IN A MAJOR VICTORY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES, New York State has ruled that “outmoded cooling technology at the Indian Point nuclear power plant kills so many Hudson River fish, and consumes and contaminates so much water, that it violates the federal Clean Water Act.”

Its conceivable that the plant could be forced to close. Hey, it’s all right with me if New York wants to turn off its lights, but it’s not OK by me if they’re planning to import electricity from (and export their pollution to) my back yard.