Could the protests held against nuclear energy in the 1970s be giving way to the current marches in favor of the carbon-free power source? With the announced closure of Northern California’s Diablo Canyon, the modern environmental movement has sent its foot soldiers to battle. But can they win?
Ever since Pacific Gas & Electric Co. agreed last to close the state’s one remaining nuclear power plant, there has been a backlash against those environmental groups that have forced the shutdown that would occur in nine years — a facility that now cranks out 2,160 megawatts of clean energy. 

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