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In a signal that the departure of Tony Blair [9] as British Prime Minister won't result in any major policy shifts, Prime Minister-elect Gordon Brown [10] has supported the construction of up to eight new nuclear power stations. In February, Britain's High Court ruled [11] that a national energy review [12] had been a "sham" consultation exercise. Despite the setback, Trade and Industry Secretary and Brown ally, Alistair Darling, has launched a new round of "consultation" on its latest nuclear power white paper [13]. "We will consider carefully the responses we get and this will enable us to take a decision on nuclear power later in the year," the Department of Trade and Industry website states [14]. Darling, however, is not waiting for the public response, ridiculing [15] those opposing nuclear power as being "daft." Greenpeace [16] director John Sauven said the British government "has tinkered with its failing energy efficiency and renewables policy while indulging its nuclear obsession."
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/7/bob-burton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/environment/global-warming
[3] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations/issue-management
[4] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/environment/nuclear-power
[5] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/democracy
[6] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/politics
[7] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/public-relations
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[9] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tony_Blair
[10] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Gordon_Brown
[11] http://www.prwatch.org/node/5765
[12] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Energy_Review_(UK_2006)
[13] http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/page39534.html
[14] http://nuclearpower2007.direct.gov.uk/
[15] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1828492.ece
[16] http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Greenpeace
[17] http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,2086372,00.html