AAEA Supporting Clinton ESP

The fight for the Clinton ESP is going hot and heavy, and our friend Norris McDonald of the African-American Environmentalists Association is in the thick of the fight:

In 2005, Norris McDonald, president of the African American Environmentalists Association, drove from Virginia to Clinton to support nuclear power at a meeting about the environmental impact statement included in the permit.

"Clinton stands at the crest of our energy future. This situation here is incredibly important. We would drive here, and I brought my son, we would come back again and drive 13 hours, this is just how important Clinton is," he said at the meeting, according to a transcript.

Global warming is the biggest threat to the country today, McDonald said in an interview, and by attending meetings such as the one in Clinton, he can bring a much-needed attention to an effective power source that is mostly carbon free.

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Comments

Anonymous said…

Is this group funded by the nuclear industry?

December 8, 2006 at 11:21 AM

Norris McDonald said…

AAEA is not funded by the nuclear industry although we would welcome a multimillion dollar grant from the nuclear industry to make us comopetitive with their multimillion dollar environmental community adversaries.

And if the $6 billion per year environmental movement thinks our position is for sale, why don't they make us an offer?

December 8, 2006 at 10:48 PM

Anonymous said…

Thanks for the clarification Norris. Though I have to laugh at the assertion that the nuclear industry is outfunded by environmentalists. AREVA, GE, Westinghouse, Toshiba...all those poor little mom-and-pop operations, struggling just to get by.

December 11, 2006 at 11:35 AM

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