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San Diego Says No To Spent Nuclear Fuel
Sep 16 2015 06:30 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
As San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is decommissioned, . . . a 1,400 metric ton, nuclear fuel waste dump is being built, . . . 600 feet from the Pacific Ocean, and . . . roughly the same distance from Highway I-5. San Diego says, "Not In My B...
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Rocky Mountain Power Vs Solar Users
Apr 20 2014 06:30 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Rocky Mountain Power, wants to levy a fee of $4.25 per month on, . . . it's solar power producing customers. 2014-04-20 Source: Rocky Mountain Power VS Solar users
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Renewable Energy Is Cheaper Than Coal
Oct 22 2015 12:40 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Coal consumption in China, dropped by 2.9% in 2014, and . . . is falling quickly in the EU and USA. Decreasing demand is lowering coal prices, . . . squeezing coal mining companies’ profits across the globe. Coal utilities are forced to cancel global...
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Record Oil Glut
Nov 15 2015 02:00 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
A record glut of oil, . . . is set to continue into next year, and . . . maintain pressure on prices, . . . the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Growth in global demand for oil is expected to fall in 2016, . . . as the allure of lower...
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Pure Water, Bicycle
Jan 11 2013 07:25 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Bike 2.0, is cheaper to maintain, than existing systems of . . . water acquisition, . . . sanitation and . . . transportation. Source: cost-effective-water-bicycle Bike Stand Pumping Filtration Transportation
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Pollution: Ganges River
May 06 2012 01:00 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
The river has caused the spread of infections and diseases.
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Picture Of Climate Change
Dec 19 2012 01:35 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Since 1991, there have been peer-reviewed articles on global warming . . . 13,950 say it's human-caused, . . . 24 rejected it. Source: warning-this-picture-may-cause-climate-change
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Petroleum Industry Climate Deceit
Apr 19 2016 06:00 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Exxon had known about, . . . the role of fossil fuels in global warming, . . . as early as 1977. Digging deeper, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), . . . traced the industry’s coordinated, decades-long deception back to a . . . 194...
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Pacificorp Axing Coal
Jun 19 2015 12:15 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
Oregon-based utility and Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary PacifiCorp, . . . filed plans this month, to shut down nearly, . . . 3 GW of its coal generation by 2033, . . . nearly 1/2 of the company’s total coal-fired capacity. 06-18-2015 Source: PacifiCor...
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Oregon Passes Bill To Cut Coal
Mar 05 2016 04:20 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
SB 1547, doubles the state’s renewable energy target to . . . 50% by 2040, also requires utilities to, . . . quit purchasing coal power by 2035. 3-5-2016 Source: Oregon Passes Bill to Cut Coal
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Ontario Completely Off Coal
Jul 25 2014 12:35 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
The Canadian province of Ontario, . . . has officially shut down its last coal burning power plant. Power for the province now comes from "emission-free electricity sources like: . . . . . . Wind, . . . . . . Solar, . . . . . . Nuclear and . . . ....
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Oil: Russian Ruble Collapse
Jan 21 2016 03:35 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
The Russian ruble has just collapsed to its lowest ever level. . . . The latest slump was triggered by another steep drop in oil prices, . . . crude sank below $27 a barrel to its lowest level since September 2003. The ruble often mirrors movemen...
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Oil Prices Will Most Likely Go
Jul 24 2015 04:00 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
The United Arab Emirates’ Energy Ministry, . . . has decided to terminate gasoline subsidies, . . . as the country’s economy is being negatively affected, by low oil prices. Gasoline in the UAE is equivalent to, . . . $1.78/gallon and the policy...
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Oil Companies: Face Debt Default
Nov 08 2015 10:05 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
The U.S. shale oil boom, lured Oil companies to load up on massive amounts of debt. . . . Now oil is down around $45, and . . . no one is expecting prices to hit $100 any time soon. What that means is, . . . the likelihood of unpaid debt, . ....
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Ocean Acidification
Nov 17 2013 12:50 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
When it comes to climate change, . . . the invisible elephant in the room is ocean acidification. . . . Climate scientists have long considered it a legitimate concern, . . . but only recently has it been found, that the rate increase and . . . ecologi...
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Nyc Teacher’S Fund Lost $135 Million
Feb 02 2016 06:40 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
The Teacher’s Retirement System of the City of New York, lost approximately, . . . $135 million due to investments in oil and gas companies in 2015. California’s 2 public pension funds had lost over, . . . $5 billion due to investments in th...
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Nuclear Reactors: Delayed & Over Budget
Mar 31 2016 01:15 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
2 Georgia Power nuclear reactors, . . . (at Plant Vogtle in Burke County, along the Savannah River), . . . 6 years into construction, the project is . . . 39 months behind schedule, . . . with more delays, and cost overruns likely. The 1st reactor, wa...
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Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Costs
Sep 02 2016 10:55 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
The 43-year-old, 478-megawatt-capacity nuclear plant at Fort Calhoun, . . . is the smallest such plant in the country, which explains in part, . . . why it has become financially untenable to continue operating. December 31, 2016, it will shut down,...
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North America's Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant
Mar 16 2016 11:00 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Located on the shores of Lake Erie, . . . the Ontario Power Generation Nanticoke Generating Station, . . . was once North America's largest coal-fired power plant, . . . is to be re-purposed for a 44-MW solar farm. The province had no smog days at...
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New York City’S Nuclear Power Plant Leaking
Feb 27 2016 04:55 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Indian Point, on the Hudson River, a crucial source of of power for over . . . 23 million people, living in the greater NYC metropolitan region. . . . reported a leak of radioactive material flowing into the groundwater. Contamination levels are 80% h...
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Nasa | A Year In The Life Of Earth's Co2
Aug 02 2015 12:30 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
NASA | A Year in the Life of Earth's CO2
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Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Jul 17 2015 08:15 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
US Interior Dept. Just Made Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, . . . A Lot More Expensive. Since the 1970s, the coal industry has blasted apart more than, . . . 500 of the oldest, most biologically rich mountains in America, and . . . destroyed more th...
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Making Fossil Fuels Efficient?
Jan 29 2015 04:45 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
A joint partnership between GE and Statoil, aims to: . . . Reduce emissions from oil and shale gas production, while also, . . . creating Efficient and Low-Cost technologies to do so. 01-29-2015 Source: Making Fossil Fuels Efficient?
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Koch Brothers Claim Another State
May 16 2015 10:30 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Throughout the last 2 decades, . . . state after state has passed, . . . renewable energy standards. Koch Industries and advocacy groups, funded by the Koch brothers, including: . . . . . . Americans for Prosperity (AFP), and . . . . . . American Legi...
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Jeremy Rifkin On Nuclear Power
Sep 18 2016 08:05 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Jeremy Rifkin on Nuclear Power
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