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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Michael R. Blood

Environmental group suffers setback in legal fight to close California's last nuclear power plant

The Tribune 2023

A California judge on Thursday rejected an environmental group’s lawsuit that sought to block the state’s largest utility from seeking to extend the operating life of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.

Friends of the Earth sued in state Superior Court in April, hoping to derail a state-backed proposal to keep the twin-domed plant running for at least five additional years. The group was part of a 2016 agreement with operator Pacific Gas & Electric to shutter the state's last nuclear power plant by 2025.

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