Nuclear and coal power getting a big boost

How the hell they took over my state is beyond me.

Here's an idea: we'll put the coal plants and nuclear plants in red areas of the state. They think the risk is okay, they can fucking have it.

Remember the Montana politician who is sponsoring a bill *praising* global warming for the positive economic boom it will present to that (and other northern states).


In light of the above, am I surprised that environmentally unsound coal plants would be favored by a Minnesota lawmaker? Nope.

In all likelihood the nuclear plant section won't make it into the final legislation; no global warming from those so no economic boost to Minnesota...

coal, only as a last resort (and work on researching cleaner uses of it).

NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - A few weeks after lifting a moratorium
on building new nuclear power plants in Minnesota, state legislators moved
forward a bill to lift a moratorium on the construction of new coal-fired
power plants.

...the 2007 Next Generation Energy Act, also prohibited the
state's utilities from buying generation from new coal plants outside of
the state to limit carbon dioxide emissions, a greenhouse gas linked to
global warming, among other things.

Supporters of the bills to end the coal and nuclear bans said they
wanted to give power companies more options to meet growing consumer demand
for low cost, reliable electricity, among other things.

...

The biggest investor owned utilities in Minnesota are subsidiaries of
Xcel Energy Inc (XEL.N), which operates two nuclear plants and four coal
plants in the state, and Allete Inc (ALE.N), which has a few coal plants in
the state.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/10/utilities-minnesota-coal-idUSN1010862520110310