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Monthly archive December, 2010

“New York relying much less on Indian Point for energy” by Roger Witherspoon

“Entergy Nuclear has dropped its share of electricity supporting New York City and Westchester County to about 4 percent of the area’s power needs while selling increasing portions of its juice in an open market stretching from Maine to Delaware. The company is spending millions of dollars on an extensive campaign to convince the public...

“Oil Spill at Indian Point Contaminates Hudson River” by Cliff Weathers

“The mainstream media seems to have missed the environmental tragedy behind the electrical transformer explosion at the Indian Point 2 nuclear reactor on November 7. While The New York Times, Journal News and other media outlets glossed over this story and mentioned the shutdown of the reactor, they didn’t seem compelled to do much digging....

Riverkeeper Uncovers Oil Spill at Indian Point

“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: For more information: Tina Posterli, (516) 526-9371 November IP2 transformer explosion led to Spill into Hudson River Ossining, NY – December 2, 2010 – Riverkeeper announced today that last month’s electrical transformer explosion at Indian Point resulted in thousands of gallons of oil being released into the environment and the Hudson River....