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NEW PAPYRUS (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
In the November 20 Wall Street Journal Environmental Capital blog , Duke Energy boss, Jim Rogers argues that nuclear power will probably replace coal in the long run in the US by 2050. Additionally, he argues that nuclear power creates more jobs than wind and solar and at a higher level of pay: "In an operation of a nuclear plant, there [are] .64 jobs per megawatt. The wind business–and...
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Classical Values :: Where were you when wood became a felony? Henceforth, all wood is to be a federally regulated, suspect substance. Either raw wood, lumber, or anything made of wood, from tables and chairs, to flooring, siding, particle board, to handles on knives, baskets, chopsticks, or even toothpicks has to have a label naming the genus and species of the tree that it came from and the country...
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Alternative Energy HQ (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
For last several decades the world climate has been changing faster and faster. For last fifty years average temperature of surface in the world has increased more than on 0.7 degrees Celsius. This caused such phenomena as, for instance, decreasing of Arctic Ice` amounts on 2.7% every decade. In the end of 20th century, beginning of 21st, the highest temperatures from very beginning of the history...
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Climate change plan 'could ruin Australia' AUSTRALIA will go broke and become the laughing stock of the world if politicians ignore basic science on climate change, a leading global warming sceptic says. Adelaide University professor of mining geology, Ian Plimer, said he feared Australia would become an economic backwater if due diligence was not part of developing climate change policy. "My...
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Cempaka Eco Green (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
NRC International , By the Associated Press, 19 November 2009 09:10 The Dutch government approved a pilot project Wednesday to pump carbon dioxide into depleted gas fields beneath a town of 43,000 people as a way of reducing emissions blamed for global warming. Residents of Barendrecht, a suburb 18 kilometres from Rotterdam, fiercely oppose the plan and the local municipality immediately said it would...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Colorado state lawmakers are asking the U.S. Senate to limit funding for coal and nuclear energy as Congress moves to pass an energy bill.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Colorado state lawmakers are asking the U.S. Senate to limit funding for coal and nuclear energy as Congress moves to pass an energy bill. The 20 state lawmakers, all Democrats, say too much emphasis on coal and nuclear energy would reduce funding for... Democratic - United States Senate - United States Congress - Congress - US Senate
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
DENVER -- Colorado state lawmakers are asking the U.S. Senate to limit funding for coal and nuclear energy as Congress moves to pass an energy bill.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Bill creates fairer energy market for consumers, says Ed Miliband The latest energy bill is designed to help the UK move towards a low-carbon economy. It includes a £9.5bn levy on electricity suppliers to fund four demonstration carbon capture and storage (CCS) coal power plants. The "CCS Incentive", as the levy is known, was announced last week by energy secretary Ed Miliband as he...
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Obnoxio The Clown (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
So, we know that apart from waste disposal, nuclear energy is the way to go: low "carbon footprint", reliable, relatively cheap, yadda, yadda, yadda. Turns out there's this teensy-weensy problemette : Perhaps the most worrying problem is the misconception that uranium is plentiful. The world's nuclear plants today eat through some 65,000 tons of uranium each year. Of this, the mining industry...
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Gristmill (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
by Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON - Two senators unveiled legislation Monday to double U.S. nuclear energy output in 20 years and foster clean energy options with “mini-Manhattan Projects” named for the original U.S. atomic bomb push. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), noting they cannot support the cap-and-trade climate bill now churning through the Senate, said...
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Gristmill (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
by Andrew Light Cross-posted from Climate Progress . Co-written by Julian L. Wong of the Center for American Progress. Obama and President Hu Jintao together at a reception before the formal state dinner in Beijing.Photo: whitehouse.govTuesday, a comprehensive plan for U.S.-China cooperation on clean energy and climate change was announced in Beijing by President Obama and President Hu Jintao. The...
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Climate and energy (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Today in Beijing, President Obama’s and Chinese president Hu Jintao announced a clean energy plan – including a Clean Energy Research Center, a US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative, Energy Efficiency Action Plan, and a focus on 21st Century Coal research. The Wall Street Journal Environmental Capital blog looks at the % of Texas’ power being produced by [...]
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Fairer Globalization (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Today the U.S. Department of Energy released the following announcement , which details several U.S.-China energy initiatives very much consistent with the recommendations of our recent Carnegie Council working group . The announcement is below. Beijing, China - Today, President Barack Obama and President Hu Jintao announced a far-reaching package of measures to strengthen cooperation between the United...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Legislation aimed at moving Britain towards low-carbon economy and increase investment in flood defence Money for "clean coal", improved flood defences and tougher protection of the Antarctica wilderness are expected to be the key environmental components of the government's legislative agendain tomorrow's Queen's speech. The latest energy bill is designed to help the UK move towards a low-carbon...
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aarkstore | 11/11/2009
Fuel – Nuclear Power’s Trump Card? Summary Compared to coal or gas, nuclear fuel is inexpensive and constant in price, uranium reserves remain large – and quite possibly sustainable – and spent fuel is easily contained. Nuclear fuel has many associated advantages in comparison to other conventional fuel sources. Only a small quantity of uranium is required to produce a huge amount of nuclear energy....
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aarkstore | 10/22/2009
The report focuses on China’s traditional, non-renewable energy sectors - coal, oil, and nuclear power, which together account for about 90% of China’s energy mix. It analyzes current technology levels, penetration of clean and efficient technologies specific to the three sectors, as well as potential opportunities for foreign companies. This report does not include the renewable energy sectors (e.g....
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aarkstore | 09/16/2009
Fuel – Nuclear Power’s Trump Card? Summary Compared to coal or gas, nuclear fuel is inexpensive and constant in price, uranium reserves remain large – and quite possibly sustainable – and spent fuel is easily contained. Nuclear fuel has many associated advantages in comparison to other conventional fuel sources. Only a small quantity of uranium is required to produce a huge amount of nuclear energy....