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Environmental Point of View From the Baltimore Chronicle – Pulling Back the Curtain on Wind Power

…1) A friend provided more details about Paul Gunter’s resume. He has known Gunter since 1984. Gunter studied philosophy for a time in college, but dropped out. During the Vietnam War, he counseled draft resisters. For a time, he made his living pruning apple trees. Employment as a professional antinuclear activist is an easier way to earn a living and comes with a travel budget. End Update For an organizer who wants to discourage the use of nuclea…

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Antinuclear activists are too modest

…ts have caused. Here is an example that I recently posted in response to a Gunter comment that accused Dr. Conca of engaging in revisionist history. @Paul Gunter The victors may get to write history, but this battle is not yet over and your side has not yet won. Conca’s article should not be labeled as revisionist because the history is still being investigated and understood. The early drafts are still in progress. Your slant is certainly evident…

Smoking gun Part 7 – Australian mining union targets nuclear as a job threat

The ‘smoking gun’ series on Atomic Insights provides links to articles that describe a direct anti-nuclear statement from someone who is openly supporting a competitive energy source. This afternoon, I received an anonymous tip with a link to an article in The Australian dated July 30, 2007 and titled Nuclear threatens our jobs: union. Here is the smoking gun part of the article: Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union mining division bos…

Kevlar Vest – Opposite of a Smoking Gun (#1 in a series)

…oil and/or gas. I even have a series of blogs with the keyword of “smoking gun” (go ahead, do a search in that little block at the top left of your Atomic Insights window) that points to places where the source is a bit more open about motivation – “smoking gun” articles on Atomic Insights are generally those where an anti-nuclear comment comes directly from someone with an admitted interest in selling more coal, oil or gas. In all fairness, howev…

Smoking Gun – Jerry Taylor, a Fellow at the Cato Institute, founded by a Koch, Focuses Libertarian Rhetoric Against Nuclear, but Ignores Natural Gas Subsidies

…n. Others might disagree with my categorization of this video as a smoking gun, but Source Watch indicates that the Cato Institute was co-founded by Charles Koch. Here is what the entry says about that co-founder – he is “the billionaire co-owner of Koch Industries; the largest privately owned company in the United States. Though diversified, the company amassed most of its fortune in oil trading and refining.” It is also worth noting that Cato is…

How did an oil shale investor hamstring his atomic energy competition? (Ancient but impactful smoking gun)
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How did an oil shale investor hamstring his atomic energy competition? (Ancient but impactful smoking gun)

…es imposed an important delay in efforts to put atomic energy to use in serving humanity. That’s my focus area. While my research and broad-based reading on this topic will continue, I felt the need to stop and document a specific, intriguing story that qualifies as a smoking gun. Note: On Atomic Insights, ‘smoking gun’ is a category of posts that document instances of nuclear opposition that can be directly tied to the desires of competitive indu…

Best Smoking Gun Ever – Former Senator Tim Wirth Giving Natural Gas Industry Legislative Pep Talk

…t you are leaving them alone. Of course, in order to qualify as a “smoking gun” Wirth’s speech must also include criticism of nuclear energy, but remember, this man is a professional politician who clearly understands the value of casting aspersions on his opposition without upsetting them too much. Wirth damns nuclear energy by including two references to the dangers of nuclear proliferation to nations like Iran and by listing it after energy eff…

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Eurogas head says if nuclear not acceptable, talk to nat gas suppliers (Smoking gun)

…” or products such as natural gas instead of nuclear, loyalty is a smoking gun. Recent Russian Energy “Exploration” may make this issue more evident to everyone involved in international markets. That is not to forget military posturing on this day honoring our armed forces. The smoking gun refuses to go away so be vigilant! DV82XL The statement about shale and other tight gas exploitation not having an impact on the gas market is something that s…

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Why would UBS root for Entergy’s Merchant Nukes to Close?

…easonable, is NOT a smoking gun. It is, in fact, the opposite of a smoking gun. While the article does include good stuff, there seems to be a bit of an oversight, I think. You have failed in this article to address the following basic consideration/question: While it’s true that the banks have a lot of exposure to gas and oil debt (and thus, risk of default), so that it is in their interest to see competitors close, those banks did not, I don’t t…

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The Left Needs to Reconsider its Automatic Position Against Nuclear Energy

…nd is latched onto by Caldicott and her like-minded colleagues, like Arnie Gundersen. For his part, Gundersen has successively raised his estimates of the number of cancers that will result from Fukushima’s meltdown after the quake and tsunami from a few hundred thousand to, again, the round figure of a million. In this case, however, virtually the entire communities engaged in radiation protection, radiology, or health physics agree that either z…

NRC and Army Corps of Engineers Joint Public Meeting – Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Calvert Cliffs Unit 3

…fighting nuclear energy. From his own biography posted at Beyond Nuclear, Gunter is “An environmental activist and energy policy analyst, he has been an ardent critic of atomic power development for more than 30 years.” I wonder what qualifications you need for that line of work and who actually pays the bills. Gunter’s bio does not list any degrees and the Beyond Nuclear web site does not provide much information about its financial supporters….

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CNN promotes natural gas as “safer” than nuclear – smoking gun

…involved in running the network, is what qualifies this post as a smoking gun. Here is a comment that I left in response to the article on the CNN web site. It might not make it through moderation. Wonder how much ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and the American Natural Gas Alliance have paid CNN to run advertisements over the years? Is this article a “make good” or just a freebie in return for all of that exceptional business from loyal customers? N…

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