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Lucia Graves

Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Wins First Reactor Construction Permit In A Generation

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 02.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Federal safety officials voted 4-to-1 to approve the first nuclear reactor construction permit in almost 35 years, overriding U.S. Nucle...

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Winning is Preferable

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paula Gordon

True story: This election season, big business in Atlanta aggressively targeted an uncompromisingly progressive state senator. They lost. He won. Ho...

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Southern Company, Obama's First Nuclear Beneficiary, Has Serious Safety Concerns

Mother Jones | Kate Sheppard | Posted 05.25.2011

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In its eagerness to woo Republicans with nuclear-friendly policies, the Obama administration plans to hand out $54.5 billion in government-backed loan...

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It's Not Just AIG, Friends

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Microparticulates, Southern Company, Bad Air, Sonny Perdue, Asthma, Toxicity, Johnny Isakson, Crony Capitalists, Saxby Chambliss, Heart Disease, Pollution, Air Pollution, Georgia Power, Green News
Paula Gordon

I don't think being outdoors should be life-threatening. Southern Company, a power company behemoth providing some 5% of the United States' electricity, acts on a very different premise.

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