Environmental Groups Concerned, Coal Industry Thrilled by New Dept. Of Energy Report
View on WJLA website"'Just because DOE doesn’t have the regulatory authority doesn’t mean that they can’t contribute to the knowledge base to underlie future decisions,' Alan Krupnick, a senior fellow at independent think tank Resources for the Future, said."
"According to Krupnick, researchers found in most cases that nuclear plants were retired due to market forces or state regulations rather than federal government intrusion.
'It’s hard to make a case that there’s been some big bias from the government perspective against coal and against nuclear,' he said."
