Inter Press Service: Why is nuclear energy back on the table? One reason is a powerful U.S. lobby where 14 energy companies spent 48 million dollars in 2007 alone to convince American politicians to give the industry huge loan guarantees because they cannot get financing anywhere else, says Ellen Vancko, a nuclear energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a U.S.-based non governmental organisation (NGO). This lavish lobbying effort by the energy and nuclear power sector has been ongoing …
“Nuclear Steals Billions from Other Technologies”
Inter Press Service: Why is nuclear energy back on the table? One reason is a powerful U.S. lobby where 14 energy companies spent 48 million dollars in 2007 alone to convince American politicians to give the industry huge loan guarantees because they cannot get financing anywhere else, says Ellen Vancko, a nuclear energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a U.S.-based non governmental organisation (NGO). This lavish lobbying effort by the energy and nuclear power sector has been ongoing …
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