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Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant -- New Report on Competitiveness in Clean Tech

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 11.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, South Korea, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, United States, Clean Technology, Clean Energy, Japan, Green Energy, Energy Policy, China, Solar Power, Green News

A major new report released today is the first to comprehensively benchmark the competitiveness positions of the United States and key Asian challengers in the global clean energy race.

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Nuclear Renaissance? Not in the U.S.A.

Larry Coben | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Energy, Nuclear Power, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Nuclear, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Barack Obama Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Green News

There is no nuclear renaissance -- at most a faint glimmer of hope for the end of a long nuclear dark age. Initial drafts of climate change and energy legislation do little to promote nuclear development.

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Nuclear Power In Colorado: Does The State Have Enough Water To Support Nuclear Plants?

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, Nuclear Energy, Colorado Water Supply, John McCain, Colorado River, Nuclear Power, Denver News

Some water experts warn the upper Colorado River is an endangered species if current residential growth patterns and water consumption patterns contin...

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Iran's Political Crisis Blocks Nuclear Deal

nytimes.com | MICHAEL SLACKMAN | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Program, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, World News

CAIRO - Iran's leadership has once again equivocated after agreeing to a deal that would ease its nuclear standoff with the West. But this time, that ...

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Western Slope Uranium Mill: Only State Needs To Approve Before Ground Can Break

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver

Read More: Mark Udall, John McCain, Nuclear Power, Uranium, Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Energy Fuels Inc., Yellowcake Uranium, Western Slope Uranium, Bill Ritter, Colorado, Denver News

A Canadian company's push to build the United States' first new conventional uranium mill since the Cold War has cleared local hurdles -- despite envi...

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Japanese Firms To Develop Small Nuclear Reactors

breitbart.com | Posted 10.25.2009 | Technology

Read More: Nuclear Reactor Manufacturer, Nuclear Reactor, Toshiba 4S, Nuclear Power, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear, Toshiba, Japan, Technology News

Toshiba Corp. is developing an ultra-compact reactor with an output of about 10,000 kilowatts and has started procedures for approval in the United S...

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What? Stewart Brand, Creator of The Whole Earth Catalog, Now Endorses Nuclear Power, Genetic Engineering and Big Cities!

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Ecology, Stewart Brand, Nuclear Power, Climate Control, Whole Earth Catalog, Green News

Cities innovate faster as they grow bigger. They create enormous problems, but they also create solutions faster. Cities seem to know how to get out of their own way.

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Green River Nuclear Power Proposal Sparks Concerns Over Water Use

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Uranium, Mark Udall, Green River Utah, Living Rivers, Uranium Watch, Nuclear Power, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver News

Conservation groups and at least one federal agency are raising serious questions about a water grab for a proposed nuclear power plant near Green Riv...

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Killing Our Water: The Hidden Cost of Dirty Energy

John DeCock | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Coal Sludge, Mountaintop Removal, Toxics, Nuclear Power, Climate Change, Dead Zone, Blog Action Day, Mountain Top Removal, bad09, Ethanol, Coal, Global Warming, Green News

Perhaps the biggest challenge in changing human behavior to address the reality of climate change is connecting impacts to every day life. But t...

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Is the Climate Bill Being Fossil-Nuked?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewables, Climate Crisis, King Cong, Nuclear Power, John Kerry, Climate Change, Solartopia, Green News

If you think pushing nukes, oil wells and coal mines to "prevent global warming" is counter-intuitive, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

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Green News Report -- October 13, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

Read More: Glaciers, Copenhagen 2009, Nuclear Power, Obama Administration, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Lindsey Graham, Green News Report, Kerry-Boxer, Barbara Boxer, PG&E Corp, John Kerry, Philippines Typhoon, Green News, Climate Change, Chamber of Commerce, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Green News

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Rising waters, shrinking glaciers; Slouching to Copenhagen; A Republican breaks ranks? ... PLUS: Even energy companies are...

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How Senate Dems Should Lure GOP to a Climate Bill

David Roberts | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green

Read More: John McCain, John Kerry, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Climate Change, Lindsey Graham, Climate Bill, Offshore Drilling, Cejapa, Green News

If the Democrats are going to compromise on the climate change bill, they should secure real commitments in return. And they should compromise with money, not architecture.

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Nukes Mess With Texas

Carl Pope | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Texas, Harold Simmons, Nuclear Waste, Ogallala Aquifer, Nuclear Power, Glenn Shankle, Ogallala, Green News

Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons wants to make Texas the dumping ground for as much of America's nuclear waste as he can.

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North Korea May Return To Nuclear Talks

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: North Korea, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-Il, North Korea Nuclear Program, North Korea Missile, South Korea, North Korea South Korea, North-Korea-South-Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons North Korea, Nuclear-Weapons-North-Korea, World News

PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's leader is offering to return to multinational disarmament talks in a renewed effort to draw Washington in...

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Montrose County Uranium Mill: County Commissioners Approves Permit

coloradoindependent.com | David O. Williams | Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Nuclear Energy, Montrose County, Colorado, Energy Independence, Green Energy, Uranium Mill, Nuclear Power, Uranium, Denver News

MONTROSE -- It began with the audience turning, facing the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Just over an hour later, a special Montrose Cou...

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Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill Greenwashes Nuclear Power

Daniel Kessler | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Greenpeace, Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Boxer-Kerry, Inside DC, Green News

The bill's nuclear section reads like it was lifted off the Nuclear Energy Institute's (NEI) website, despite its lack of veracity. Nuclear power is unsafe, uneconomical & unnecessary.

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Exelon Quits Chamber Of Commerce Over Climate Change Legislation

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Cap and Trade, Climate Change, Lobbyblog, Nuclear Power, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business News

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has lost another member because of its opposition to climate change legislation, reports the Washington Post. The natio...

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Colorado Democratic Lawmakers Ally Against Mesa County Nuclear Storage

Posted 09.26.2009 | Denver

Read More: Steven Chu, Mark Udall, Nuclear Storage, John Salazar, Mesa County, Michael Bennet, Energy Secretary, Nuclear Power, Denver News

Colorado's senators and Rep. John Salazar sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu this week urging him to remove a Mesa County storage site fr...

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Tom Friedman's Idiocy Atomique

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power, Solartopia, No Nukes, New York Times, Green Power, French Nuclear Power, Green News

"Real men" -- and women -- know we will never get to a green-powered Earth by trying to ride a dead radioactive horse -- even if it's French.

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Yellowcake Uranium Trucks "Can Go Wherever They Want" After Recent State Decision

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 11.21.2009 | Denver

Read More: Grand Junction, Mark Udall, Ouray, Colorado Roads, Colorado Uranium, Yellowcake Uranium, Nuclear Power, Uranium, Denver News

MONTROSE -- Opponents of a proposed uranium mill in southwestern Colorado near the Utah state line may be relieved to hear that state officials in cha...

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Obama Has Fed His Green Jones to King CONG

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green

Read More: King Cong, No Nukes, Solartopia, Environment, Obama, Glenn Beck, Green Energy, Van Jones, Nuclear Power, Green News

As an informed, exciting and compelling presenter, Van Jones made clear that the "green collar economy" is tangible and terrific. With Jones gone we have to worry that Obama might now repeat history.

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Iran's Nuclear Threat Hyped: UN Watchdog

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Nkues, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Ahmadinejad, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

VIENNA — The global threat posed by Iran's suspect nuclear program is "hyped" because there's no hard proof that Tehran has an ongoing effort to...

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Cash for Coal Anyone?

Steve Kirsch | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Power, Cash for Clunkers, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Reactor, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Green-Energy-Jobs, Global Warming, Green News

Since the "Cash for Clunkers" program was so successful in stimulating demand for new autos, why not use the same concept to stimulate the demand for new clean power plants to replace dirty coal?

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Sarkozy Threatens Iran With "Severe" Sanctions Over Nuclear Program, Election Crackdown

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, France, Iran France, Nicholas Sarkozy, Sarkozy, President Sarkozy, Iran Sanctions, Sanctions for Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Nuclear Program, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, Nukes, World News