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Mothers for Nuclear's Fight at Diablo Canyon
In 2016, it was announced that the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant would close. Heather Hoff and Kristin Zaitz were concerned that California couldn’t afford to lose the plant in the fight against climate change, air pollution, and energy poverty. They started Mothers for Nuclear to communicate the science and importance of nuclear power.
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