Shutdown of Michigan nuclear plant not sounding climate alarms

Midwest Energy News: Threats to close nuclear plants in Illinois and New York triggered hundreds of millions of dollars in annual subsidies to keep the plants open in a last-gasp reprieve to save the jobs, taxes and carbon-free energy they produce.

In Michigan, the likely loss of hundreds of jobs and taxes from the early closure of Entergy Corp.’s 810-megawatt Palisades nuclear plant in the fall of 2018 is likewise causing hand-wringing about the economic consequences.

But the impact on greenhouse gas emissions? Not so much.

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