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• Is Greenpeace Lessening Its Anti-Nuclear Stance?

  Probably not in the U.S., but in the UK they may be lessening their anti-nuclear stance. World Nuclear News has the story : The latest manifesto from Greenpeace UK is the first ever with no explicit anti-nuclear policies. It was launched with the tagline "Change the politics. Save the climate." ... Most of the 12 goals were expressed in terms of 'low-carbon' energy, which should supply... Posted Oct 13 2009, 12:15 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Greenpeace, activists, policy, extremists, anti-nuclear, antinuclear, greenpeace uk

• Texas, Russia and Greenpeace Gripes

  Let’s peek in on some stories we’ve been following and see what’s what: The South Texas Project wants to build a new unit on its site and has found strong support from the San Antonio Express News: CPS customers pay rates that are routinely among the lowest of any major utility in the country. That's a key element in the Alamo City's affordability, lowering the cost of living for individuals... Posted Oct 05 2009, 03:41 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Greenpeace, South Texas Project, Russia, Texas, activists, STP, cps energy, rates

• Another Greenpeace Executive for Nuclear Energy

  First it was Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore seeing the light about the benefits of nuclear power , now another former director of the international environmental organization has become a convert. In an exclusive interview with The Independent , Stephen Tindale , Executive Director of Greeenpeace UK from 2001-2007 , describes his road to Calvary. “My change of mind wasn’t sudden, but gradual over... Posted Feb 23 2009, 02:42 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Greenpeace, UK, opinion

• Patrick Moore in Newsweek

  Patrick Moore , one of the cofounders of Greeenpeace and an advocate for nuclear energy, is interviewed by Fareed Zakaria in the latest issue of Newsweek . The pull quote: Greenpeace still uses the word "evil" to describe nuclear energy. I think that's as big a mistake as if you lumped nuclear medicine in with nuclear weapons. Nuclear medicine uses radioactive isotopes to successfully... Posted Apr 15 2008, 08:28 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Greenpeace

• Moore Piece Sparks Debate Down Under

  In yesterday's edition of The Melbourne Age , Dr. Patrick Moore called on his old compatriots at Greenpeace to drop their long-standing opposition to nuclear power in light of the threat posed by climate change. In response, Australian columnist Andrew Bolt is hosting quite a debate over at the Herald Sun . Check it out. Read More... Posted Dec 11 2007, 01:30 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Greenpeace

• Greenpeace Works to Block Third Reactor in Brazil

  Details from CNN . Read More... Posted Nov 07 2007, 11:34 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Brazil, Greenpeace

• Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy vs. Greenpeace

  In this video, Bruno Comby of the French-based organization, Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy, debates Frédéric Marillier of Greenpeace about nuclear energy: Read More... Posted Aug 10 2007, 09:22 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Greenpeace

• Calling Greenpeace and NIRS to Account

  A story that ran yesterday on the AP wire regarding the resurgence of interest in nuclear energy in the U.S. certainly attracted a lot of attention, especially on a Summer afternoon. If you take a look at Digg, you'll see that almost 600 of its users "dugg" the story -- which may be the reason why it came to the attention of the folks at the Knight Science Journalism Tracker : It is disappointing... Posted Jul 03 2007, 10:12 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Greenpeace

• Following Greenpeace, Follow the Money

  Plenty of our friends in the anti-nuclear movement often go to great pains to detail many of the PR activities that groups like NEI engage in -- Sourcewatch , being just one example. But all too often, many of those same groups won't reveal the sources of their funding. Which is why this exchange between Rod Adams and one of his readers -- who isn't a native speaker of English -- caught my... Posted Jun 15 2007, 02:45 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Greenpeace

• A Democrat's Take on Greenpeace

  In his latest diary at Daily Kos , N Nadir takes a closer look at Greenpeace and its methods : Greenpeace is an organization that proudly announces that it is it acceptable to deal with half of the problem of climate change two full generations from now . Never mind that the means by which this dealing... Posted Jun 11 2007, 11:18 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Greenpeace

• Greenpeace’s Economics of Nuclear Power

  Greenpeace International recently issued a report titled “ The Economics of Nuclear Power ” (pdf). The four analysts (commissioned by Greenpeace) pulled cost information from 12 recent studies, analyzed how they differed, and even got into the breakdown... Posted May 25 2007, 01:20 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Greenpeace