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Follow The Money: Massachusetts Nuclear
Apr 15 2016 04:25 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Massachusetts 728-MW Pilgrim nuclear reactor, is losing about $40 million annually, . . . with little chance its economics will improve in the foreseeable future. 4-15-2016 Source: Follow the Money: Massachusetts Nuclear
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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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Coal-Fired Power Plants Make?
Mar 26 2016 08:45 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Coal-fired power plants make: . . . . . . enormous amounts of carbon dioxide emissions, and . . . . . . the same amount of water that would serve one billion people each year. 3-26-2016 Source: Coal-fired power plants make?
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Florida: Nuclear Plant Leak
Mar 24 2016 12:05 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Florida Power & Light’s reactors at Turkey Point’s , . . . old cooling canal system was leaking polluted water, . . . into Biscayne Bay. It is the main source of drinking water in the county, and . . . is vital to irrigation and the marsh wetlan...
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Climate Change: Coming Sooner
Mar 23 2016 01:00 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Retired NASA scientist James Hansen, and . . . other international scientists warn, . . . Climate Change effects could be felt within decades, not centuries. 3-23-2016 Source: Climate Change: Coming Sooner
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Coal Plants Use To Much Water
Mar 22 2016 06:40 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Coal plants are draining an already dwindling global water supply, . . . Greenpeace warned, consuming enough to meet the basic needs, . . . of one billion people, and deepening a worldwide crisis. 3-22-2016 Source: Coal plants use to much water
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The Nuclear ‘Baseload’ Myth
Mar 19 2016 02:10 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
The main claim used to justify nuclear, . . . is that it’s the only low carbon power source, . . . that can supply ‘reliable, base load electricity. But not only can renewables and storage supply baseload power, . . they can do something far more valu...
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Coal Co. Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Mar 17 2016 08:25 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
A chapter 11 filing by St. Louis-based Peabody, . . . the U.S.’s largest coal miner, would be the latest, . . . in a wave of bankruptcies to hit top American coal producers, including: . . . . . . Arch Coal Inc., . . . . . . Alpha Natural Resources, ....
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Cheap Oil Is Accelerating Sustainable Energy
Mar 17 2016 02:30 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
International Energy Agency, . . . has revised projected oil-demand growth downward through 2020, citing: . . . . . . unusually warm winters, . . . . . . China turning away from oil-intensive industries, . . . . . . the increasing competitiveness of...
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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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Australia: May Dump Renewable Target
Mar 12 2016 01:20 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Australia, the Energy Networks Association, . . . is calling for the renewable energy target to be dumped, and . . . replaced with a “low emissions target,” . . . that would include gas-fired generation. Analysis from UBS showed, . . . that the retail...
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2 + 2 = 4
Mar 05 2016 04:45 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
2 separate actions, by 2 separate state legislatures, . . . could lead to the future closure of all . . . 4 coal-fired power plants at Colstrip, Montana. In Oregon, the state legislature passed a bill this week, . . . that sets a deadline for Oregon...
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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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Engineers Urge Shutdown Of Nuclear Plants
Mar 04 2016 02:35 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Reuters reports: A group of engineers in the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, . . . say they have identified a design flaw in nearly all nuclear reactors in the country, . . . that should result in their mandatory shutdown, . . . unless operators f...
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China: Renewable's Are Soaring
Mar 02 2016 03:35 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
2015 China: . . . Solar, power generation capacity up 74%, . . . Wind, power generation capacity up 34%. China’s recent, bold claim: . . . it’ll cut power sector carbon emissions, 60% by 2020. 3-2-2016 Source: China: Renewable's are Soaring
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Fossil Fuel's: “Base Load” Power Myth
Mar 02 2016 03:00 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Chine State Grid Corp, Senior executives, . . . from the biggest network owner, . . . in the biggest energy market in the world (China) said, . . . the “fundamental solution was to accelerate clean energy, . . . with the aim of replacing coal and oil,”...
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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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Jeremy Rifkin On Climate Change
Feb 18 2016 08:00 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Jeremy Rifkin on Climate Change
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Dumbest Experiment Ever?
Feb 17 2016 02:55 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
“If we don’t find a solution to burning oil for transport, . . . when we then run out of oil, . . . the economy will collapse, and . . . society will come to an end. If we know we have to get off oil no matter what, . . . we know that is an inescapabl...
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Coal’S Stages Of Grief
Feb 09 2016 06:40 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Compare the emotional debate around the decline of the coal industry, . . . to what a person might experience with the death of a loved one. In the last few weeks, statements from elected officials in West Virginia, . . . highlighted the urgent need fo...
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Copenhagen Will Divest From Fossil Fuels
Feb 02 2016 07:00 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
The mayor of Denmark's capital city is preparing plans to divest its, . . . 6.9bn kroner investment fund from all holdings in coal, oil and gas, . . . is expected to be approved by a finance committee today. 2-2-2016 Source: Copenhagen will dives...
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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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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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Beijing, China: Issues First Ever 'red Aler...
Dec 07 2015 08:10 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
In an online statement, the city government said, . . . all outdoor construction work must stop on red alert days, . . . while also urging schools to close. The notice, issued after days of heavy smog last week, . . . also places traffic restrictions...
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Elon Musk: "revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax"
Dec 04 2015 04:35 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Musk makes a good point:. . . . Monetary incentives and taxes are not the only reason why people, . . . will do the right things. Most people want to help. The problem is that the current system favors the bad outcomes: . . . . . . favoring fossil fue...
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