Ohio inches closer to bailout plan for coal and nuclear after boost from Trump official
A Trump campaign official pressured Ohio lawmakers to pass a nuclear and coal plant bailout bill, arguing it would help President Donald Trump in the 2020 election. The state is now one step closer to subsidizing coal and nuclear plants – a goal the president has long supported – and gutting clean energy and energy efficiency requirements.
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Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton is the Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative. Jim has over twenty-years of experience managing the entire life-cycle (siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment) of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities throughout North, Central and South America.