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The Utah legislature has added nuclear power to a list of energy sources defined as “renewable”. You can read about it at Renewable Energy Incentive Includes Nuclear Power and Utah governor, Legislature at odds over climate change. It is not clear yet whether or not the governor will sign the bill, but he has made…
A good friend sent me a link to Steven Milloy – of JunkScience.com – opinion piece titled Environmentalists Prompt Nuclear Power Wake-Up Call published on August 14, 2008 on FoxNews.com. Here is the lede from that piece What did the nuclear power industry get for playing footsie with the “greens” on global warming? A knife…
On September 4, 2010, CBS News aired a story about the controversy and impacts of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale. The video includes some footage showing how the drilling equipment can alter the landscape of what appears to have been a rather quiet rural neighborhood. John Hanger, the Secretary of the…
Alternative Energy Holdings, Inc. has started a bit of a stir that has not yet been noticed by major media outlets. On December 1, 2006, the company issued a press release indicating that they had signed a letter of intent to build, own and operate a 1,500 MW nuclear powered electrical station near Bruneau, Idaho….
There is a quick poll in operation at the Global Network of Environment & Technology (GNET) web site that is asking the following question: “Can nuclear-based energy be considered “clean” since the reactors don’t emit the pollution or greenhouse gases of coal-burning plants?” I have already cast my vote, but the early results indicate that…
Normally, I am reluctant to simply reproduce a press release, but I figured you might be interested in this one. From the Nuclear Energy Institute: As Texas copes with rolling electricity blackouts and its coldest temperatures in decades, you should be aware that the state’s four nuclear power plants – which have a combined electric…