Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Aug 11, 2008	SE Climate Convergence Occupies Nuclear Facility
August 7 Louisa, VA Activists from the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action occupied the welcome center for Dominion’s North Anna nuclear power plant today. The action was taken to protest Dominion’s plans to build two new nuclear reactors and to call out nuclear power for the false...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Aug 11, 2008	SE Climate Convergence Occupies Nuclear Facility
August 7 Louisa, VA Activists from the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action occupied the welcome center for Dominion’s North Anna nuclear power plant today. The action was taken to protest Dominion’s plans to build two new nuclear reactors and to call out nuclear power for the false...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Jul 29, 2008	Proposed Nukes in FL=$1000s in Rate Hikes! yikes!
I’ve known for years that nuclear power is really expensive, and as a resident of Tennessee who gets my electricity from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), I’m aware of and quite frustrated by their $22+ billion debt for past nuclear reactors, many of which were not even completed....... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Jul 29, 2008	Proposed Nukes in FL=$1000s in Rate Hikes! yikes!
I’ve known for years that nuclear power is really expensive, and as a resident of Tennessee who gets my electricity from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), I’m aware of and quite frustrated by their $22+ billion debt for past nuclear reactors, many of which were not even completed....... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  May 13, 2008	John McCain Stumps on Climate from Stumptown, Oregon
Presidential contender John McCain delivered a major speech today outlining his climate change policy from Portland, Oregon. Stumping from Stumptown (a Portland nickname harkening to it’s timber industry past), Senator McCain detailed his plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  May 13, 2008	John McCain Stumps on Climate from Stumptown, Oregon
Presidential contender John McCain delivered a major speech today outlining his climate change policy from Portland, Oregon. Stumping from Stumptown (a Portland nickname harkening to it’s timber industry past), Senator McCain detailed his plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Mar 31, 2008	State of the Planet Puts Nuclear on the Table
The State of the Planet Conference convened at the Earth Institute at Columbia University this past Thursday and Friday. Man, have special interests grabbed the environmental movement like a bulldog by a throat, or what? Perhaps I’m getting increasingly hypersensitive as we continue...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Mar 31, 2008	State of the Planet Puts Nuclear on the Table
The State of the Planet Conference convened at the Earth Institute at Columbia University this past Thursday and Friday. Man, have special interests grabbed the environmental movement like a bulldog by a throat, or what? Perhaps I’m getting increasingly hypersensitive as we continue...... [view]

Posted By:  ascendency Posted On:  Mar 19, 2008	Youth Protest Indo-US Nuclear Deal
“We’re on our 8th day of fasting,” said one of the students from Calicut University, Calicut, Kerela. “We don’t want nuclear to be a part of our future.” Several students including Abdul Rehman, Saji Mathew, Ramziya Rehmat, Tomy Jecob, Krupa and Divya,...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Mar 19, 2008	Youth Protest Indo-US Nuclear Deal
“We’re on our 8th day of fasting,” said one of the students from Calicut University, Calicut, Kerela. “We don’t want nuclear to be a part of our future.” Several students including Abdul Rehman, Saji Mathew, Ramziya Rehmat, Tomy Jecob, Krupa and Divya,...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Feb 10, 2008	Is Nuclear Renewable? Not in South Carolina.
South Carolina nuclear lobbyists held their hopes high this past week as members of the South Carolina House Agricultural Committee attempted to alter a renewable energy bill to define nuclear as a ‘renewable’ energy source. After much outrage over the ridiculousness of calling...... [view]