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Illinois' Nuclear Near-Death Experience
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English - October 04, 2021 07:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBPolitics News Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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I am joined by returning guest of Madi Czerwinski, founder of the Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal, to reflect on the recent win for Illinois low-carbon power. This win was the last-minute reversal of fate for Byron and Dresden nuclear power stations, which had been scheduled for an early retirement.
Madi Czerwinski walks us through the strange timeline of events and the various forces at play through this year-long battle, describing the arguments and the tension between Labor and so-called environmentalists, and the role pro-nuclear advocates had in tipping the balance on this histotic win.