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Is Obama's energy plan change we can believe in? Toward a sensible energy plan	Jon Rynn	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by Ted Glick, the policy director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network/U.S. Climate Emergency Council. He can be reached at usajointheworld@igc.org. He is author of 'Past Future Hope' columns. ----- On August 4, the Barack Obama presidential campaign released a comprehensive program for reform of the U.S. energy system. In the words of Obama supporter, climate blogger, and author Joe Romm, it was 'easily the best energy plan ever put forward by a ...
Topics: Barack Obama, carbon sequestration, climate, climate science, energy, nuclear power, presidential race 08, renewable energy (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: Summer skirmishes A roundup of energy and climate news from the U.K.	Ben Tuxworth	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- Like pretty much every other English person I know, I'm currently on holiday in France. The Vendee region makes for a pleasant alternative to Britain at this time of year, and just down the road is La Rochelle, which was part of England until, oh, about 500 years ago. The two nations are deep in a classic love-ha ...
Topics: climate, energy, France, nuclear power, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Nuclear energy is from Mars, part two Why is nuclear energy what 'real men' support?	David Roberts	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
On Friday, I pointed to some survey results showing that more men than women support nuclear power, by a 72-40 percent margin. Today, I was reading a Lou Aguilar piece in National Review called "Real Men Vote for McCain" -- which as far as I can tell is not parody, though it's difficult to be sure these days -- and I ran across this: 3. McCain supports nuclear power. Obama backs wind energy. Put aside the merits. I want to focus on a specific question: ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

The pretender Why McCain hates renewables but pretends he loves them	Joseph Romm	15 Aug 2008	Gristmill
McCain has been an opponent of renewable energy all his political life. Why? He is a conservative -- and that is what conservatives do. The GOP's ultra-rich big energy donors don't like competition and dole out millions to get their way. He has long been uncomfortable around cutting edge technology -- witness his Internet illiteracy. As a former FCC chair put it, 'Basically, John is a technological troglodyte, and proud of it.' And yet in his speeches an ...
Topics: energy, fossil fuels, John McCain, mainstream media, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Nuclear power is from Mars ... Why do more men than women support nuclear power?	David Roberts	14 Aug 2008	Gristmill
One other bit from the recent Rasmussen results caught my eye: More than twice as many likely McCain voters (73%) like his idea of building more nuclear plants versus 35% of potential Obama voters. Similarly, 72% of men favor building more plants as opposed to only 40% of women. More women (43%) are against the idea. Discuss. (Preemptive note I wish I didn't feel was necessary: troglodyte misogynists who leave troglodytic misogynist comments will be not-very-ge ...
Topics: gender, nuclear power, politics (all these topics)

Price subsidy How much of a subsidy is the Price-Anderson Nuclear Industry Indemnity Act?	Joseph Romm	09 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The answer is perhaps as high as a hundred billion dollars. First some background. I testified in front of the Senate Environment and Public Works committee in July. In my testimony, 'The High Cost of Nuclear Power,' I pointed out the obvious -- that nuclear is a mature source of power that has benefited disproportionately from government support to date: From 1948 to today, nuclear energy research and development exceeded $70 billion, whereas research and develo ...
Topics: energy, energy subsidies, legislation, nuclear power (all these topics)

Waste spending Nuclear storage spending at Yucca jumps 38 percent to $96 billion	Joseph Romm	08 Aug 2008	Gristmill
New nuclear power plants aren't cheap. Neither is storing their waste. E&E News ($ub. req'd) reports on at Yucca Mountain: DOE has spent $13.5 billion since 1983, and figures to spend $54.8 billion on construction, operation and decommissioning of the repository; $19.5 billion for transporting the waste -- including building the canisters for holding waste; and $8.4 billion for other program activities.The report notes that the expenses were based on a reposi ...
Topics: energy, nuclear power, waste (all these topics)

Uppin' Atom! McCain tours nuke plant, renews call for nuclear power expansion in U.S.		06 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 6:20 AM on 06 Aug 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain toured a nuclear plant in Michigan on Tuesday, using the opportunity to renew his call for the U.S. to build 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030. At the plant, McCain said that his love affair with nuclear power began when he encountered nuclear ships and submarines in the Navy. "I knew it was safe then, I know it's safe now," ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Expanding Waste Estimated cost of Nevada nuke-waste dump soars		05 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 3:46 PM on 05 Aug 2008 The total cost of dumping nuclear waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain repository will hit $96.2 billion, the Department of Energy estimated Tuesday. The estimate has jumped 38 percent, excluding inflation, since 2001. And it assumes no new construction of nuclear reactors; to put that in perspective, John McCain is pushing for the U.S. to build up to 45 new nuclear plants by 2030. The Energy Department ...
Topics: Department of Energy, energy, Nevada, news, nuclear power (all these topics)

Fermi stance McCain to visit nuclear power plant with dismal safety record	Kate Sheppard	05 Aug 2008	Gristmill
After stopping at a biker rally in South Dakota this morning, John McCain is headed to Monroe, Mich., this afternoon, where he'll visit the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station. While at the power plant, he's expected to talk up his plan to build 45 new nuclear plants by 2030, and 55 more after that. During the visit, he's likely to promote the Republicans' energy strategy, which includes major support for the nuclear industry. 'I am going to lead our nation to ...
Topics: elections, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

Radiation exposed Low doses of radiation can cause harm; coal plants worse than nuclear plants	Joseph Romm	02 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The effect of radiation is not a subject I blog on a great deal, although it is a subject I have studied a great deal. Indeed, my uncle, a former nuclear physics professor at MIT, started our family Radon testing business, which was sold off years ago. I asserted that people should be worried about low doses of radiation, especially cumulatively over time. Charles Barton of The Nuclear Green Revolution commented, 'Your low doses over time assertion has been repe ...
Topics: coal, energy, health, nuclear power (all these topics)

The nukes of hazard French independent nuclear commission reports four malfunctions in four plants in 15 days	Joseph Romm	31 Jul 2008	Gristmill
Just when you thought it was safe to build 45 new nuclear plants by 2030 as John McCain wants, comes this word from France's Independent Commission on Research and Information on Radiocactivity (CRIIRAD): 'In less than 15 days, the CRIIRAD has been informed of four malfunctions in four nuclear plants, leading to the accidental contamination of 126 workers,' CRIIRAD head Corinne Castanier told Reuters in an interview ... But the conservative francophile said last ...
Topics: energy, France, John McCain, nuclear power, toxics (all these topics)

Not Lovins nukes	Erik Hoffner	24 Jul 2008	Gristmill
It's not news that Amory Lovins opposes the expansion of nuclear power (unlike Obama and McCain) -- it was gnawed over here at Grist quite a bit. But in case you'd like to hear, rather than read, his arguments against (which are largely economic), then Democracy Now! radio has it all for you here. There's a transcript, too, for you bibliophiles which simply insist on reading.
Topics: Amory Lovins, nuclear power (all these topics)

FERC releases reports Feds note electric rate increases and high construction costs for nuclear and coal	Sean Casten	21 Jul 2008	Gristmill
An interesting new report [PDF] from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeks to explain why electric prices are currently increasing so dramatically. They lay most of the blame on rising fuel costs and rising commodity costs (copper, steel, etc.), which is certainly contributory, but in my opinion deceptive, since it suggests that -- but for commodity volatility -- things could be hunky-dory again. This implicitly diminishes the fact that we're entering a buil ...
Topics: coal, energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, nuclear power (all these topics)

It's Elementary, My Dear ... Watts On! French downplay years-old uranium leak at nuclear plant		21 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 6:50 AM on 21 Jul 2008 A uranium leak was discovered on Friday in an underground pipe at a nuclear fuel plant in France. Authorities said the leak was probably a few years old, but insisted it really isn't all that bad since groundwater apparently wasn't contaminated and the uranium leak was relatively small. However, the reassurances were not quite as comforting to the public as they might ...
Topics: France, news, nuclear power, toxics (all these topics)

Glow Your Own Nuke-power company Exelon announces big emissions cuts by 2020		15 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 7:35 AM on 15 Jul 2008 Nuclear-power company Exelon today launched a program it says will reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by over 16 million tons a year by 2020 -- more than the company's current total annual emissions. The company's plan calls for buying renewable-energy credits to offset some of its emissions, generating a small amount of electricity from alternative sources such as landfill gas, wood, or c ...
Topics: business, climate, news, nuclear power (all these topics)

Eiffel and I Can Get Up Greenpeacers climb Eiffel Tower in anti-nuclear protest		14 Jul 2008	News
Posted at 10:33 AM on 14 Jul 2008 About 15 Greenpeace activists scaled the Eiffel Tower Sunday and unveiled a banner to protest France's nuclear-energy policies. France uses more nuclear power than any other E.U. nation. "Since he was elected, President Nicolas Sarkozy has done everything he could to sell nuclear energy," Greenpeace said in a statement. "At the U.N., as head of the European council, or ...
Topics: energy, France, grassroots activism, Greenpeace, news, nuclear power (all these topics)

Waste line McCain on nuclear waste problem	Kate Sheppard	25 Jun 2008	Gristmill
With John McCain in Nevada today promoting, among other things, his love of nuclear power, Sierra Club is circulating this video of McCain talking about nuclear waste. McCain's a proponent of using Yucca Mountain to dispose of the waste, and a lot of Nevadans don't like that idea very much. In the video, though, he appears to say that despite his support of dumping in a neighboring state, he wouldn't feel comfortable with nuclear waste traveling through his home s ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08, video (all these topics)

For Your Energy Information Global energy demand will grow 50 percent by 2030, says EIA		25 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 3:07 PM on 25 Jun 2008 The world isn't going to kick its energy-sucking habits anytime soon, the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicted Wednesday. By 2030, global energy demand will grow 50 percent, says the EIA report, mostly in China and other developing countries. Some 124 new nuclear plants will be built worldwide by 2030, and natural gas will be in demand to "replace oil whereve ...
Topics: coal, energy, natural gas, news, nuclear power, renewable energy (all these topics)

Obama on nukes RNC claims Obama contradicts himself on nuclear power	Kate Sheppard	25 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Perhaps in response to Barack Obama's criticism of McCain on nuclear power yesterday, the Republican National Committee is circulating a research piece claiming the Democratic candidate has flip-flopped on the issue, citing quotes and videos of Obama. The quotes: From the CNN/YouTube Democratic debate in Charleston, S.C., in July 2007: 'I actually think that we should explore nuclear power as part of the energy mix. There are no silver bullets to this issue ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

Nuclear deterrence, part two Lovins and Sheikh defend definition and record of micropower	Guest author	20 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Amory B. Lovins and Imran Sheikh of the Rocky Mountain Institute. It is part two of a series; see part one here. ----- Part two of David Bradish's critical look at 'The Nuclear Illusion' (PDF) raises two additional issues to which we respond here. As in his first critique, it appears that, unable to rebut and hence unwilling to address our paper's data and logic, Mr. Bradish must content himself with trying to manufacture an illus ...
Topics: Amory Lovins, energy, nuclear power, renewable energy (all these topics)

Big bad boom Radioactive deja vu in the American West	David Roberts	20 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Chip Ward, author and board member of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. It was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom's kind permission. ----- In the American West, we take global warming personally. Like those polar bears desperately hunting for dwindling ice flows, we feel we're on the frontlines of the new weather regime. The West is drying up. For example, canyon-hugging conservationists ...
Topics: business, climate, energy, environmental movement, nuclear power, politics, water pollution (all these topics)

Nuclear deterrence Lovins and Sheikh defend their work in 'The Nuclear Illusion'	Guest author	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Amory B. Lovins and Imran Sheikh of the Rocky Mountain Institute. ----- David Bradish, in a post on the blog of the Nuclear Energy Institute, criticizes our methodology used to derive micropower's output in 'The Nuclear Illusion' (PDF). As Mr. Bradish notes in hypertext, our methodology is online here (PDF), and our micropower database is posted and documented here. Here's our point-by-point response to his critique: 'With the exceptio ...
Topics: cogeneration, energy, nuclear power, renewable energy (all these topics)

Glow and Behold McCain calls for 45 new nuclear reactors in U.S. by 2030		19 Jun 2008	News
Posted at 7:51 AM on 19 Jun 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain, at a campaign event Wednesday in Missouri, called for 45 new nuclear reactors to be built in the United States by 2030, with a longer-term goal of 100 new reactors. Existing nuke plants currently provide some 20 percent of U.S. electricity, but no new nuke plants have been built in the U.S. since the 1970s due to the enormous costs of nuclear-p ...
Topics: John McCain, news, nuclear power, politics, United States (all these topics)

A Springfield in his step McCain goes to Springfield, talks up nukes and coal	Kate Sheppard	18 Jun 2008	Gristmill
John McCain followed up yesterday's energy speech with more energy talk today during a roundtable at Missouri State University in Springfield, Mo. Today he focused more specifically on his support for two energy sources: nuclear power and 'clean coal.' The roundtable also featured Greg Boyce, CEO of Peabody Energy, the world's largest coal company, and Mike Chesser, CEO of Great Plains Energy. The panel was moderated by Jim Jones, a Chevron board member and pre ...
Topics: coal, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

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