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...special election, and in his five years in "the club" has become one of the Senate's leading energy experts. He strongly favors the development of alternative energy sources, and sees big oil companies as a threat to the country's future. As to the controversial nuclear plant at Seabrook, Durkin favors coal conversion--to a refined brand of coal that meets Environmental Protection Agency standards. He has not shied from maverick stands, and is on the progressive cutting edge on many issues. His campaign handout says, "John Durkin is tough--he's blunt...
...Coalition needed 1200 signatures in a state senatorial district to get the referendum on the ballot there, Hoffman said. The referendum will appear on ballots in districts by the state's two operating plants and by the northern boundary closest to the plant in Seabrook...
...border of Harvard's property, a number of things have changed. The Perini Corporation, the same company which contracted to build the Seabrook nuclear power plant and is now working on the shell of the new Harvard station, has erected fences on the outside of the Yard adjacent to where huge brick and iron gates were lifted from their original positions and moved back into the Yard to make room for construction...
...alternate electricity-generating plan, one that is not based on installing the diesel engines. Rising oil prices, he says, will eventually help oil-efficient MATEP pay for itself faster. Joe B. Wyatt, vice president for administration, says the power plant's rising costs are similar to problems with the Seabrook and Pilgrim II nuclear power plants. "The initial estimate has practically no bearing on the costs because of the environmental questions," he says, but adds that he is optimistic the project will succeed. O'Brien agrees, noting that although MATEP has been "a very painful process" for the University...
...dangers of nuclear power and the arms race are immediate and frightening but frustration and impatience are a poor response. If Seabrook II, especially the drama at Rocks Road, serves as a watershed for the movement, and we learn from our failure, perhaps the stompings and draggings and macings will be worth it. Right now, they're nothing more than anti-hero medals for a selfstyled revolutionary vanguard and good copy for right-wing newspapers. We are marching down a dangerous road with few people following, and we may not want to reach our destination. Perhaps it is time...