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New York State and Germany have similar energy goals, but completely opposite on nuclear power policy

As Cuomo moves to bailout nuclear plants, Germany turns its reactors off  BY SHANT SHAHRIGIAN    NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, December 19, 2016

 New York State and Germany are poised to give billions to nuclear power companies — but for completely opposite reasons.

While Gov. Cuomo wants to bail out three upstate nuclear facilities, saying they are vital to his clean energy agenda, Germany’s constitutional court earlier this month ruled the country must compensate energy companies as Germany shuts down its nuclear plants.

The phaseout there is rooted in an anti-nuclear power movement that arose after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. The meltdown and spread of harmful material into the atmosphere mobilized Germans.

“It’s technology of the past,” said Katharina Umpfenbach of the nonprofit Ecologic Institute in Berlin………

Other than their approaches to nuclear power, New York State and Germany have similar energy goals.

Other than their approaches to nuclear power, New York State and Germany have similar energy goals…….. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/cuomo-moves-bailout-nuclear-plants-germany-phases-tech-article-1.2916051?cid=bitly

December 30, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general