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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. The answer is that there was a lot more generating capacity in 2006 than in 2020. 5] The U.S.

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

For example, the IPCC notes that France had 4,000 fewer deaths than anticipated from a heat wave in 2006 thanks to improved health care, an early-warning system and greater public consciousness in response to a deadly heat wave three years earlier. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last year called for the closure of US nuclear power plants.

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Raytheon Makes Nuclear War More Likely

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Securities and Exchange Commission | 2006 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has instituted settled enforcement proceedings against Raytheon Company (Raytheon), its former Chairman and CEO, Daniel P. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

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The "Patriots" at Raytheon

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Securities and Exchange Commission | 2006 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has instituted settled enforcement proceedings against Raytheon Company (Raytheon), its former Chairman and CEO, Daniel P. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

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Ukraine conflict a boon for defense industry

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Securities and Exchange Commission | 2006 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has instituted settled enforcement proceedings against Raytheon Company (Raytheon), its former Chairman and CEO, Daniel P. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

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Washington Post Runs Pro-War Column Without Disclosing Author’s Raytheon Ties

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Securities and Exchange Commission | 2006 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has instituted settled enforcement proceedings against Raytheon Company (Raytheon), its former Chairman and CEO, Daniel P. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.

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Locals Aim Their Protest at Weapons Maker Raytheon in Support of Palestine

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Securities and Exchange Commission | 2006 The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that it has instituted settled enforcement proceedings against Raytheon Company (Raytheon), its former Chairman and CEO, Daniel P. USA: Raytheon Sued Over Retirement Benefits Brendan Pierson | Law 360 | June 27, 2007 Raytheon Co.