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• Blogging Yourself into a Corner

  We occasionally take a look at Greenpeace's Nuclear Reaction blog (subtitle: "Blogging the Meltdown of the Nuclear Industry") so we can see if some interesting new meme is springing up we may want to note. A couple of stories caught our eyes: Business Wire: Areva: Revenue and Data for the First Nine Months of 2008 The group cleared revenue of 9.1 billion euros over the first nine months... Posted Oct 28 2008, 01:39 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Geenpeace

• Moore Calls on Greenpeace to Support Nuclear

  Co-founder of Greenpeace and leading environmentalist Patrick Moore encouraged his former organization to support nuclear energy at a speech yesterday at Wits University in South Africa. Here is the account from The Times of South Africa: Greenpeace should now go pro-nuke Radioactive waste ‘no longer a problem’ Greenpeace was right to stop the bomb and save the whales, but should never have opposed... Posted Mar 04 2008, 03:12 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Geenpeace

• Greenspan Endorses Nuclear Energy at CERA Conference

  Alan Greenspan last week strongly endorsed nuclear energy as part of a future energy portfolio that provides clean power to the electricity grid and reduces U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Speaking at Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ (CERA) week-long energy conference in Houston, the former Federal Reserve chief said that nuclear energy is part of a strategy that he would recommend to the new... Posted Feb 19 2008, 02:51 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Nuclear Energy, Geenpeace

• Greenpeace's Jim Riccio Gets it Wrong

  Yesterday on WNYC-FM's Brian Lehrer Show, Gwyneth Cravens, author of Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy , made a joint appearance with Jim Riccio, Nuclear Policy Analyst for Greenpeace . Normally, I'd suggest that you take a listen, but given the fact that Riccio spent most of the interview talking over Cravens and not letting her get a word in edgewise, I'm afraid... Posted Jan 18 2008, 12:10 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Geenpeace

• Science Not Good Enough for Greenpeace

  Here's a clip from Britain that demonstrates exactly what Patrick Moore was talking about when he explains why he left Greenpeace: That's right, when it comes to Greenpeace and nuclear energy, the science doesn't matter. I guess it must be the hysteria. Read More... Posted Jan 17 2008, 09:59 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Geenpeace