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• Voices from Copenhagen: Obama and Jiabao

  At the COP15 conference in Copenhagen, President Barack Obama did not seem very pleased: So America is going to continue on this course of action [toward carbon emission reduction goals] no matter what happens in Copenhagen. But we will all be stronger and safer and more secure if we act together. That is why it is in our mutual interest to achieve a global accord in which we agree to take certain... Posted Dec 18 2009, 03:47 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: CO2 Emissions, obama, copenhagen, co2, nuclear blogs, cop15, denmark

• COP15: Nuclear Energy, Reparations and Gov. Palin

  Well, almost a decade. The Kyoto Protocol did not have much use for nuclear energy and excluded it from favored energy sources. However, the leaked Danish accord – which seems unlikely to become the final document – see our post below for more on that – does not try to pick winners and losers: The international community can only be fully successful in addressing climate change if it is able to effectively... Posted Dec 10 2009, 02:08 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: CO2 Emissions, Climate Change, copenhagen, cop15, denmark, protocol, palin, kyoto

• Blame It on the Volcano

  Louise Gray at the Telegraph (U.K.) clears it all up for us : Professor Ian Plimer, a geologist from Adelaide University, argues that a recent rise in temperature around the world is caused by solar cycles and other "extra terrestrial" forces. Extra terrestrial? That sounds like fun. But it turns out Professor Plimer has a specific villain in mind here and it’s not extra-terrestrial: "We... Posted Nov 13 2009, 03:43 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: CO2 Emissions, Solar, opinion, editorial, Climate Change, cosmic

• John Kerry on the Boxer-Kerry Bill

  In a bit of a surprise, Sen. John Kerry (R-Mass.) has taken the lead on the Senate climate change bill – a surprise because it was widely expected Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) would do so – but regardless, this is a topic Kerry has had an interest in for a long time. The Washington Post has a lengthy interview with Kerry, and do go over and read the whole thing, but let’s see what Kerry thinks about... Posted Oct 02 2009, 04:51 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, CO2 Emissions, legislation, regulations, climate, boxer, kerry

• Moving Forward in Limbo

  If a cap and a price are imposed on carbon dioxide emissions, [nuclear] plants could be among the biggest economic winners in the vast economic shifts that would be created by greenhouse gas regulations. That’s from the New York Times , borrowing a story from Climate Wire, which while noting the nuclear plants achieve the goal of carbon emission reduction rather well, runs though the tough sledding... Posted Apr 27 2009, 01:19 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, CO2 Emissions, cap and trade

• When You Absolutely Need a Carbon Tax

  We’ve mentioned here, as the cap-and-trade legislation heats up, that conservatives have had a problems with it despite it being the more conservative carbon emissions reduction method. The more liberal one is a carbon tax, which could conceivably have some kind of progressivity, or become more onerous as years passed, but would really put an immediate burden on the energy section. We’d position them... Posted Apr 21 2009, 03:56 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: CO2 Emissions, politics, taxes

• Greenhouse Gases Officially Hazardous

  We wonder if industries will have to affix Surgeon General labels on their plants : Having received White House backing, the Environmental Protection Agency declared Friday that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are a significant threat to human health and thus will be listed as pollutants under the Clean Air Act — a policy the Bush administration rejected. You’ll remember that this became... Posted Apr 17 2009, 03:02 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, CO2 Emissions, EPA

• Rep. John Shimkus on Cap-andTrade

  A couple of posts below, we wrote about Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s objections to cap-and-trade and suggested the arguments were not very well thought out yet. As cap-and-trade wends its way forward, we expect there will be a fair number of arguments against it – after all, Europe’s first try at it was an unmitigated mess and if not carefully thought out, it could prove a massive shock to the energy industry... Posted Mar 30 2009, 01:58 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: CO2 Emissions, emissions, cap and trade

• Dispelling Myths About Nuclear Energy and Total Lifecycle Emissions. Again.

  Once again, the global anti-nuclear lobby has found a reporter willing to parrot its lies and distortions regarding nuclear energy and CO2 emissions. Stepping to the plate this time is Reuters reporter Nick Trevethan : Nuclear power's claim to be the answer to global warming is being questioned by reports suggesting mining and processing of uranium is carbon intensive. While nuclear power produces... Posted Dec 12 2007, 11:50 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: CO2 Emissions