Sam Lovejoy, 39 Years After Taking on the Nuclear Power Industry

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02/22/2013
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Sam Lovejoy
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In the 1970s, when nuclear-power was burgeoning, Northeast Utilities proposed building a plant in Montague, Massachusetts.  By trying to stop it - Sam Lovejoy is credited with starting the anti-nuclear movement. As Jon Kalish reports, 39 years ago today (2/22/13) Lovejoy toppled a weather data tower connected to the proposed plant.

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