Anti-Nuke Groups Gird for New Battle
30 years after Clamshell standoff, the push for nuclear energy to reduce greenhouse gases is splitting environmentalists
by Tim Harper for the Toronto Star, published May 7 2007, also published by Common Dreams News Service
WASHINGTON - Thirty years ago, they stormed the New Hampshire coast, arriving by foot and by boat, to be met by state police, National Guard troops and a governor roaming the site in army fatigues. By the time they slapped the cuffs on Paul Gunter and more than 1,400 others known collectively as the Clamshell Alliance, the battle had already been won and a band of New England activists had stalled the Seabrook nuclear plant and essentially stopped the American nuclear industry.
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