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Other areas. republicans want to open up more areas to offshore drilling. bills just passed by the house would vastly increase the sea floor available to explore and speed up the permit process. the white house and environmental groups strongly oppose those measures. >> house bills set up a situation where we will have less safety and less requirements than we had last year. >> environmental groups argue the amount of oil coming from the gulf could be replaced with alternative forms of energy. the industry maintains offshore drilling is a crucial component to domestic energy supplies. the pres...

Shock to the economy along the gulf coast according to some estimates, and now we're hearing that some of the closer shallow-water drilling is also being slowed down in the permit process, and that's causing more concerns about possible layoffs in that side of the oil industry as well. so it's a shock to the economy all the way around here, alex. >> no one seems to escape unscathed. okay. charles hadlock, thank you. for an in-depth look at the devastation caused by this oil spill, watch "disaster in the gulf." we're going to take a look at the economic and emotional impact the spill has had ...

Efficiency, more incentives, and that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country. once hostage of fear toss another 3-mile island, polls show a imagine -- majority of americans support nuclear power. >> members of both parties are insisting nuclear has to be included because they recognize the reality of how difficult it is to produce enough electricity in this country without nuclear generation. >> reporter: construction is already underway on two new plant necessary georgia, expected to go online in 2016. thirty more are in the permit process. but the...

More efficiency. more incentives. building a new generation of safe, clean, nuclear power plants in thisht country. >> held hostage to fears of another three-mile island a majority of members support nuclear power. >> members of both petitioners -- both parties recognize the reality of how difficult it is to produce enough electricity in this country without nuclear generation. >> construction is underway in two new plans in georgia going online in 2016, and 30 more are in the permit process and each plant. ploys 2 thousand workers during construction and 700 when built. all make well above t...

Blue ribbon panel to solve the other major hurdle, what to do with the waste. >> to create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives, and that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plant necessary this country. >> reporter: once hos an to fears of another 3-mile island, polls show a majority of americans support nuclear power. >> members of both parties are insisting nuclear has to be included because they recognize the reality of how difficult it is to produce enough electricity in this country without nuclear generation....