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In turnaround, Sweden agrees to continue nuclear power
2016-06-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Channel News Asia: Sweden's left-wing government struck a deal with the opposition Friday (Jun 10) to continue nuclear power for the foreseeable future, backtracking on its pledge to phase out atomic energy. The government coalition, made up of the Social Democrats and the Greens, had agreed in October 2014 to freeze nuclear energy development, while the opposition has been in favour of building new reactors. The deal is aimed at securing long-term energy supplies to households and industry, the government said....
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