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The Supreme Court’s Virginia uranium ruling hints at the limits of federal powe
This article discusses the Supreme Court’s Virginia uranium ruling, which hints at the limits of federal power.
Virginia has the authority to ban uranium mining under state law, even as the federal government regulates the processing of nuclear fuel under the Atomic Energy Act, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Neil Gorsuch, joined […]
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Ohio’s Nuclear Bailout Plan Balloons to Embrace Coal (while Killing Renewable Energy Rules)
This Inside Climate News article discusses Ohio’s Nuclear Bailout Plan Balloons to Embrace Coal (while Killing Renewable Energy Rules). It’s a trifecta the Trump administration has pushed for nationally, with businesses and homeowners footing the bill for uneconomical power plants.
While other states are embracing renewable energy, Ohio is heading in […]
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U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren’t Built for Climate Change
This Bloomberg Businessweek article discusses why U.S. nuclear power plants haven’t been built for climate change. It’s a bit scary.
In 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami caused a meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi power plant, Gregory Jaczko, then the chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, had to worry about two […]
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Climate Change Could Unleash Long-Frozen Radiation
This article discusses how Climate Change Could Unleash Long-Frozen Radiation. Atomic bombs, Chernobyl,Fukushima—radiation has traveled and frozen all over the world. Global warming is changing that.
Melting could be one of the most important phenomena of the 21st century. Thanks to man-made climate change, Arctic ice levels
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OFFSHORE WIND FARMS ARE SPINNING UP IN THE US—AT LAST
This Wired article discusses how offshore wind farms are starting to be built.
On June 1, 2019, the Pilgrim nuclear plant in Massachusetts will shut down, a victim of rising costs and a technology that is struggling to remain economically viable in the United States. But the electricity generated by the aging […]
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Multiple articles from Yale Climate Connection
These Yale Climate Connection articles discuss:
Why it’s not good to ignore people’s emotions about climate change. Many people feel helplessness, hopelessness, anger, and fear when they hear about the topic.
How to talk about climate change at social gatherings. A guide to bringing up the topic without turning into Debbie Downer.
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Why don’t U.S. nuclear regulators acknowledge the dangers of climate change?
This Washington Post article discusses why U.S. nuclear regulators won’t acknowledge the dangers of climate change. [Hint: money and Trump].
When America’s fleet of nuclear reactors was designed some four-plus decades ago, few people had ever heard the phrase “climate change.” Today, the global threats of worsening weather patterns […]
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The Green New Deal – Climate Change Denial, politics, and progressive states.
This article discusses how the Green New Deal is putting climate change denial to rest. Now Republicans have pivoted to actually talking-about-talking-about a solution.
This article discusses how some states are already working on the Green New Deal.
Green New Dealers found themselves at loggerheads last week. Members of the nascent […]
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After community uproar in Colorado, company withdraws all Rocky Flats fracking permits
This article discusses a company’s withdrawal of fracking permit requests in the face of significant resistance from local anti-fracking activists. The company wanted to frack for oil and gas close to the former nuclear weapons facility.
In a press release issued this afternoon, Highland Natural Resources has announced that they […]
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Report: Abandoning nuclear power plans ‘would push up carbon emissions’
This article discusses how abandoning nuclear power plans ‘would push up carbon emissions’. Report due to be published on Thursday warns of ‘folly of technological tribalism’.
Nuclear power has a downside, though, its waste. Since we currently cannot make the waste safe, what should we do?
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