Firing up old nuclear plants and putting public health at risk to satisfy the demands of AI is, well, insane.
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the State of California suing Exxon for lying about plastic recycling, and how food contact materials contain thousands of toxic chemicals. Then Dr. Heidi Hutner talks about her film “Radioactive: the Women of Three Mile Island” and the recent news that Bill Gates has worked out a deal to re-start the shuttered nuclear facility to provide energy for Microsoft’s AI platforms.
Links from the Interview:
• Microsoft makes a deal to re-open Three Mile Island nuclear power plant:https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/20/constellation-nuclear-plant-deal-microsoft-00180218 • Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island: https://radioactivethefilm.com/
• More about Heidi: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/english/people/hutner.php#Biography
Links from the News:
• State of California Sues Exxon for Lying about Plastic Recycling: https://www.propublica.org/article/exxonmobil-plastics-recycling-pyrolysis-lawsuit-california#
• Chemicals in Food Contact Materials: https://www.ehn.org/food-packaging-chemicals-2669244486.html
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