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In Germany, the national Green party is the primary instigator behind the planned closure of the country's nuclear power plants. Greenpeace for its part has lo
by ETH_start 4y ago
In Germany, the national Green party is the primary instigator behind the planned closure of the country's nuclear power plants.
Greenpeace for its part has lobbied hard against nuclear power for decades.
As for regulation, nuclear is governed by a totally separate regulatory structure, that can have its stringency throttled up by anti-nuclear types to prevent new plant approvals.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoOne party in one country that's not been in power for a while is hardly decisive. Especially when they fast tracked coal phase out as soon as they had some power. I can easily name environmentalists who called for more nuclear power. I can even name nuclear PR reps who pretended to be environmentalists (who probably count for this purpose). Meanwhile, the key benefits of nuclear over coal are various reductions in pollution. If you dont care about pollution, then there's no reason to not use coal. So Environmentalists win again.