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Saturday, June 4, 2011

US anti-nuclear campaign buoyed by German opt-out

US anti-nuclear campaign buoyed by German opt-out
Washington (AFP) June 1, 2011 - US anti-nuclear campaigners are hoping German Chancellor Angela Merkel will try to persuade President Barack Obama to follow in Berlin's footsteps and drop plans for new atomic power stations. The German proposals, hammered out by Merkel's ruling coalition, will see the country shutter all 17 of its nuclear reactors, eight of which are currently off the electricity grid, by 2022. Merkel, ... more

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