Nuclear Renaissance? Not in the U.S.A.
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.
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.
The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver
Some water experts warn the upper Colorado River is an endangered species if current residential growth patterns and water consumption patterns contin...
nytimes.com | MICHAEL SLACKMAN | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
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 ...
The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 10.27.2009 | Denver
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...
breitbart.com | Posted 10.25.2009 | Technology
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...
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
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.
The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 10.21.2009 | Denver
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...
John DeCock | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
Perhaps the biggest challenge in changing human behavior to address the reality of climate change is connecting impacts to every day life. But t...
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green
If you think pushing nukes, oil wells and coal mines to "prevent global warming" is counter-intuitive, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Rising waters, shrinking glaciers; Slouching to Copenhagen; A Republican breaks ranks? ... PLUS: Even energy companies are...
David Roberts | Posted 10.08.2009 | Green
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.
Carl Pope | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green
Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons wants to make Texas the dumping ground for as much of America's nuclear waste as he can.
AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea's leader is offering to return to multinational disarmament talks in a renewed effort to draw Washington in...
coloradoindependent.com | David O. Williams | Posted 09.30.2009 | Denver
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...
Daniel Kessler | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green
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.
The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has lost another member because of its opposition to climate change legislation, reports the Washington Post. The natio...
Posted 09.26.2009 | Denver
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...
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green
"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.
The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 09.21.2009 | Denver
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...
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green
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.
AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 10.18.2009 | World
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...
Steve Kirsch | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green
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?
AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 09.26.2009 | World
PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy criticized Iranian leaders for their handling of contested elections and their nuclear program, and pleaded fo...
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.25.2009 | World
VIENNA — Iran's output of enriched uranium is stagnating even as its production capacity increases, a sign that Tehran may be running out of the...
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 09.20.2009 | World
VIENNA — Iran has lifted a yearlong ban and allowed U.N. inspectors to visit a nearly completed nuclear reactor as well as granting greater moni...
Larry Coben | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green