And carboniferous, too:

The new GOP majority in the Minnesota Legislature is determined to lift the ban on new nuclear and coal-fired power stations. Stephanie Hemphill of MPR reports: “[T]o some legislators, the bans don’t make sense. And during this legislative session, they have a chance to eliminate them. At least two bills to do that will start their journey through the Legislature at the House Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Committee, chaired by state Rep. Denny McNamara, R-Hastings. McNamara favors lifting both bans, although he said Minnesota won’t see a new nuclear plant for years. ‘Before we go building another nuclear plant we’ve got to address storage issues, there’s a lot of other things’, McNamara said. ‘But right now we can’t have a discussion, we don’t allow the power companies to look at the feasibility.’ Current Minnesota law does two things: it bars the state from issuing a permit for a nuclear power plant, and prevents utilities from asking their customers to pay to plan for one.” Speaking for myself, I need a little more info on why we have to lift the ban in order to discuss feasibility.

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