Don’t buy Obama’s greenwashing of nuclear power

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President Obama has justified his proposed $55 billion in taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors by misrepresenting nuclear reactors as the largest "carbon-free" energy source in the United States. That's like saying McDonald's should be put in charge of a nationwide obesity campaign because it's the largest restaurant in the U.S. that sells salads.
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<a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2010-03-08-dont-buy-the-greenwashing-of-nuclear-power">http://www.grist.org/article/2010-03-08-dont-buy-the-greenwashing-of-nuclear-power</a>;