Upstate New York Communities Eye Nuclear Power

In January, concerned New Yorkers rallied outside the Schuyler County Legislature to oppose the possibility of nuclear power in the region. Environmental groups across the state say it’s too costly and too slow to build.

“We see nuclear as an affordability crisis in and of itself,” said Ryan Madden, the Indigenous solidarity director at NY Renews, a coalition that advocated for the state’s Climate Act. “It feels antithetical to an affordability agenda.”

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