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Chernobyl Zombies? Chernobyl HIV? Chernobyl Forever?

Glen Browder | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Mental Health, University of Southern California, Chernobyl HIV, Children of Chernobyl, Nuclear, Grandchildren of Chernobyl, Maria Vitagliano, Sonny Patel, Thyroid Cancer, Chernobyl Diaries, Belarus, Eastern Europe, Green Cross International, Russia, Ukraine, Chernobyl, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jonathan M. Samet, World News

Get ready, world! Chernobyl is back, almost 10,000 days later, in vivid color, with gore, blood, and ... zombies!

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'Green News Report' - May 22, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Australia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Climate Scientists, Clean Energy Standard, Video, Solar Energy, Military, Electricity, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Department of Energy, Global Warming Deniers, Asia, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Britain, Ipcc, Biofuels, Darrell Issa, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Solyndra, Republicans, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Republica...

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'Green News Report' - May 17, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Offshore Drilling, Climate Scientists, Clean Energy Standard, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Wind Energy, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Australia, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations, Military, Electricity, Department of Energy, Asia, Britain, Biofuels, Ipcc, Darrell Issa, BP Oil Spill, Solyndra, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: House GOP...

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San Onofre: We Can't Ignore the Warning Signs

Erich Pica | Posted 05.21.2012

San Onofre's reactors have already released radioactive steam and are literally shaking themselves apart. Instead of keeping the reactors shut down, Southern Edison is rushing to restart the reactors and running them as hard as possible.

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Is There a Clean Energy Standard in Our Future?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Jeff Bingaman, Economics, Massachusetts v. EPA, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Utilities, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Fuel Economy, Pollution, Power Plants, Clean Air Act, Transportation, Carbon Footprint, Clean Energy Standard, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Electricity, U.S. Energy Information Administration, Copenhagen Accord, Renewables, Hydropower, Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Solar Power, Clean Energy Standard Act (S2146), Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Gas, Green News

Americans are behind Obama, in the sense that they support the president's concept of a national clean energy standard. But they're also behind, in the sense that the voting public is unwilling to go as far as the president wants to go because of costs.

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'Green News Report' - May 15, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Asian Carp, Antarctica, Green Jobs, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Epa, Wave Energy, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Offshore Drilling, Colorado, Climate Scientists, Clean Energy Standard, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Protest, Portland Oregon, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Grover Norquist, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Vermont, Mitt Romney, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Wind Energy, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Noaa, Green News, Sustainability, Fox News, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Leon Panetta, Republicans, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Ominous s...

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Why Kodak Kept A Nuclear Reactor In Its Basement

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Kodak Nuclear, Video, Kodak Nuclear Reactor, Kodak Nuclear Research Reactor, Nuclear Reactor, Kodak Reactor, Nuclear, Nuclear-Power, Nuclear Reactor Kodak, Kodak, Nuclear Research Reactor, Technology News

When someone says "Kodak," you're probably more apt to think "camera" than "nuclear reactor." But, apparently, Kodak had both cameras and a nuclear re...

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The Climate Post: Keystone Pipeline Debate Reopens With Submission of New Application

Tim Profeta | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Energy, Keystone XL Pipeline, Environment, Oil, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Nuclear, Japan, Barack Obama, Heartland Institute, Solar Power, Green News

The U.S. Department of State has received a new application from TransCanada to ship crude oil via a proposed pipeline running from the Canadian border to existing infrastructure in Nebraska.

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'Green News Report' - May 10, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Colorado, Climate Scientists, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Protest, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Gas Prices, Asian Carp, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Antarctica, Vermont, Wave Energy, Offshore Drilling, Clean Energy Standard, Oil Spill, Portland Oregon, Grover Norquist, Mitt Romney, Wind Energy, Noaa, Fox News, Leon Panetta, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: The deepe...

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'Green News Report' - May 8, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Green Jobs, 350.Org, France, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Greenpeace, Coal, Pipeline, Colorado, Climate Scientists, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Protest, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Britain, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Connect the Dots, Dept. Of Energy, Aei, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Warren Buffett, Sustainability, James Hansen, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Wildlife; Endangered Species; Wind Energy, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Billionai...

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'Green News Report' - May 3, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Pipeline, Climate Scientists, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, Aei, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, 350.Org, France, Greenpeace, Colorado, Protest, Britain, Dept. Of Energy, Connect the Dots, James Hansen, Warren Buffett, Wildlife; Endangered Species; Wind Energy, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: It's WAR!...

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'Green News Report' - May 1, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Coal, Climate Scientists, Drought, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Dow Chemical, Climate Science, Exxonmobil, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Wind Energy, Barack Obama, Toxic Chemicals, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Pacific Garbage Patch, Wildlife; Endangered Species; ALEC, Poll, Pipeline, Louisiana, Oil Spill, Big Oil, Electric Cars, Clouds, Ibm, Fisheries, Overfishing, American Legislative Exchange Council, Nrc, Water, Fox News, Neil Cavuto, Oceans, Aei, Hydraulic Fracturing, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Poll show...

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The French Presidential Election: the Roles of Fascism and Fukushima

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Nuclear Waste, Marine Le Pen, May Day, Sarkozy, France, Areva, Collaboration, Jobs, Immigration, Nuclear, Wikileaks, Paris, Dsk, Nuclear Industy, Politics, Nato, Unemployment, Regulations, Germany, George W. Bush, Jewish, Assange, Socialist, Fukushima, Hollande, Petain, Francois Pinault, Ump, Election, Japan, Fn, Matthieu Kassowitz, Laval, Entrepreneurship, Unions, Le Pen, World News

In general, the French President does not appear to be respected as a statesman. The French do not recognize Sarkozy's way of doing things as being familiar, as representing who they are, whether it be on the left or the right.

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'Green News Report' - April 26, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Green News Report, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, Solar Energy, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Dow Chemical, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Republicans, Ice Melt, Wind Energy, Roundup, Antarctica, David Cameron, Exxonmobil, Factory Farms, Clean Energy, Herbicides, Pollution, Coal, Monsanto, Drought, Nuclear, Stephen Chu, Britain, Sea Level Rise; Chernobyl, Iea, Corn, Oil Profits, Agent Orange, Toxic Chemicals, Donald Trump, Wildfires, International Energy Agency, Ice Sheets, Jimmy Fallon, Slow Jam the News, Green News

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PHOTOS: A Day At Chernobyl, 26 Years Later

Elyse Pasquale | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Chernobyl, Chernobyl Power Plant, Nuclear, Dark Tourism, Ukraine, Disaster Tourism, Pripyat, Slidepollajax, Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, Chernobyl Anniversary, Travel Blogs, Travel News

It takes a certain kind of tourist to sign away their life and board a bus to the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster.

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The Climate Post: As Half the U.S. Contemplates Hydraulic Fracturing, First Liquefied Natural Gas Export Plant Approved

Jan Mazurek | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Energy, Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, Epa, Clean Energy, Nuclear, Arctic, Greenhouse Gases, Environment, Oil, Natural Gas, Climate Change, Hydraulic Fracturing, Global Warming, Solar Power, Green News

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday approved the first large-scale liquefied natural gas export terminal in the lower 48 states despite record falling gas prices.

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UPDATE: Obama Defies Reid On Key Appointment

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Sen Harry Reid, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Mary Svinicki, Nrc, Nrc-Commissioners, Harry Reid, Nuclear, Nrc Commissioner, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A GOP nominee to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission "lied to Congress" and "disqualified herself" from a second term, a spokesman for Sen...

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Stop the Nuclear Industry Welfare Program

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Bernie Sanders, Nuclear, Senator Sanders, Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont, Nuclear Energy Industry, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Industry, Nuclear Power, Politics News

If the nuclear industry believes so fervently in its technology, then it and Wall Street investors can put their money where their mouth is. Let's let them finance it, insure it, and pay for it themselves.

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For Peace, Both Obama and Khamenei Must Compromise

Trita Parsi | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: War, US-Iran Relations, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Diplomacy, Nuclear, Iran Nuclear Program, Barack Obama, Security Council, World News

Driven by limited political maneuverability at home, domestic pressure not to compromise, and a perception of strength, the nuclear talks have often been about imposing terms of capitulation on the other. It has never succeeded.

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RESTART THE REACTORS: Japan Sets New Guidelines For Nuclear Power Plants

AP | MARI YAMAGUCHI | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Video, Fukushima Daiichi, Nuclear Power, Japan Nuclear Safety, Nuclear Safety, Japan Nuclear Power, Japan, Nuclear, World News

TOKYO — Japan announced new guidelines Friday for how its nuclear power plants try to prevent disasters like last year's meltdowns, as the gover...

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Preventing Nuclear Terrorism

Robert Gallucci | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Nuclear War, Nuclear, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Nuclear Security Summit, Nuclear Security, Obama Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material, Politics News

Nations with nuclear material -- whether military or civilian -- must secure and eliminate stocks of highly enriched uranium and plutonium. The threat of nuclear terror is not just possible, it is quite plausible; if effective action is not taken, over time, it is probable.

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Nuclear Power and Democracy Don't Mix

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Renewable Energy, Anti-Nuclear, Greenpeace, Energy [R]Evolution, South Korea, Korean Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Greenpeace Korea, Nuclear, Korea, Nuclear Power, Green News

On Monday South Korea deported three senior Greenpeace staff, known for their role in our campaign against that country's nuclear expansion plans. What is it the industry and its government sponsors fear?

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Chain Reaction

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Santa Monica, Art, Nuclear, Public Art, Statue, Chain Reaction, Paul Conrad, Sculpture, Arts News

Paul Conrad had a desire to make a bold statement about our nuclear madness, and came up with a concept for a gigantic mushroom cloud made out of chain links. He called it "Chain Reaction."

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Despite Gillard's Victory, Australian Uranium Exports to India Debate Far from Over

Eddie Walsh | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: India, Australia, Bob Carr, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Australian Labor Party, Foreign Policy, United Nations, Nuclear, Labor Right, Labor Left, Uranium-Exports, World News

While the tabloid media has savored the opportunity to skewer Kevin Rudd, his failed attempt to lead the government has consequences beyond his own political ambitions. On the foreign policy front, the Gillard Coalition will likely now reorient the country's foreign policy.

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Iran: All Options on the Table?

Jonathan Granoff | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Iran, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, International Security, Middle East, War, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Non-Proliferation, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Israel, Nuclear, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Program, World News

As the drumbeats for war on Iran increase, we who espouse effective, security-enhancing, non-military conflict resolution options must not be similarly ignored. It is time that our leaders and our media also put these options on the table.

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