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In reply to the discussion: Nuclear Power Remains Key To America's Energy Future [View all]txlibdem
(6,183 posts)50. No so-called activists mobilizing against coal
They are only now starting, after Dick Cheney's secret meetings with energy companies which produced 150 proposed new coal plants.
- Although few new coal plants have been built since 1990, more than 600 large coal plants continue to generate power, and the pollution produced by those plants exacts a sickening toll in damaged health and lost lives. Coal emissions are the largest industrial source of mercury pollution, which, according to the EPA, produces an increased risk of learning disabilities in 15.7 percent of newborns. Another health effect related to the burning of coal is the emission of fine particulates. According to a study released by the Clean Air Task Force, particulates from coal plants result in 23,600 heart and respiratory fatalities per year. But just as coal itself is no longer an obvious part of everyday life, the death toll from coal emissions remains largely hidden from sight, buried in statistics. Until recently, neither environmental nor health-oriented citizen groups devoted major attention to the issue.
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/ready_to_rumble/
Proof that anti-nuke activists are DIRECTLY responsible for at least a portion of global climate change.
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Americans oppose building more nuclear power plants in the United States, by a margin of 2-1
kristopher
Dec 2011
#1
I notice that poll you cite was taken clear back in April, back when Fukashima was fresh...
LAGC
Dec 2011
#2
Your OP is using polling commissioned by the nuclear industry lobbying group NEI, isn't it?
kristopher
Dec 2011
#3
You've only listed the reasons why we need to build NEW nuclear power plants to REPLACE old.
txlibdem
Dec 2011
#22
Interesting to note that Iran is missing. Probably not easy to poll there.
Starboard Tack
Dec 2011
#9
1) Most don't want more nukes; 2) We spend more on national defense than everyone else combined.
kristopher
Dec 2011
#12
???!!! "Fukishima isn't a serious threat anymore" what planet do you live on?
diane in sf
Dec 2011
#72
yup - ratepayers in FL are paying ~$10 a month per household and there's $50 billion in gov't loan
jpak
Dec 2011
#19
You're on the periphery of the truth. Too bad close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
txlibdem
Dec 2011
#28
No, do you agree with Cohen that Cohen doesn't know jack shit about risk analysis?
Kolesar
Dec 2011
#53