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Defending Ex-Duke Power Executive Bill Coley

Today's edition of The Telegraph (U.K.) is featuring an interview with Bill Coley, CEO of British Energy . For the most part, it's quite good, detailing Coley's rise through the ranks at Duke Power from his days working at a coal plant in North Carolina all the way to his elevation to President of the company. Unfortunately, while the story provides a full picture of Coley's tenure at Duke, the headline is more than a little misleading: How Britain's nuclear chief Bill Coley left the US under a cloud . That little detail annoyed Rod Adams, who did a little digging of his own to correct the record : As I dug through that information, I still did not find anything that indicated any blame associated with Bill Coley other than a statement that said that the audit "was silent" on his involvement. Based on having met the man and having talked to people who know him well, I find his explanation for his career choices far more satisfying than the vague innuendo...