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Headline	Author	Published	Section
CO2 you later Electric emissions growth outpaces generation in 2007	Sean Casten	21 May 2008	Gristmill
The EIA just released data on 2007 that shows total electricity generation increased by 2.5 percent in 2007, but total CO2 emissions from the electric sector increased by 3 percent. That's right: the electricity sector, already the single largest contributor to U.S. CO2 emissions, is increasing its CO2 intensity. Intriguingly, this increase has come about despite a 25 billion kWh increase in wind and nuclear generation in 2007, as the gains from those zero-carbon sour ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, nuclear power, wind power (all these topics)

Who's zooming who? Subsidies for wind power pale beside subsidies for nuclear	Charles Komanoff	16 May 2008	Gristmill
I long ago swore off the Wall Street Journal's editorial page -- the last straw for me was their cruel swipe at departed 'dope fiend' Jerry Garcia back in 1995. But on Monday a friend forwarded me a WSJ editorial whaling away at renewable power's production tax credit: Solar energy is subsidized to the tune of $24.34 per megawatt hour, wind $23.37 and ... nuclear power $1.59. Wind and solar have been on the subsidy take for years ... Now, they insinuate, it's ti ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, wind power (all these topics)

Life after coal We can't wait for new nukes, so what do we do now?	Joseph Romm	09 May 2008	Gristmill
Suppose the leaders of this country were wise enough to put a moratorium on traditional coal (the most urgent climate policy needed, as discussed here)? How will we meet our steadily growing demand for carbon-free power over the next decade? And to get on the 450 ppm path, we don't just need to stop U.S. emissions from rising -- we should return to 1990 levels (or lower) by 2020. Nuclear Nuclear is an obvious possibility, beloved of conservative Francophiles like McC ...
Topics: coal, energy, energy efficiency, nuclear power, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics)

Wildcatting the wind in Texas Conventional energy vs. renewable energy	Joseph Romm	27 Feb 2008	Gristmill
This post is by ClimateProgress guest blogger Bill Becker, executive director of the Presidential Climate Action Project. ----- As all eyes turn toward Texas this week in advance of the Democratic primary, we will see a state that is beginning its transition to a new energy economy. Texas is grappling with a shift the entire nation faces -- and as usual, it's doing it on a big scale. When it comes to energy and to carbon emissions, Texas is a place of super ...
Topics: coal, energy, nuclear power, oil, renewable energy, Texas, wind power (all these topics)

Assuming There Will Be a Future, Of Course New report makes suggestions for sustainable energy future		23 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 2:52 PM on 23 Oct 2007 Coal is the enemy of the human race, but don't take our word for it: 15 national science academies pooh-pooh the evil black rock in their new report "Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future." The report also rah-rahs solar and wind power and energy efficiency, and is warily supportive of nuclear energy and cellulosic biofuels. sources:� Th ...
Topics: cellulosic ethanol, coal, energy, energy efficiency, news, nuclear power, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics)

Something for everyone in the nuclear debate A good argument	John McGrath	03 May 2007	Gristmill
Via Brad Plumer, this might be the most honest, good-faith argument about nuclear power I've read in the last, oh, year or so. You can read Max Schulz's pro-nuclear argument here, and then read the anti-nuclear side by Bruce Smith and Arjun Makhijani. No surprise, I come down on the anti-nuclear side myself, but at least Schulz doesn't simply ignore or refuse to acknowledge the real risks of nuclear power (waste, proliferation, costs). And in his reply at the bottom ...
Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, nuclear power, politics, wind power (all these topics)

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