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Green Options (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
In the late-night aftermath of a too-close-for-comfort 220-215 vote, House Democrat leaders and the White House hailed the passage of a health care bill that would cover more than 35 million uninsured Americans while introducing a limited public option and adding restrictions on discrimination against insurance applicants with preexisting conditions. But, not everyone - not the entire Democratic caucus...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
When I was 9 years old the neighbor wanted to extend the side of his house but the trees there were in the way. These were beautiful, gigantic Populus and I loved them so much. When the wind blew...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Yesterday, we saw nuclear reactor builders AREVA citing a study that said ‘nuclear power has the smallest land-use footprint of all forms of energy generation’. The thing is, there’s actually quite a bit of disagreement on the matter. The study...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: ANALYSIS-German nuclear policy skirts a taboo ‘FRANKFURT, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Germany's nuclear power policy of keeping old reactors open longer to bridge the gap to greener energy may also leave the door...
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Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Naked emperors: the Greenpeace Guide to Climate Politics | Greenpeace International When the reality of climate change politics is stripped of rhetoric, most of the industrialised world's leaders are seriously underdressed, and Obama isn't wearing a stitch. ... A year in office should have been long enough for Barack Obama to turn the United States from climate destroyer-in-chief to at least a mid-table...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
We’re once again grateful to lumbering French nuclear ogre AREVA’s North American blog for a quite spectacular piece of greenwash, the title of which is... The Nature Conservancy: Nuclear Power has a Small Footprint Now, when it comes to environmental...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: French nuclear export drive tainted by safety fears ‘PARIS - Safety fears and threats of winter power cuts have taken some of the shine off France's world-beating nuclear industry, the country's main source...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Should We Have More Nuclear or More Coal? The short and sensible answer? Neither....
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Looks like the shockingly poor economics of nuclear energy may have killed two more two more reactor projects, this time in the US… Entergy Corp Chief Executive J. Wayne Leonard said on Tuesday that the company is unlikely to pursue...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: Australia's Future Power Sources Won't Include Nuclear - PM ‘CANBERRA -(Dow Jones)- The future sources for Australia's power needs include coal, natural gas and a range of renewables rather than nuclear, Prime Minister...
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Working Class Tory (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
I see Al Gore is getting rich from his various green ideas and investments. There is a general confinement of green thinking to the comfortably well-off. People can only worry about the environment when they are not worried about how to make their pay last until the end of the week. It's certainly easier to live off organic food if you have a comfortable income and to recycle if you can afford a house...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
As we’ve discussed before, there are two questions asked about building a nuclear reactor – ‘How much will it cost'’ and ‘When will it be operational'’- to which there is only one, honest reply: ‘I’ll tell you when it’s finished.’...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Today's big stories from the nuclear industry: Niger Leader rewrites rules to keep power ‘The cause of democracy in Africa could have done without this latest affront. Barely six months after giving the French president an undertaking that he would...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
While we’re on the subject of France’s nuclear antics, how about this: President Sarkozy is about to designate Mururoa, an atoll in French Polynesia and the site of more than 180 nuclear weapons tests between 1966 and 1996, as a...
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The Greenpeace weblog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
You may remember that back in July this year, the summer weather put a third of France’s nuclear reactors out of action. It was just too darn hot to keep the reactors safely cooled and France was forced to import...
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