#taxpayers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #taxpayers, aggregated by home.social.
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Arkansas Times: Entergy blows a fuse over mistakenly shared documents revealing who’s paying data center bills. “Explosive revelations in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today show that Google, the Silicon Valley giant building data centers in Little Rock and West Memphis, will pay only about a third of the price tag of its 600-megawatt solar facility in Jefferson County. The documents also […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/arkansas-times-entergy-blows-a-fuse-over-mistakenly-shared-documents-revealing-whos-paying-data-center-bills/ -
Arkansas Times: Entergy blows a fuse over mistakenly shared documents revealing who’s paying data center bills. “Explosive revelations in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today show that Google, the Silicon Valley giant building data centers in Little Rock and West Memphis, will pay only about a third of the price tag of its 600-megawatt solar facility in Jefferson County. The documents also […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/arkansas-times-entergy-blows-a-fuse-over-mistakenly-shared-documents-revealing-whos-paying-data-center-bills/ -
Arkansas Times: Entergy blows a fuse over mistakenly shared documents revealing who’s paying data center bills. “Explosive revelations in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today show that Google, the Silicon Valley giant building data centers in Little Rock and West Memphis, will pay only about a third of the price tag of its 600-megawatt solar facility in Jefferson County. The documents also […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/arkansas-times-entergy-blows-a-fuse-over-mistakenly-shared-documents-revealing-whos-paying-data-center-bills/ -
Arkansas Times: Entergy blows a fuse over mistakenly shared documents revealing who’s paying data center bills. “Explosive revelations in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today show that Google, the Silicon Valley giant building data centers in Little Rock and West Memphis, will pay only about a third of the price tag of its 600-megawatt solar facility in Jefferson County. The documents also […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/arkansas-times-entergy-blows-a-fuse-over-mistakenly-shared-documents-revealing-whos-paying-data-center-bills/ -
Arkansas Times: Entergy blows a fuse over mistakenly shared documents revealing who’s paying data center bills. “Explosive revelations in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today show that Google, the Silicon Valley giant building data centers in Little Rock and West Memphis, will pay only about a third of the price tag of its 600-megawatt solar facility in Jefferson County. The documents also […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/arkansas-times-entergy-blows-a-fuse-over-mistakenly-shared-documents-revealing-whos-paying-data-center-bills/ -
@JamesWNeal Wow. Who comes up with these ideas? So I guess JD Vance‘s wife would get paid while his family abuses the Secret Service and use of helicopters and planes at the cost of tens of thousands of dollars. #taxpayers
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🤖 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐀 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐀𝐈 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬?
#ai #government #usgovernment #aidatacenters #datacenters #OpenAI #Anthropic #Meta #Alphabet #SpaceX #Microsoft #MANGOS #pif #saudi #saudiarabia #china #norway #Oljefondet #taxpayers #Nationalization #Communism #Capitalist #entrepreneur
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It's better than having non- #motorist #taxpayers foot the bill, but why are we trying to save this scrap heap in the first place? https://gothamist.com/news/should-drivers-cover-the-4-billion-cost-of-mamdanis-bqe-fix #brooklyn #cars #climate #airquality #mamdani #dsa #socialism #NYC
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🚨 #Trump seeks vast, potentially costly #US stake in #Venezuela #oil industry 🚨
A deal, which may come together early next month, would be contentious & could cost US #taxpayers BILLIONS of dollars.#GiftArticle #geopolitics #sovereignty #economy #TaxpayersMoney #affordability #CostOfLiving #law #InternationalLaw #energy #FossilFuels #ClimateChange
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Another set of #Trump lies. Legal Immigrants/ asylum seekers being deported.
"Trump administration plans to revoke 200,000 visas of asylum seekers
The state department will revoke B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026, whose holders have sought or are now seeking asylum"
#Asylum #Deportation #Fascism #Racist #Xenocentric #Immigration #Politics #Taxpayers #Economics #Government #Democrats #MAGA #Election #News
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/trump-administration-revoke-asylum-visas
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117130008062227837
#Arianespace hasn’t publicly disclosed the cost of an #Ariane6 launch 🕵️, but it is likely somewhere in the range of 80 million to 100 million euros.
#ESA has publicly confirmed that the European 🇪🇺 governments will need to subsidize each launch with between 32 million and 38 million euros 💶 per flight.
If we amortize the development costs with the ongoing subsidy, #European #taxpayers have put more than 100 million euros 💰 into each launch before the customer pays anything
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#Taxpayers to Pay for #IOF Therapy
Is this a joke?!!
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France's tax authority had data stolen on 680k taxpayers
https://korben.info/en/france-tax-authority-data-breach-680000-taxpayers.html
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298303
#HackerNews #France #Tax #Authority #Data #Breach #Taxpayers #Cybersecurity #Privacy
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Searchlight New Mexico: Heinrich proposes legislation to make data centers pay for grid infrastructure. “U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., introduced a bill Monday that aims to prevent utility customers from bearing the costs of data center infrastructure. The GRID Savings Act, proposed as Congress nears its summer recess, would make hyperscale companies pay for necessary upgrades to the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/06/searchlight-new-mexico-heinrich-proposes-legislation-to-make-data-centers-pay-for-grid-infrastructure/ -
#Israel got us into the #IranWar & according to their finance minister, is perfectly happy to sit by and let US soldiers die while US #Taxpayers bear the costs of the ongoing, unwelcome and unwanted war with #Iran. Because of course it is…Netanyahu and his genocidal generals are so pleased the USA is conducting this forever #war on their behalf. “…the current situation is the best one for us,” said Israel’s finance minister. While I’m sure that’s true, it is most certainly NOT the best for the USA & average US taxpayers. Be serious, we’re watching our standard of living diminish, our quality of life evaporate, our dreams be crushed - while #Oligarchs and #Billionaires cruise in their yachts; and while corrupt #Republicans, who are supposedly working for us, line their pockets will ill-gotten gains. Corruption, favoritism and nepotism are everywhere. The rich get richer, while the rest of us suffer - and dream of wining the lottery. Why are we Israel’s protector? #TrumpRegime #RepublicansOwnThis #war #rant
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Mark Carney spent a year gathering political capital. Now he’s spending it — along with billions of taxpayers’ dollars
They are NOT "taxpayers' dollars". Why do the media and others keep using this phrase.
It belongs to the general public.
Nobody claims that when corporations spend money that it's "customers' money".
The phrase implies that it's been illegitimately taken from people, as if thieves spent their "victims' money".
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#BreakingNews - Iran’s #IRGC declare the Strait of Hormuz officially closed & the IRGC navy fires on ‘unauthorized’ ships attempting passage. This is Iran’s main leverage at the moment - the ability to disrupt the flow of oil, natural gas & petrochemicals through the Strait. The impact on the global economy is profound & unsustainable. US strategic oil reserves are diminishing, and prices at the gas pump will surely rise again if this is not settled soon. #Trump is getting played, & he’s losing patience according to reports. I worry his exasperation, he’s literally backed into a corner, will result in a serious escalation sometime soon (maybe tonight or tomorrow). This unnecessary, unwanted & unwelcome #War has cost US #Taxpayers over $100 billion - $$ that could have been spent on the #Affordability crisis. #RepublicansDidThis to us all. Warmongering Dept. of War prompted by Netanyahu in #Israel. Trump promised no wars & suggested Harris would lead us into war. All lies. #IranWar #Iran #TrumpRegime #economy
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So it looks like #taxpayers in #Ontario could be asked to subsidize not just one, but 2 giant pieces of #infrastructure designed to expedite a form of #energy #consumption that’s doing grievous harm to the environmental balance they - and all other humans and other species - rely on to sustain them.
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CAMPAIGN AD FOR THE MIDTERMS
Not exactly subtle, but this would make a great ad for every Democratic and Independent candidate running against a Republican this November, at every level—from Congress to city hall.
Think candidates should use this? Repost it.
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Hey Ezra Klein: Why Did You Stop Talking About Broadband And The Infrastructure Bill?
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“I would certainly expect them to compete a project of this size & complexity,” said Anthony Costa, a former GSA official who oversaw complex government real estate projects during a career that spanned four presidential admins.
The estimated #EastWing construction cost has tripled since last July, when the project was first announced, with [at least] half expected to come from #taxpayers, WaPo previously reported.#Trump #law #ballroom #TaxPayersMoney #GovernmentWaste #oversight
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Competitive bidding is generally required at most federal agencies. Experts said the Executive Residence is exempt from those rules, & the president has legal authority to hire companies of his choosing to make changes to the executive mansion & the surrounding grounds. Those experts said soliciting bids would have ensured the best price for #taxpayers, especially given the size & cost of the #EastWing project.
#Trump #law #ballroom #TaxPayersMoney #GovernmentWaste #oversight #architecture
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEfnuYIBDEw&is=P3dWlwTacrgZg-fA
#tRump #Corruption #Criminal #Politics #ChrisMurphy #USA #America #Grifter #USSenate #Crypto #DOJ #Fraud #Law #DeptOfAgriculture #PayToPlay #SCOTUS #Mobster #Impeach #2547 #Thieves #Taxpayers #Fleeced #Justice #Liar #Government #Republicans #Complicit #GOP #Midterms #Election #Vote #Resist #Activism
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"Will There Be A Tax Revolt?" Isn’t a question I expected to read in Borowitz’s satire blog.
Donald J. Trump aka #Metamucilini is forcing #taxpayers to pay for things they despise: masked goons terrorizing our cities, a gold ballroom fit for a Mafioso, and the stupidest war in American history.
We’re about to mark the 250th anniversary of an uprising that was sparked by, among other things, taxation without representation. So it’s worth asking: could we be on the brink of a tax revolt? And what would it achieve?
These questions aren’t the kooky musings of a fife-blowing Battle of Bunker Hill reenactor. There was, in fact, a major tax revolt in the not-so-distant past—and it succeeded in bringing down a government.
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/will-there-be-a-tax-revolt-7a7
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Canadians not confident public service is prepared for the future
#Canada #Politics #PublicService #Government #Economy #PublicPolicy #MarkCarney #StateCapacity #PublicTrust #CivilService #Governance #Taxpayers #Trade #Leadership #Federal #Populism
https://the-14.com/canadians-not-confident-public-service-is-prepared-for-the-future/ -
WPBF 25 News
Peeling Paint & An Even Bigger Bill? #trump #reflectingpool #lincolnmemorial #whitehouse #taxpayers
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I hope #TrumpsWar is over, wars are bad, but if ANYONE should be paying #Iran $300 Billion in #Reparations it's #DonaldTrump out of his own damn pockets for starting this war without Congressional approval, not actual #taxpayers!!! He broke it, he should buy it.
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Flock Safety officials, police to talk license plate readers at Fort Wayne City Council - The Journal Gazette
archive.today: https://archive.is/N6OFt
Concerns have focused on the level of surveillance, how the data will be used, a lack of public visibility to audit how the program is used and what agencies can access the information.
#FortWayne #Flock #CityCouncil #CityOfFortWayne #Public #Privacy #Rights #Surveillance #ALPR #Audit #TaxPayers #PoliceState
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Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump’s #ballroom project, with MORE THAN HALF coming from #TAXPAYERS
An internal cost estimate in March by the project’s contractor ran $200 million more than #Trump has said publicly & counters his claims that no #TaxpayersMoney will be spent.If trump ever speaks the truth it is by accident.
That is when his demented ravings actually somehow slot in to real life affairs.
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But a detailed project summary prepared for the White House by the contractor more than 3 weeks before Trump’s comments estimated the total construction cost at $600 million—with more than half coming from #taxpayers, according to a copy of the contractor estimate obtained by WaPo.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ballroom
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The SpaceX IPO Sends Elon Musk And Trump’s Starlink Cronyism Into The Thermosphere
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Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump’s #ballroom project, with MORE THAN HALF coming from #TAXPAYERS
An internal cost estimate in March by the project’s contractor ran $200 million more than #Trump has said publicly & counters his claims that no #TaxpayersMoney will be spent.#FactCheck #TrumpLies #scam #fraud #GovernmentWaste
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/06/16/records-reveal-600m-estimate-trumps-ballroom-project-with-half-taxpayers/ -
In Vancouver, a billionaire developer catches a garden tax break https://www.allforgardening.com/1820089/in-vancouver-a-billionaire-developer-catches-a-garden-tax-break/ #ApprovedProject #BCAssessment #BCHousing #CommunityGarden #DevelopmentLand #DogParks #FederalGovernment #FinancialIncentive #garden #HolbornGroup #LittleMountain #MalaysianBillionaireFamily #ParksAndGardens #PublicAmenity #PublicHousingSite #QueenElizabethPark #redevelopment #scam #TaxBill #TaxBreak #TaxCategory #TaxReclassifications #TaxShortfall #taxpayers #vancouver
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https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/12/moda-center-renovation-public-financing-trail-blazers/
#Extortion #Texas #Billionaires #Portland #PublicFunds #NBA #Mexico #Tax #Taxpayers #TaxDollars #EatTheRich #Sports #Basketball #ProfessionalSports #Election #Vote #Affordability #Resist #Protest #Boycott #Nike #PhilKnight #Dundon #Progressives #Citizens #WeThePeople #Franchise #NC #NorthCarolina #Oregon #TrailBlazers #TinaKotek #KeithWilson #Mayor #Governor #MultnomahCounty #PayForPerformance (1/3)
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https://www.fogolf.com/1075503/donald-trump-slammed-for-his-most-out-of-touch-move-yet/ Donald Trump slammed for his most ‘out of touch move’ yet #DonaldTrump #GolfBuggy #GolfCourse #Kai #KaiMadisonTrump #KaiTrump #KaiMadisonTrump #KaiTrump #Madison #OutOfTouch #RichFriends #TaxPayers #taxes #ToneDeaf #trump
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This from 2021. And yes, it's still sitting there. The alternatives? Desecrating #YuccaMountain? Polluting the #GreatLakes? Or maybe burying it underneath Congress? But until we figure out how to transport and permanently store nuclear waste, it is being stored on site. And not just in #Maine -- everywhere there was a #NuclearPowerPlant!
Armed Guards Protect Tons Of #NuclearWaste That Maine Can’t Get Rid Of
By Abigail Curtis, BDN
Published July 19, 2021"In the summertime, the picturesque village of #WiscassetME is infamous for its long lines of people hungry to try a lobster roll at Red’s Eats and cars that crawl through town on the often-clogged #USRouteOne.
"But just a few miles south of downtown is a different kind of roadblock: 550 metric tons of nuclear waste stored on a coastal peninsula at the now-decommissioned #MaineYankee atomic energy plant that have nowhere to go.
"The change in presidential administrations means another chance for the federal government to make good on its promise to remove the waste, so the site can be closed for good. The Biden administration’s Department of Energy seems to be picking up where the Obama administration left off, creating a process for communities to volunteer to host the waste.
" 'What worries me is that there really isn’t any national leadership right now on this stuff. There isn’t an agency that has a mission and has developed a strategy, that has goals and is willing to act on it,' Don Hudson, the chairman of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel, said. 'We’re currently in this limbo.'
"That’s a problem because the waste — 1,400 spent nuclear fuel rods housed in 60 cement and steel canisters, plus four canisters of irradiated steel removed from the nuclear reactor when it was taken down — is safe for now, but can’t stay in Wiscasset forever.
"The situation in Wiscasset underscores a thorny issue facing more than 100 communities across the U.S.: close to a hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste that has no place to go.
"Securing these remnants of nuclear energy generation is an ongoing task that requires armed guards around the clock and costs Maine Yankee’s owners some $10 million per year, which is being paid for with money from the government.
"After the government failed to remove the spent fuel, Maine Yankee and the other two decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England — Connecticut Yankee in East Hampton, Connecticut, and Yankee Atomic in Rowe, Massachusetts — took it to court. So far, they have been awarded a total of $575.5 million in damages during four rounds of litigation, money that has been paid out of the U.S. Judgment fund. A fifth round is happening now, and the lawsuits are likely to continue until the fuel is removed.
"All told, the country’s many abandoned nuclear facilities — including Maine Yankee — have cost the federal government billions of dollars, a sum that increases by about $2 million each day, according to Eric Howes, the spokesperson for Maine Yankee and two other decommissioned plants in New England.
" 'All the #taxpayers in the United States are paying for the government’s failure to meet its obligations,' he said.
"But as the years pass, it seems that fewer and fewer people even realize that there are tons of nuclear waste on the secured site behind a chain-link fence on Bailey Point. Hudson and others worry that for many, it’s too easy not to think about it, diminishing the drive to find a better solution.
" 'Nobody ever travels by it. Nobody ever sees it,' Hudson said. 'It’s the classic out of sight, out of mind.' "
#nuclear #nuclearwaste #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart
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This from 2021. And yes, it's still sitting there. The alternatives? Desecrating #YuccaMountain? Polluting the #GreatLakes? Or maybe burying it underneath Congress? But until we figure out how to transport and permanently store nuclear waste, it is being stored on site. And not just in #Maine -- everywhere there was a #NuclearPowerPlant!
Armed Guards Protect Tons Of #NuclearWaste That Maine Can’t Get Rid Of
By Abigail Curtis, BDN
Published July 19, 2021"In the summertime, the picturesque village of #WiscassetME is infamous for its long lines of people hungry to try a lobster roll at Red’s Eats and cars that crawl through town on the often-clogged #USRouteOne.
"But just a few miles south of downtown is a different kind of roadblock: 550 metric tons of nuclear waste stored on a coastal peninsula at the now-decommissioned #MaineYankee atomic energy plant that have nowhere to go.
"The change in presidential administrations means another chance for the federal government to make good on its promise to remove the waste, so the site can be closed for good. The Biden administration’s Department of Energy seems to be picking up where the Obama administration left off, creating a process for communities to volunteer to host the waste.
" 'What worries me is that there really isn’t any national leadership right now on this stuff. There isn’t an agency that has a mission and has developed a strategy, that has goals and is willing to act on it,' Don Hudson, the chairman of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel, said. 'We’re currently in this limbo.'
"That’s a problem because the waste — 1,400 spent nuclear fuel rods housed in 60 cement and steel canisters, plus four canisters of irradiated steel removed from the nuclear reactor when it was taken down — is safe for now, but can’t stay in Wiscasset forever.
"The situation in Wiscasset underscores a thorny issue facing more than 100 communities across the U.S.: close to a hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste that has no place to go.
"Securing these remnants of nuclear energy generation is an ongoing task that requires armed guards around the clock and costs Maine Yankee’s owners some $10 million per year, which is being paid for with money from the government.
"After the government failed to remove the spent fuel, Maine Yankee and the other two decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England — Connecticut Yankee in East Hampton, Connecticut, and Yankee Atomic in Rowe, Massachusetts — took it to court. So far, they have been awarded a total of $575.5 million in damages during four rounds of litigation, money that has been paid out of the U.S. Judgment fund. A fifth round is happening now, and the lawsuits are likely to continue until the fuel is removed.
"All told, the country’s many abandoned nuclear facilities — including Maine Yankee — have cost the federal government billions of dollars, a sum that increases by about $2 million each day, according to Eric Howes, the spokesperson for Maine Yankee and two other decommissioned plants in New England.
" 'All the #taxpayers in the United States are paying for the government’s failure to meet its obligations,' he said.
"But as the years pass, it seems that fewer and fewer people even realize that there are tons of nuclear waste on the secured site behind a chain-link fence on Bailey Point. Hudson and others worry that for many, it’s too easy not to think about it, diminishing the drive to find a better solution.
" 'Nobody ever travels by it. Nobody ever sees it,' Hudson said. 'It’s the classic out of sight, out of mind.' "
#nuclear #nuclearwaste #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart
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This from 2021. And yes, it's still sitting there. The alternatives? Desecrating #YuccaMountain? Polluting the #GreatLakes? Or maybe burying it underneath Congress? But until we figure out how to transport and permanently store nuclear waste, it is being stored on site. And not just in #Maine -- everywhere there was a #NuclearPowerPlant!
Armed Guards Protect Tons Of #NuclearWaste That Maine Can’t Get Rid Of
By Abigail Curtis, BDN
Published July 19, 2021"In the summertime, the picturesque village of #WiscassetME is infamous for its long lines of people hungry to try a lobster roll at Red’s Eats and cars that crawl through town on the often-clogged #USRouteOne.
"But just a few miles south of downtown is a different kind of roadblock: 550 metric tons of nuclear waste stored on a coastal peninsula at the now-decommissioned #MaineYankee atomic energy plant that have nowhere to go.
"The change in presidential administrations means another chance for the federal government to make good on its promise to remove the waste, so the site can be closed for good. The Biden administration’s Department of Energy seems to be picking up where the Obama administration left off, creating a process for communities to volunteer to host the waste.
" 'What worries me is that there really isn’t any national leadership right now on this stuff. There isn’t an agency that has a mission and has developed a strategy, that has goals and is willing to act on it,' Don Hudson, the chairman of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel, said. 'We’re currently in this limbo.'
"That’s a problem because the waste — 1,400 spent nuclear fuel rods housed in 60 cement and steel canisters, plus four canisters of irradiated steel removed from the nuclear reactor when it was taken down — is safe for now, but can’t stay in Wiscasset forever.
"The situation in Wiscasset underscores a thorny issue facing more than 100 communities across the U.S.: close to a hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste that has no place to go.
"Securing these remnants of nuclear energy generation is an ongoing task that requires armed guards around the clock and costs Maine Yankee’s owners some $10 million per year, which is being paid for with money from the government.
"After the government failed to remove the spent fuel, Maine Yankee and the other two decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England — Connecticut Yankee in East Hampton, Connecticut, and Yankee Atomic in Rowe, Massachusetts — took it to court. So far, they have been awarded a total of $575.5 million in damages during four rounds of litigation, money that has been paid out of the U.S. Judgment fund. A fifth round is happening now, and the lawsuits are likely to continue until the fuel is removed.
"All told, the country’s many abandoned nuclear facilities — including Maine Yankee — have cost the federal government billions of dollars, a sum that increases by about $2 million each day, according to Eric Howes, the spokesperson for Maine Yankee and two other decommissioned plants in New England.
" 'All the #taxpayers in the United States are paying for the government’s failure to meet its obligations,' he said.
"But as the years pass, it seems that fewer and fewer people even realize that there are tons of nuclear waste on the secured site behind a chain-link fence on Bailey Point. Hudson and others worry that for many, it’s too easy not to think about it, diminishing the drive to find a better solution.
" 'Nobody ever travels by it. Nobody ever sees it,' Hudson said. 'It’s the classic out of sight, out of mind.' "
#nuclear #nuclearwaste #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart
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This from 2021. And yes, it's still sitting there. The alternatives? Desecrating #YuccaMountain? Polluting the #GreatLakes? Or maybe burying it underneath Congress? But until we figure out how to transport and permanently store nuclear waste, it is being stored on site. And not just in #Maine -- everywhere there was a #NuclearPowerPlant!
Armed Guards Protect Tons Of #NuclearWaste That Maine Can’t Get Rid Of
By Abigail Curtis, BDN
Published July 19, 2021"In the summertime, the picturesque village of #WiscassetME is infamous for its long lines of people hungry to try a lobster roll at Red’s Eats and cars that crawl through town on the often-clogged #USRouteOne.
"But just a few miles south of downtown is a different kind of roadblock: 550 metric tons of nuclear waste stored on a coastal peninsula at the now-decommissioned #MaineYankee atomic energy plant that have nowhere to go.
"The change in presidential administrations means another chance for the federal government to make good on its promise to remove the waste, so the site can be closed for good. The Biden administration’s Department of Energy seems to be picking up where the Obama administration left off, creating a process for communities to volunteer to host the waste.
" 'What worries me is that there really isn’t any national leadership right now on this stuff. There isn’t an agency that has a mission and has developed a strategy, that has goals and is willing to act on it,' Don Hudson, the chairman of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel, said. 'We’re currently in this limbo.'
"That’s a problem because the waste — 1,400 spent nuclear fuel rods housed in 60 cement and steel canisters, plus four canisters of irradiated steel removed from the nuclear reactor when it was taken down — is safe for now, but can’t stay in Wiscasset forever.
"The situation in Wiscasset underscores a thorny issue facing more than 100 communities across the U.S.: close to a hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste that has no place to go.
"Securing these remnants of nuclear energy generation is an ongoing task that requires armed guards around the clock and costs Maine Yankee’s owners some $10 million per year, which is being paid for with money from the government.
"After the government failed to remove the spent fuel, Maine Yankee and the other two decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England — Connecticut Yankee in East Hampton, Connecticut, and Yankee Atomic in Rowe, Massachusetts — took it to court. So far, they have been awarded a total of $575.5 million in damages during four rounds of litigation, money that has been paid out of the U.S. Judgment fund. A fifth round is happening now, and the lawsuits are likely to continue until the fuel is removed.
"All told, the country’s many abandoned nuclear facilities — including Maine Yankee — have cost the federal government billions of dollars, a sum that increases by about $2 million each day, according to Eric Howes, the spokesperson for Maine Yankee and two other decommissioned plants in New England.
" 'All the #taxpayers in the United States are paying for the government’s failure to meet its obligations,' he said.
"But as the years pass, it seems that fewer and fewer people even realize that there are tons of nuclear waste on the secured site behind a chain-link fence on Bailey Point. Hudson and others worry that for many, it’s too easy not to think about it, diminishing the drive to find a better solution.
" 'Nobody ever travels by it. Nobody ever sees it,' Hudson said. 'It’s the classic out of sight, out of mind.' "
#nuclear #nuclearwaste #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart
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This from 2021. And yes, it's still sitting there. The alternatives? Desecrating #YuccaMountain? Polluting the #GreatLakes? Or maybe burying it underneath Congress? But until we figure out how to transport and permanently store nuclear waste, it is being stored on site. And not just in #Maine -- everywhere there was a #NuclearPowerPlant!
Armed Guards Protect Tons Of #NuclearWaste That Maine Can’t Get Rid Of
By Abigail Curtis, BDN
Published July 19, 2021"In the summertime, the picturesque village of #WiscassetME is infamous for its long lines of people hungry to try a lobster roll at Red’s Eats and cars that crawl through town on the often-clogged #USRouteOne.
"But just a few miles south of downtown is a different kind of roadblock: 550 metric tons of nuclear waste stored on a coastal peninsula at the now-decommissioned #MaineYankee atomic energy plant that have nowhere to go.
"The change in presidential administrations means another chance for the federal government to make good on its promise to remove the waste, so the site can be closed for good. The Biden administration’s Department of Energy seems to be picking up where the Obama administration left off, creating a process for communities to volunteer to host the waste.
" 'What worries me is that there really isn’t any national leadership right now on this stuff. There isn’t an agency that has a mission and has developed a strategy, that has goals and is willing to act on it,' Don Hudson, the chairman of the Maine Yankee Community Advisory Panel, said. 'We’re currently in this limbo.'
"That’s a problem because the waste — 1,400 spent nuclear fuel rods housed in 60 cement and steel canisters, plus four canisters of irradiated steel removed from the nuclear reactor when it was taken down — is safe for now, but can’t stay in Wiscasset forever.
"The situation in Wiscasset underscores a thorny issue facing more than 100 communities across the U.S.: close to a hundred thousand tons of nuclear waste that has no place to go.
"Securing these remnants of nuclear energy generation is an ongoing task that requires armed guards around the clock and costs Maine Yankee’s owners some $10 million per year, which is being paid for with money from the government.
"After the government failed to remove the spent fuel, Maine Yankee and the other two decommissioned nuclear power plants in New England — Connecticut Yankee in East Hampton, Connecticut, and Yankee Atomic in Rowe, Massachusetts — took it to court. So far, they have been awarded a total of $575.5 million in damages during four rounds of litigation, money that has been paid out of the U.S. Judgment fund. A fifth round is happening now, and the lawsuits are likely to continue until the fuel is removed.
"All told, the country’s many abandoned nuclear facilities — including Maine Yankee — have cost the federal government billions of dollars, a sum that increases by about $2 million each day, according to Eric Howes, the spokesperson for Maine Yankee and two other decommissioned plants in New England.
" 'All the #taxpayers in the United States are paying for the government’s failure to meet its obligations,' he said.
"But as the years pass, it seems that fewer and fewer people even realize that there are tons of nuclear waste on the secured site behind a chain-link fence on Bailey Point. Hudson and others worry that for many, it’s too easy not to think about it, diminishing the drive to find a better solution.
" 'Nobody ever travels by it. Nobody ever sees it,' Hudson said. 'It’s the classic out of sight, out of mind.' "
#nuclear #nuclearwaste #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #NuclearWaste #RethinkNotRestart
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Timing of #superbowl2023 is a great time to talk about this: #Cities, stop subsidizing #professionalsports w/ taxpayer dollars. One of the worst possible ROI. “The weight of #economic evidence shows that #taxpayers spend a lot of money and ultimately don't get much back. And when this paltry return is compared with other potential uses of the funds, the investment, almost always, seems unwise. In fact, research has shown that subsidizing #sports facilities usually does not affect a city's growth and, in some cases, may even hurt growth since funds are being diverted from alternatives with higher returns.” By Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis: https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional-economist/april-2001/should-cities-pay-for-sports-facilities
