EENews: Clinton Nuclear Generating Station in Clinton, Ill., the focus of a recent effort to save the state's nuclear power. Photo by Daniel Schwen, courtesy of Wikipedia.
In a rented 15-passenger van barreling south on Interstate 55 out of Chicago in April, a group of environmental activists, a legendary scientist and a camera crew embarked on a quixotic rescue effort.
Their goal: saving Illinois nukes.
"We shouldn't be taking them off the table, in my opinion," said James Hansen, a former scientist...