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Iran Debates Obama Negotiations

The Real News | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Power, Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, The Real News, Ahmadinejad, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Hilary Clinton, Kyl-Lieberman Amendment, Iran Revolutionary Guard, Washington, Paul Jay, Gareth Porter, Iran Negotiations, World News

Hours after returning from a fact-finding mission to Iran, Gareth Porter sat down with The Real News Network to discuss his findings. Gareth responds to recent Obama statements toward Iran.

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John "Nuke Bailout" Bryson Must Not Be Secretary of Energy

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 01.08.2009 | Green

Long gone from Southern California Edison, John Bryson's ascent to head the Department of Energy would send a disastrous signal to those who are committed to a post fossil/nuclear future.

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Nuclear Power May Return To Illinois

Chicago Public Radio | Shawn Allee | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Energy, Chicago Matters, Nuclear Power Illinois, Energy Crisis, Nuclear Power Plants, Alternative Energy, Illinois Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Debate, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Chicago News

Illinois was once the cradle of the commercial nuclear power industry. In fact, utilities built so many reactors the Prairie State is still number one...

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Will Obama-Mania Lead Us to Solartopia? Yes We Will!

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Organic Farming, Yes We Can, Election Protection, Obama-Mania, Gynecology, George W. Bush, Solartopia, Renewable Energy, Obama, King CONG (Coal, Oil, Nukes, Green Energy Mass Transit, Environment, Agribusiness, Gas), Nuclear Power, Green News

Rebirthing Detroit as a clean, lean, green machine with union labor making carbon free cars and the New Solartopian mass transit network we really need... Yes We Can!

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Greenpeace Blockades Ageing Spanish Nuclear Plant

Reuters | Martin Roberts | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Vandellos II Plant, Alternative Energy, Green News, Endesa, Renewable Energy, Greenpeace, Iberdrola, Asco I Plant Radioactive Leak, Wind Parks, Nuclear Energy, Garona, Environment, Nuclear Power, Spain, Green News

Greenpeace blocked the entrance on Thursday to a Spanish nuclear power station facing closure next year and urged the government to shut it down immed...

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Will Wisconsin Go Nuclear After Scrapping Coal Plant?

madison.com | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Wisconsin Nuclear, Energy, Wisconsin, Coal, Nuclear Power, Green News

This week's decision by state regulators to pull the plug on a planned coal-fired power plant in southwest Wisconsin sent a clear signal to lawmakers:...

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Nuclear Protest Reawakens In Germany

Der Spiegel | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Gorleben Nuclear Waste, German Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Power, German Nuclear Protests, Green News

A shipment of radioactive waste from German nuclear plants arrived at a storage site on Tuesday morning after being delayed by fierce protests from nu...

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Mini Nuclear Plants Powering 20,000 Homes Each On Sale Within Five Years

The Guardian | John Vidal and Nick Rosen | Posted 12.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Mini Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Clean Energy, Green Energy, Mini Nuclear Power Plants, Hyperion Nuclear, Green News

Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US...

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A Chicago-Area Electoral Victory Says "No We Won't" to Nuke Power

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Elections, Solartopia, Chicago, Renewable Energy, Obama, Mccain, Green Energy, Nuclear Power, Election Results, Green News

Wall Street has given thumbs down to a technology that can't compete with Solartopian sources like wind, solar, tidal, geothermal and other green energies.

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Will President Obama Lead on Climate Change?

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 12.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Congress, Green Jobs, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Economy, Nuclear Power, Greenhouse Gases, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Clean Energy, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Global Warming, Ipcc Report, Obama Wins, Ipcc, President Obama, Nuclear Energy, Obama Administration, Election Results, 2008 Presidential Election, Un Climate Change Conference, Green Policy, Great Depression, 1sky, President Elect Obama, Green News

Now that the heat of the campaign season is behind us, we hope Obama will stop pretending that "clean coal" is a realistic way to reduce carbon emissions and achieve energy independence.

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Stop the Last Big Lie

Toby Barlow | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Mccain, 2008 Election, Election, John McCain Attack Ads, Clean Coal, John Mccain Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power, Coal, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama's position is a whole lot better for coal miners than John McCain's, whose big energy solution is not coal, it's nuclear.

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McCain vs. Nuclear Safety

Ross Tuttle | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Safety, John McCain, Mccain Nuclear Power, 2008 Election, Three Mile Island, Nuclear Power, Barack Obama, Politics News

McCain's cavalier attitude toward nuclear safety, where he holds in contempt those who raise questions, is nothing new.

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In Defense of Obama's Dirty Energy Rhetoric

David Roberts | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Clean Coal, Nuclear Power, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Green News

A close look at the language Obama uses reveals that his support for things like nuclear and "clean coal" is framed in conditional terms that, if taken seriously, pose high and possibly insuperable barriers to those technologies becoming market competitive.

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A State of Disenchantment

Javier Sierra | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Because of its extraordinary number of sun hours per year and its predominant winds, New Mexico could be turned into an El Dorado of clean, alternative, renewable energy.

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The Eco-Sins (and Virtues) of Barack Obama

Jeanie Pyun | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Green Collar Jobs, Michelle Obama, Renewable Energy Sources, Carbon Emissions, Smoking, Hybrid Cars, Nuclear Power, Sarah Palin, Environment, Green Living, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Green News

Senator Barack Obama's environmental platform is pretty clear. He supports clean coal, would create five million green-collar jobs if elected President, and would put a million plug-in hybrids on the road by 2015.

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No Nukes: Obama and McCain Weigh in on Nuclear Energy

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home

Read More: Energy, Barack Obama, Fossil Fuels, Nucelar Waste, Renewable Energy, Green, Environment, Nuclear Energy, Financial Crisis, Nuclear Power, John McCain, Radiation, US Navy, Home News

The incongruous convergence of our fiscal meltdown, an energy crisis and the alarming velocity of climate change is challenging and scary. It requir...

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Note to McCain: Uncommitted Ohio Voters Just Aren't Into Nuclear Power

Joseph Romm | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

McCain seems to think his strong support of nuclear power is a big political winner for him. But every time he talks about nuclear, he flatlines with both men and women.

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Nuclear Power's Opponents Accused Of Being Stuck In The 80's

New York Times | John Tierney | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, S Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy Policy, Solar Power, Money Saving, Green News

The presidential candidates claim to see America's energy future, but their competing visions have a certain vintage quality. They've revived that cla...

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US-India Nuclear Deal Quietly Passes In Senate: A "Nonproliferation Disaster"

Washington Post | Glenn Kessler | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, Nonproliferation Treaty, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Nuclear Power, Politics News

The Senate last night approved a historic agreement that opens up nuclear trade with India for the first time since New Delhi conducted a nuclear test...

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Jackson Browne Nails Nuke Power on Colbert Report

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green

Browne is a long-time opponent of atomic energy and an organizer of Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE).

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Nuke Power Liabilities Dwarf Bush's Bailout

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, George W. Bush, Green News

On September 11, 2001, we missed by just one minute learning what costs such a catastrophe can really incur.

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A Towering (if Temporary) Triumph Over Nuke Power

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Environment, Solartopia, Congress, Green Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy Bill, Green News

Since last fall the new nuke builders have been badgering Congress to vote them gargantuan subsidies and guarantees.

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McCain's Nuclear Plan Could Cost $315 Billion

Bloomberg | Elliot Blair Smith | Posted 10.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Mccain Nuclear, Energy, John McCain, Mccain Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Green News

John McCain's plan to revive the U.S. nuclear power industry with 45 new reactors may cost $315 billion, with taxpayers bearing much of the financial ...

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McCain, Obama on Energy, the Environment and AIDS

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Corruption, John McCain, Cap-and-Trade, Barack Obama; John McCain; McCain Energy; Obama Energy; Barack Obama, Straight Talk Express, Nuclear Power, Greenhouse Gases, The New York Times, Ethanol, Free Market, Mccain Nuclear Power, Home News

Over the course of this week, OffTheBus is running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on energy and environmental policy and the AIDS crisis.

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Bipartisan Nuke Subsidies

David Roberts | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Loan Guarantees, Nuclear Energy, Energy, Gang of Ten, Subsidies, Nuclear Power, Politics News

grist.orgThere's heated debate in green circles about the Gang of 20 Senate energy bill -- the New Energy Reform Act of 2008 -- which would open up s...

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