by Meredith Angwin | Jul 4, 2017 | Featured 3, Uncategorized
Happy Independence Day! Was Hamilton pro-nuclear? Well, of course he wasn’t. Nuclear power was not available in the 1780s. But my title isn’t just clickbait. Many of us have renewed interest in our founding fathers, partially due to Lin-Manuel...
by Meredith Angwin | Jun 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Ohio Problem Ohio has two nuclear plants (Davis Besse and Perry) that add up to about 2000 MW of clean power. Ohio also has about 14,000 MW of coal fired plants. Some of the coal fired plants may close soon, to be replaced by natural gas. The Ohio Solution You...
by Meredith Angwin | Dec 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
The victory! We won in Illinois! The Illinois legislature passed the Future Energy Jobs Bill, and Governor Rauner signed it. This bill adds about 30 cents per month to the average ratepayer’s cost, but it provides money to keep the Illinois nuclear plants...
by Meredith Angwin | Nov 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
The March The weekend of October 22, 2016, I joined about 70 people in Chicago. We held a planning session and protest march. The goal of the march was to show visible and effective support for keeping Illinois nuclear plants open. This event was organized by...