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Headline	Author	Published	Section
'You just gave my speech' Drilling for fossil fuels and subsidizing nuclear power: McCain energy policy	David Roberts	09 Jun 2008	Gristmill
McCain reveals the heart of his energy policy: McCain was more gung-ho about nuclear power and expanded domestic drilling for oil and natural gas. When a donor in Richmond summed up his advice as, 'nuclear, and drill wherever we've got it,' McCain responded: 'You just gave my speech. Thank you, my friend.
Topics: energy, insanity, John McCain, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Nuclear pork: enough is enough No more subsidies for nuclear power, McCain et al	Joseph Romm	10 May 2008	Gristmill
Once your power source has reached, say, 10 percent of the electricity grid, let alone 20 percent, it should be time to cut the cord to government funding. Yet after more than $70 billion dollars in direct subsidies, billions more in insurance subsidies, plus another $13 billion available through the energy policy act of 2005, Sen. McCain and others still feel that climate legislation must not merely create a price for carbon dioxide that would advantage all carbon-free ...
Topics: energy, insanity, John McCain, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Mille grazie! Should we take Italian nuclear waste?	Joseph Romm	07 May 2008	Gristmill
So an industry CEO tells E&E News that nuclear is the only non-carbon baseload power (not!) and that therefore nuclear is our only future and since the United States does such a great job of dealing with low-level radioactive waste, we should become the world's repository. That would be the logic of one Steve Creamer, CEO of EnergySolutions, 'a full-service nuclear fuel cycle company' (in contrast to all of those 'partial-service nuclear fuel cycle companies,' so ...
Topics: energy, insanity, Italy, nuclear power, recycling, waste (all these topics)

That nuclear renaissance: any day now Industry bottlenecks will delay any reactors for years, maybe longer	John McGrath	06 May 2008	Gristmill
Kind of an important point: It turns out that Osaka-based steel-making giant Japan Steel Works Ltd ... is also the world's only maker of ultra-large forgings, a crucial component in the construction of most new nuclear reactors ...Japan Steel, for example, is currently equipped to supply only five reactor forging sets each year, with each set including an ultra-large forging. So, the nuclear industry that shills sources have assured us is ready to leap in to act ...
Topics: energy, insanity, nuclear power (all these topics)

Nukes for all McCain calls for 700+ new nuclear plants costing $4 trillion	Joseph Romm	06 May 2008	Gristmill
'A nuke in every garage' is the GOP nominee's energy and climate plan. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) made a stunning statement on the radio show of climate change denier Glenn Beck this week: ... the French are able to generate 80 percent of their electricity with nuclear power. There's no reason why America shouldn't. The Wonk Room, which has the audio, writes of the interview, 'McCain Seemingly Agrees With Glenn Beck That Solutions To Climate Change Can Be Delayed.' ...
Topics: energy, insanity, John McCain, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Brand cites Grist	David Roberts	21 Apr 2008	Gristmill
Stewart Brand just stood up and used Grist (and Treehugger, and Worldchanging) as an example of how young environmentalists are coming around to support nuclear power.Huh?
Topics: nuclear power, energy, insanity (all these topics)

Oh, Sproat It All Yucca Mountain may be doubled in size, need more funding		05 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 12:04 PM on 05 Oct 2007 In a move sure to endear Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository to fiercely opposed Nevadans, the Department of Energy has proposed doubling its size. Nevada Rep. Shelley Berkley (D) concisely sums up the reaction of the sane: "Doubling the size of Yucca Mountain will only double the danger. This is not a bad dream; it's a nightmare." In addition, the DOE's Edward F. S ...
Topics: Department of Energy, energy, insanity, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, waste (all these topics)

Madness Takes Its Toll Siberia attack leaves one anti-nuclear protester dead, others injured		23 Jul 2007	Daily Grist
Madness Takes Its Toll Siberia attack leaves one anti-nuclear protester dead, others injured A pre-dawn attack on an anti-nuclear protest camp in Siberia this weekend left one person dead and several others seriously injured. Twenty suspects have been detained for the crime, in which attackers wearing dark clothes and masks brandished metal pipes, chanted nationalist slogans, attempted to set te ...
Topics: energy, grassroots activism, insanity, news, nuclear power (all these topics)

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