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US: Pro nuke senator tries to stop solar energy plan

Nuclear Plant Planned For California, Despite State Ban Green Light Michael Kanellos | December 30, 2009“……..U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein continues to move ahead with a plan that would prevent solar thermal power plants, one of the more cost-effective forms of alternative enrgy, from going up in the Mojave. A thermal plant is one heck of a lot cleaner than a nuclear plant when you consider the construction materials and nuclear waste. And, unlike PV panels or wind, solar thermal plants produce power in steady, large quantities.

December 31, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, renewable energy, renewables, solar