Radioactive Money (2005)

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http://www.counterpunch.com/wolff01292006.html


How Entergy Corporation Gets Its Way at Indian Point

Entergy Corporation -- owners of the two Indian Point nuclear power plants in New York's Westchester County ­ has annual revenues of over $10 billion. It owns ten nuclear plants, five in the Northeast, and, in fiscal 2004, its profits once again increased by over 10%.

Entergy's publicity slogan for Indian Point is "safe, secure, vital," but a series of events over the past year seemed to contradict that. Difficulties ranged from control rods not loading to radioactive water leaks to repeated failures of the warning system. A National Academy of Science report concluded that spent fuel pools at nuclear plants were a potentially high risk target for terrorists, and three out of four of Indian Point's neighboring counties refused ­ for the third consecutive year ­ to certify that there was a workable emergency evacuation plan.

How did Entergy counter this negative publicity? Along with extensive advertising (including heavy buys during radio broadcasts of New York Yankee games), the corporation continued its policy of making widespread donations to politicians. In the 2004 election alone, it spent more than $1.2 million with federal candidates; for the upcoming 2006 election cycle, it's already topped $400,000.

As well as giving money to candidates for federal office, Entergy also works on the local level. In a little over a year -- from December 2004 through early January, 2006 ­ the company's New York political action committee (ENPAC) contributed almost $75,000 to a wide range of elected officials, candidates, and committees: all potentially involved in decisions effecting the Indian Point plants.
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more proof america is dead

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1. The borders of nations are now drawn out on the oak tables of

what were once smoke filled boardrooms. The valleys, rivers and mountain ranges that used to guide the mapmakers quill have been replaced with corporate donations and lobbyists silver tongues.

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2. true

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