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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
Harvey Wasserman

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
Gillian Caldwell

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
Toby Barlow

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
Ross Tuttle

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
David Roberts

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

Read More: Energy, Latinos, Wind Power, Los Alamos, Nuclear Waste, Renewable Electricity Standard, Mccain, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nuclear Power, Exxon Mobil, Renewable Energy, Hispanic Heritage, Nuclear Waste New Mexico, Hispanics, Nuclear, Albuquerque, Radioactive Waste, Renewable, Environment, Chevron, Carlsbad, Solar Power, Green News
Javier Sierra

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
Jeanie Pyun

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
Simran Sethi

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

Read More: John McCain, Presidential Debates, Nuclear Power, Obama Mccain Town Hall, Obama Debate, Debate, Nashville Town Hall, Mccain Tuesday Debate, Nashville Debate, Obama Mccain Debate, McCain-Obama Debate, Obama Mccain Tuesday Debate, Obama Mccain Debate Live, Tennessee Town Hall, Obama Mccain Debate Tennessee, Mccain Debate, Belmont Debate, Obama Tuesday Debate, Obama Mccain Town Halls, Politics News
Joseph Romm

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

Read More: No Nukes, Green Energy, Jackson Browne, Colbert Show, Nuclear Power, Bonnie Raitt, The Colbert Report, John McCain, Arlo Guthrie, Musicians United for Safe Energy, Nuclear Energy, Pete Seeger, Crosby Stills and Nash, Muse, Seabrook Nuclear Power, Nuclear Fallout, Stephen Colbert, Carly Simon, Political Activism, Anti-Reactor Rally, Anti-Nuclear Power, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Colbert Report, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

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
Harvey Wasserman

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
Harvey Wasserman

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
Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

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
David Roberts

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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Large Hadron Collider is Either the Greenest or the Least Green Experiment Ever Made

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Black Hole, Switzerland, France, Cern, Nuclear Power, Environment, Nuclear Energy, Large Hadron Collider, European Center for Nuclear Research, Supermassive Black Hole, Scientists, Cnn, New York Times, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

Someone hit a switch today and began either the greenest or one of the most environmentally disastrous experiments in the world: The Large Hadron Coll...

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Nuclear Power Brokering: Yes For India, No For Russia

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Nuclear Energy, Pakistan, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Russia, India, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Power, Green News

The United States has been busy negotiating nuclear power options with other countries, and today the Washington Post reports on two developing situat...

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North Korea Suspends Nuclear Reactor Disablement

AP | KELLY OLSEN | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Axis of Evil, North Korea, North Korea Nuclear Program, North Korea Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, Kim Jong Il, Home News

SEOUL, South Korea — Just two months ago, North Korea blew up the cooling tower at its main nuclear reactor, a dramatic act meant to show the wo...

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Culture Zohn: Dear Democrats, Please Wake Up!

Patricia Zohn | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain, Wind Power, Swift Boat, Nuclear Power, Hunter Thompson, Aspen Institute, Convention, Republicans, Democrats, The China Syndrome, Barack Obama, Boone Pickens, Nicolas Sarkozy, Anita Thompson, Politics News
Patricia Zohn

McCain was droll, offensive without being nasty and very relaxed. He was handy at spewing mixed-up rhetoric about his position and Obama's on the war, oil drilling, NATO and tax cuts -- It was seductive.

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