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• Anti-Nuke Hypocrisies

  Barry Brook published a great piece on the contradictory thinking of anti-nuclear environmentalists . It was posted a few days ago and is now up to almost 100 comments. He’s found 32 hypocrisies so far (with the help of others) and below is a taste of a few: 1. They claim renewables can replace fossil fuels, then can’t see the problem with leaning on fossil fuel gas to back them up when they fail to... Posted Jan 19 2010, 07:00 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: NEI, opinion, activists, anti-nuclear, antinuclear, op-ed, hypocrisies

• Four Updates to Our Nuclear Blogroll

  Thanks to Dan and Rod , we have four new blogs added to our blogroll. First is Yes Vermont Yankee whose writer, Meredith Angwin, has put herself through the angst and some joys of going to anti-nuclear shindigs. Her latest experience at an anti-nuclear potluck was a bit inspiring in the fact that the two sides were able to get along quite well. Next is Nuke Power Talk which is written by Gail Marcus... Posted Jan 08 2010, 10:15 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Vermont Yankee, NEI, vermont, anti-nuclear, antinuclear, nuclear blogs

• Time Enough for Nuclear Energy

  Generally speaking, folks who dislike nuclear energy have lost their footing a bit because the pressing energy issue of the day – climate change – seeks solutions that nuclear energy readily provides. A fair number of former anti-nuclear   advocates have put the issues on the scale and found the risks of nuclear energy, as they perceive them, acceptable versus the potential fate of the planet... Posted Nov 19 2009, 11:03 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: activists, Nuclear, climate, Climate Change, antinuclear, power, energygy, nuclear blogs

• Stewart Brand and Amory Lovins Debate about Nuclear on NPR's OnPoint

  Tom Ashbrook from NPR's OnPoint got the two to cordially hash out their opposing views on nuclear . Though the conversation lasted for about 12 minutes, not much was actually debated. I guess a good debate is what the blogosphere is for. So far I haven't seen much praise for Lovins' latest piece, in fact it looks like in the comments section at Grist, his supporters were rather thin. Rod... Posted Oct 21 2009, 04:45 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: NPR, power generation, opinion, discussion, activists, Nuclear, antinuclear

• 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