French Prez Says "No New Nukes!" ~ Maybe...

From:
Gardian UK

[[ ... The elephant in the room throughout the talks was France's reliance on nuclear power, which generates 80% of its electricity. The government said the nuclear issue was not up for discussion.

The Green party accused the government of a "blackout" and Le Monde said nuclear energy was the "ghost in the wardrobe" during the consultations. But the president (Nicolas Sarkozy) said yesterday he did not want to build more nuclear sites in France.

Nicolas Hulot, France's hugely influential and popular TV environmentalist, welcomed the proposals, saying: "Frankly we've entered the ecological era". ]]

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From:
AP

[[ Sarkozy said he wanted to make France a leader in renewable energy, but stuck to his support for nuclear energy. France is more reliant on nuclear power than any other country.

"The truth is that it is illusory in France to want to meet the climate challenge, our primary challenge, without nuclear energy. Today, we have no other choice, without renouncing growth," Sarkozy said.

"If the president thinks we need to develop renewable energy, we hear the message: It means that we have to stop the nuclear reactors," said Greenpeace France campaign director Yannick Jadot. ]]

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From:
Herald Tribune

[[ (Sarkozy) said that each euro spent on nuclear research would be matched by a euro spent on research into clean technologies and preventing damage to the environment. ]]

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From:
Telegraph UK

[[ Mr Gore said the French forum - dubbed the "Grenelle of the environment" after a Paris district - had given "a tremendous boost" to efforts to fight climate change. ]]

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