Progress due to price
The Clean Energy Transition Enters Hyperdrive Researchers argue that the shift to carbon-free energy is gaining momentum, largely because of economic benefits. ZHOUSHAN, CHINA – NOVEMBER 16: (EDITORS NOTE: This image was created using a fish-eye lens.) Workers install photovoltaic panels on the roof of a fish processing plant on November 16, 2021 in Zhoushan,...
SMRs: Hyundai joins Holtec
Holtec is talking of completing its prototype by 2030. Eight years. I have not seen any design make it through the NRC approval process in that length of time, let alone get built and be operational. My understanding is that the NRC still requires an external body of water. If so, this is something Holtec...
Biden has to stop appeasing nuclear lobby by Ari Socolow on November 26, 2021
All the right answers in one place. Save this article to use with pro nuclear folks and send it to your Representative and Senators with a note to keep nuclear out of Build Back Better. Please share with your networks. Marilyn “We can solve the climate crisis with wind and solar and without putting (prolonging)...
Call to Action Climate Reality Project
Many thanks to CRP for organizing this excellent list of actions we can all take. This is their news letter and says a lot about the group and how they operate. Scroll down to TAKE ACTION for the list of four easy actions you can do – one or all. It is all there for...
Fri Nov 26, APTN Investigates, 7pm EDT: Update on NWMO’s Search for a DGR for High-Level Nuclear Waste
To all Nuclear Waste Watchers: Christopher Read, TV journalist with APTN, has just completed a half-hour documentary on NWMO’s plans for a permanent underground nuclear waste dump for all of Canada’s HLW.It will include a portion of an interview with me, done from my dining room. It will be broadcast this Friday, November 26, on...
Scientists for Future Germany : “Nuclear energy not a technology to solve climate crisis” – ENGLISH Executive Summary
Dear Friends: Thanks to Gunter Wippel, our very good friend in Germany, for this information.I have the complete German report in pdf form if anyone wants me to send it, or you can downlaod it form the link: https://zenodo.org/record/5573719 Gordon Edwards. ————————— ENGLISH: In light of the accelerating climate crisis, nuclear energy and its place in the...
Austria ready to sue EU over nuclear’s inclusion in green finance taxonomy
Austrian minister Leonore Gewessler told EURACTIV why nuclear energy had no place in the EU’s sustainable finance rules and why her country was prepared to challenge the expected delegated act in court. Image Source: Parlamentsdirektion / Thomas Jantzen Source : Euractiv https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/austria-ready-to-sue-eu-over-nuclears-inclusion-in-green-finance-taxonomy/ Austria ready to sue EU over nuclear’s inclusion in green finance taxonomy By Nikolaus J....
Manna Jo Greene with Ken Gale. Mapping the Future of Solar
Learn more about the important mapping project Manna has been talking about at Convergence.Eco-Logic radio & internet www.ecoradio.org Friday, November 19th, 2:30pm WBAI, 99.5FM & www.wbai.org MAKING SOLAR HAPPEN MAPPING THE FUTURE We all want more solar—it is a great way to address the climate crisis and a way to save money, too! We have the technology,...
Trial of elders in Walk For Our Grandchildren
2021 Walk for Our Grandchildren – Great March for Climate Action https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y3HkfXCYhDfjWdWY3LczV9tDjwf9MCs8/view?ts=611ad075 May 27, 2021 — The 2021 Walk for Our Grandchildren took place June 20-28 from Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Wilmington. This short video documents their walk and what they were trying to achieve and their subsequent arrest. The information below documents their trial. For immediate...
NY Post article
As usual, the Post continues raving about closing Indian Point nuclear power plant even though that horse has already left the barn. Large numbers of trucks are already transporting waste and deconstruction debris to land fills. We have plenty of electricity and NYS is on target to meet its decarbonizing goals. Danskammer, a potential gas...
Glasgow official statement. From Wash Post. Annotated
An annotated text from the Washington Post of the final agreement from the COP26 in Glasgow. This long list may prove to be useful in the future as a guide to what came out of this conference. As you know many things will be reported differently by Fox News. I am highlighting number 14 because...
Scientist pour cold water on Bill Gates’ nuclear plans
Companies owned by billionaires Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are planning to launch the first so-called Natrium nuclear reactor project. Many experts see the project as a misguided attempt to hit CO2 reduction targets. Will smaller, modular reactors soon coexist with big ones like this here in Jenkinsville, South Carolina? Bill Gates’ nuclear energy firm TerraPower...
