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The U. S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency is posting regular updates on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the nation’s energy products supply and markets.
The U. S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency is posting regular updates on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the nation’s energy products supply and markets.
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The Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, is often considered to be the seminal work on free markets. In Wealth, Smith had a lot to say about monopolies and competition. Here is one quote that I like to keep in mind as I try to comprehend John Rowe’s somewhat confusing position on new nuclear power…
On July 6, 2005, Malcolm Wicks spoke to a group of 200 delegates of the British nuclear industry. Mr. Wicks is the UK’s minister of state for energy. He stated that the government had put a lot of thought into the decision to sell Westinghouse. A major factor in the decision process was the fact…
The Daily Sentinel, Jackson County, Alabama’s oldest newspaper, has published an Our Voice editorial board column titled Area’s future brighter with TVA Bellefonte. The piece describes in detail the potential benefits that will come to their community as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s announcement last week that the company will almost certainly either…
On January 16, 2007, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reset the hands of their famous Doomsday Clock, moving it forward from 11:53 to 11:55. According to their analysis of the world’s current political and environmental situation, we are now a figurative “five minutes till midnight”, with midnight equating to the end of the world…
Scott Simon interviewed Stewart Brand, an icon of the US environmental movement on Weekend Edition for Saturday, February 20, 2010. He asked some probing questions and Brand gave some clear responses that are worth listening to and understanding. Brand is an excellent communicator and has a savvy media presence that is worth emulating. He does…
According to an article posted on chinadaily.com.cn titled Solar cell maker adds 3 new production lines Nantong Qiangsheng Photovoltaic Technology Co Ltd (QS Solar), which currently runs a production line for its thin-film amorphous silicon solar cell panels, is planning to increase its capacity by by a factor of more than 10 by adding three…