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France votes to be less nuclear-reliant

By Washington Examiner
Published October 10, 2014 1:37pm ET
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Former Governor of California and founding chair of the R20 initiative, Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, jokes with French President Francois Hollande prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. The R20 is a coalition of partners led by regional governments that work to promote and implement projects that are designed to produce local economic and environmental benefits in the form of reduced energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, strong local economies, improved public health, and new green jobs. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) | Christophe Ena

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers have voted to make their country a little less heavily dependent on nuclear energy.

The lower house of parliament adopted a measure Friday to reduce the share of nuclear energy in the electricity supply from 75 percent currently to 50 percent in 2025. The nuclear share in the United States, in comparison, is about 19 percent.

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