New England governors unite for nuclear
This is somewhat surprising:
New England governors unite for nuclear
The governors signing the joint statement include Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Janet Mills of Maine, Governor Maura Healey of Massachusetts, Governor Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Governor Dan McKee of Rhode Island, and Governor Phil Scott of Vermont....
This a bipartisan crowd, which is also surprising; believe it or not the Governor of Vermont is a Republican, a nearly extinct variety to be sure, a liberal Republican. (I thought Jacob Javits was the last free ranging liberal Republican and that the species went extinct after he died. I'm surprised naturalists don't rush up to Vermont to see what that's all about. It's kind of like the Ivory Billed Woodpecker; do they exist or not?) Apparently New Hampshire also has a Republican Governor, with Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island having Democrats.
Vermont drove the carbon intensity of New England higher when shutting the Vermont Yankee plant, something I personally regarded as tragic. Maine Yankee and Pilgrim are also historic reactors that closed.
A little further on the article continues:
Second, the governors are directing state energy agencies to take steps to explore deployment of advanced nuclear generation in states and communities that express a willingness to host such resources. This includes exploring innovative financing structures, federal funding and financial support opportunities, public-private partnerships, and regulatory designs for advanced nuclear energy that will protect consumers, help meet the region's energy needs, and enable New England to capture job growth and economic development opportunities from the deployment of new nuclear technologies with advanced safety systems...
New England is very much dependent on dangerous natural gas for power generation.
I checked to see if it was possible to finish Seabrook 2, but no, it's too far gone. (A great ethical failure in my life is that I was among those idiots who fought the Seabrook reactors. I was a pretty stupid kid.)
I do hope Ed Markey doesn't have a stroke after hearing this news.
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And that clamming guy is probably going to fail. He's getting a lot of coverage but it seems he's always defending himself regarding some 'mistake' made in his past. Some think he's a repug plant, he could be.
Yeah, Mills is the gov and I will be voting for her now that I have vacated Montana and now reside in Maine.
It's different but I lived here most of my childhood and coming back feels pretty good so far. I'm actually at the same Latitude that I was in Montana but I'm about 4200ft lower in elevation. And we have mountains here too, that's where I'm at, though I grew up at the shore.
Montana got too magatty and expensive to live, there was no housing. Here there is housing and programs for seniors and a nicer local culture. The tourist thing is also different, you have to come here on purpose which requires a bit of cognitive activity prior to travel.
And I get to be one of the votes against concerned susan.
Also, when I screw up on the two letter state thing fixing it isn't hard since 'E' is an easy fix from 'T' !
