Reprocessing the entire amount of spent nuclear fuel generated at nuclear power plants across Japan would cost more than burying part of such fuel underground, … Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel would cost more than burying part of itRead more
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China issues nuclear safety blueprint, eyes $13 billion investment
China will have to spend around 80 billion yuan ($12.74 billion) by 2015 to upgrade the security of its nuclear facilities and radioactive contamination control … China issues nuclear safety blueprint, eyes $13 billion investmentRead more
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Predator Nation
the Justice Department opened a criminal probe into a $3 billion trading loss in risky derivatives at financial giant JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank. … Predator NationRead more
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Occupying farmland
On Earth Day—April 22, 2012—about 200 people, accompanied by children in strollers, dogs, rabbits, chickens, and carrying hundreds of pounds of compost and at least … Occupying farmlandRead more
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Start a community-run power co-op
Ursula Sladek, a 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize recipient, is the co-founder and president of EWS, one of Europe’s largest cooperatively owned green energy companies. Motivated … Start a community-run power co-opRead more
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Two Centuries of Climate Science: part two – Hulburt to Keeling, 1931- 1965
We resume this narrative in 1931, when American physicist E.O Hulburt ran calculations to determine the effect of doubling carbon dioxide once again, and, including … Two Centuries of Climate Science: part two – Hulburt to Keeling, 1931- 1965Read more
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Two Centuries of Climate Science: part three – Manabe to the present day, 1966-2012
We begin this third part of the narrative with a breakthrough. By 1967, the first computer model that simulated the entire planet’s climate had been … Two Centuries of Climate Science: part three – Manabe to the present day, 1966-2012Read more
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Misleading Coverage Of Wind Farm Study
A recent study of satellite data found that nighttime land temperatures in the immediate vicinity of wind turbines in Texas have increased relative to nearby … Misleading Coverage Of Wind Farm StudyRead more
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Occupy Wall Street’s anarchist roots
Almost every time I’m interviewed by a mainstream journalist about Occupy Wall Street I get some variation of the same lecture: “How are you going … Occupy Wall Street’s anarchist rootsRead more
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Stopping american oil addiction
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKqs7Fc45XM&rel=0] On Thursday, Eleanor Fairchild, a 78-year old great-grandmother, was arrested for trespassing after she stood in the path of bulldozers and machinery on her … Stopping american oil addictionRead more