 AP Photo He may soon be called the nuclear industry’s Golden Child. No president in the last three decades has put more taxpayer dollars behind atom power than Barack Obama. . . TAGGED: nuclear technology, Congress, nuclear energy, President Barack Obama, CounterPunchRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| Earlier this month, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced legislation to eliminate billions of dollars in tax breaks, R&D funding, and other subsidies and loopholes that benefit the fossil... more ›› |
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