The Indian Point nuclear plant was shut down on April 30. (File photo by B. Cronin)
It was supposed to usher in a golden age for nuclear power in New York, and initially had little opposition. But eventually a network of environmental groups as well as everyday citizens who were wary of nuclear power in the wake of Three Mile Island, and then Chernobyl, turned against it. The public questioned the wisdom of building a nuclear power plant so close to New York City. Activists led protests, serenaded by folk singer Pete Seeger, a resident of Beacon. The evacuation plan the plant created was deemed to be unrealistic, and state officials refused to certify it. Finally, after many tumultuous years, Gov. Cuomo announced the decommissioning of the plant.
CPV Develops 400+ MWs of Renewable Energy Capacity at Former Coal Mine Locations Power company s grid modernization, new technologies have avoided more than 20 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions as of Earth Day 2021
April 22, 2021 08:17 ET | Source: Competitive Power Ventures Competitive Power Ventures Braintree, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
Silver Spring, MD, April 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) commemorates Earth Day 2021 by underscoring the tremendous contributions their employees, partners and shareholders have made to address climate change. These contributions include the innovative approach to sustainability of repurposing brownfield sites, including former coal mines, to utility-scale renewable development. As of April 2021, the company has more than 400 MWs of renewable energy projects in advanced development within the PJM region on former coal mine sites an economi
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