On July 1, hundreds of concerned residents joined local advocates, community leaders, and representatives from several Haudenosaunee Nations at nearly a dozen events across the state to rally against Governor Hochul’s ill-advised plan to drastically expand expensive, dangerous nuclear power production throughout the state. The statewide days of action were organized by advocacy organizations including Food & Water Watch, NY Renews, AGREE, NYPIRG, NIRS, and Frack Action.
Photos of each of the actions can be found here.
On June 11, the Hochul administration released a policy plan that kicked off a formal process to approve incentives for a massive new nuclear buildout in New York. This could result in public subsidies of up to $23.9 billion to build and operate new nuclear plants. This is on top of the $40 billion we’re already paying in our bills to keep open four existing nuclear reactors…