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Anger over Blair's nuclear comments
16 May 2006
Friends of the Earth has reacted angrily to reported comments by Tony Blair saying that nuclear power is "back on the agenda with a vengeance".
Friends of the Earth director Tony Juniper said:
"Increasingly it looks like the energy consultation has been a complete sham. It's clear that Tony Blair is fixated with nuclear power and is determined to oversee a new generation of nuclear reactors rather than investing in clean and sustainable options that already exist. It's probably no coincidence that a number of nuclear sceptics were removed from key cabinet posts earlier this month.
The UK could be leading the world in the development of a low carbon, nuclear free economy. But rather than backing safe solutions for tackling climate change and meeting our energy needs, he seems intent on trying to waste yet more tax-payers money on a discredited and dangerous nuclear dinosaur.
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