effect this month, has defined “alternative” to include……………………… nuclear power, which releases radioactive pollution to the environment and also produces dangerous waste products.
The West Virginia Environmental Council head lobbyist Donald S. Garvin Jr. blasted the new standard in an op-ed:
No other state includes natural gas as a source of “alternative” energy. Nuclear energy is included by only a few, and they specify “advanced generation” nuclear facilities.

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July 14, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, radioactive