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Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen

PA Environment Daily

Forty-three years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. commercial nuclear power industry. Nuclear power was touted as the safest form of supplying energy. Yes, this is a nuclear power plant."

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Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce 2021 Texas Grid Failure

Environmental Progress

Maintaining this additional power plant capacity while significantly expanding transmission and personnel to handle the integration of variable energies has come at a high cost. should maintain and expand its fleet of highly-reliable, carbon-free, and 94 percent efficient nuclear power plants. I believe the U.S. But if the U.S.

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Monday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 11.22.21

PA Environment Daily

Steel Irvin Plant In West Mifflin -- WESA/NPR: Winners Of Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards Will Brighten Your Day National/International -- NPR: U.S.

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 25] And that amount does not include the costs associated with local and state political opposition.

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PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence

PA Environment Daily

Wolf To Unleash PA’s Immense Natural Gas Reserves -- Altoona Mirror: Russia War Spurs Republican Lawmakers To Push State’s Fossil Fuels [Tieing Us Closer To Foreign Energy Markets That Set Prices] -- PoliticsPA: The Politics Around Energy And Russian Invasion In PA -- Gov.