Archive for February, 2009
Former EPA Chief Whitman on Nuclear Power, Energy Jobs, and the New EPA
Wall Street Journal: Environmental Capital Blog
By Keith Johnson
February 24, 2009
We took the opportunity to run through some of those issues with Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey governor and administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, who now co-chairs the pro-nuclear group Clean and Safe Energy Coalition.
Nuclear deal: Senate chose savings, jobs, future
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Dr. Patrick Moore
February 24, 2009
Nuclear energy has a proven record of safety and is virtually emission free, as well as a cheaper energy alternative to natural gas on an electricity-production basis. To be sure, building nuclear plants requires significant investment. But this investment is a down payment on Georgia’s future economic growth. Will Georgia invest in its energy supply to keep up [read more]
Give jobs a boost
California Press Enterprise
By Christine Todd Whitman
February 21, 2009
Nuclear power plants also are engines of job creation and economic growth, a wide-ranging benefit that is drawing additional support from communities hit hard by the recession. Each nuclear plant generates an estimated $430 million a year in economic output for its local community, along with nearly $40 million in labor income. If U.S. utilities complete the 26 [read more]