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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A candle in the wind ☢️💨 Utah wants to follow in the footsteps of Georgia's Plant Vogtle. @pattydurand.bsky.social explains why that's an awful idea 👇 nuclearcosts.org/utahs-nuclea...
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Utah’s Nuclear Gambit: a Candle in the Wind – Nuclear Costs
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
“What Georgia has built is not a triumph of American ingenuity but rather a fraud that should speak the final word on nuclear power in the US.” energytransition.org/2026/04/the-...
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The billion-dollar boondoggle: how Vogtle became the US’s monument to nuclear folly | EnergyTransition.org
In the quiet scrubland of Waynesboro, Georgia, two enormous concrete domes rise from the landscape. Vogtle Units 3 and 4, the first new nuclear reactors built in the US in more than 30 years…
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The political fallout from Plant Vogtle 3+4 is still reverberating. Two Republican incumbents already lost their seats; one just announced early retirement, and voters are still fuming. The latest from Georgia's @PattyDurand nuclearcosts.org/a-nuclear-un...
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A Nuclear “Unaffordability” Scandal: How Georgia Power Made Billions, Leaving Georgians Paying the Price – Nuclear Costs
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The political fallout from Plant Vogtle 3+4 is still reverberating. Two Republican incumbents already lost their seats; one just announced early retirement, and voters are still fuming. The latest on Georgia's big nuclear mistake from @pattydurand.bsky.social 👇 nuclearcosts.org/a-nuclear-un...
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"Renewables are the real clean energy success story...They are cheaper, faster to deploy and do not produce waste that will outlast civilization. The legislature made the right call.” - Haakon Williams, CBG www.lassennews.com/california-l...
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California lawmakers reject latest bid to lift nuclear moratorium — a law that has now stood for 50 years
Committee to Bridge the Gap today welcomed the failure of AB2647, the latest in a series of annual attempts to overturn California’s moratorium on new nuclear power plant construction. The bill was…
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Sanity Triumphs in the Golden State! Lawmakers reject Silicon Valley's latest bid to lift the moratorium for new nuclear plants in California www.lassennews.com/california-l...
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California lawmakers reject latest bid to lift nuclear moratorium — a law that has now stood for 50 years
Committee to Bridge the Gap today welcomed the failure of AB2647, the latest in a series of annual attempts to overturn California’s moratorium on new nuclear power plant construction. The bill was…
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Sources say activist & Goldman Prize winner Diane Wilson has been arrested for attempting to deliver demands to a Dow Chemicals facility in Seadrift, TX She's been on a 25 day hunger strike outside the facility, protesting its move to remove rules on how much plastic it can discharge into waterways
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Dow is building an unshielded ☢️ reactor on the Texas Gulf. They're also polluting the area with billions of plastic nurdles. Diane Wilson, a 78-year-old fisherwoman, is entering her THIRD week of hunger strike protest trying to 🛑 it. Go, Diane! #NoNukesNoNurdles tylerpaper.com/2026/03/12/e...
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Environmental activist protests through hunger strike for 10 days and counting outside Dow plant in South Texas - Tyler Morning Telegraph
SEADRIFT — A longtime environmental activist has entered the second week of a hunger strike outside Dow’s Seadrift Operations facility, protesting what she says are plans that could threaten the […]
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The Nuclear Skeptic @nuclearcosts.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Nuclear ☢️ Fallout at the Georgia Public Service Commission Georgia's @pattydurand.bsky.social explains why the high-cost of building nuclear power is scaring regulators nuclearcosts.org/nuclear-fall...
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
As people across the state observed Thanksgiving & Native American Heritage Month ended, member PUSH Buffalo published an op-ed noting that efforts to implement NYs Climate Law will fail if we don’t make the connection b/w climate justice & Indigenous sovereignty Read article at bit.ly/TUTreaties
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Make America Radioactive Again? @BeyondNuclear's Kevin Kamps on why the current push for new nukes is especially dangerous this time around 👇 nuclearcosts.org/new-nuclear-...
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New nuclear push brings old dangers back — and bigger than ever – Nuclear Costs
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Why are we talking about a nuclear renaissance again? A must read: the Cato Institute's truth 💣 about the prospects of a rosy nuclear future 👇 nuclearcosts.org/the-next-nuc...
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The Next Nuclear Renaissance? Will a new wave of nuclear power projects deliver the safe and economical electricity that proponents have long predicted? – Nuclear Costs
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
⚠️ Nuclear power and nuclear weapons are deeply connected. Here’s why ⬇️
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Former NRC chair on the US-UK nuclear deal signed today: "The future of nuclear power in both nations can be summarized simply by the enormous sums of money wasted at Hinkley Point C, Sizewell C and Vogtle units 3+4: all billions over budget and over a decade late." nuclearcosts.org/wp-content/u...
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A government review for a new uranium mine in Utah took just 11 days. Will Trump's rush to spark a new nuclear renaissance put our public health, safety and national security at risk? MEIC's Shannon James discusses: nuclearcosts.org/a-nuclear-re...
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A “Nuclear Renaissance” Built on False Promises and Growing Risks – Nuclear Costs
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
🚫⚛️ The nuclear industry is pushing a massive expansion, branding it as “clean energy.” The truth? It’s a dangerous distraction that risks our health, our environment, and our climate goals. Here’s why we can’t afford to fall for it. 🧵
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Read the latest GreenWorld blog! www.nirs.org/same-playboo...
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nirsnet.bsky.social @nirsnet.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
⚡🌱 New tee alert! 🚫☢️ Say it loud, wear it proud—Renewable, not Radioactive! Our latest tee is a statement for a cleaner, greener future. Grab yours now and show the world where real clean energy comes from! 🌞💨🌊💚 #RenewableNotRadioactive #CleanEnergyNow www.bonfire.com/renewables-n...
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