October, 2011

The world hit a milestone as expected this week, with global celebrations highlighting the birth of the symbolic 7 Billionth baby born…. Countries around the world marked the world’s population reaching 7 billion Monday with lavish ceremonies for newborn infants symbolizing the milestone...

The Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) on America’s Nuclear Future held its latest public meeting in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 20 to solicit comments on its draft recommendations for managing the nation’s nuclear waste. Over the past month, the BRC has held meetings at locations around the country to receive...

Blogger Elesha Barnette asks good questions in her blog, about nuclear energy and jobs for the Georgia community in her post “Why Not Nuclear?” She writes: We can all recite the appalling numbers by now: unemployment is at 9%. African American unemployment is nearly 17%. 14 million Americans...

There is a great interview posted today with Mark Lynas over at YaleEnvironment360. If you are unfamiliar with Mark, he is a influential British writer and environmentalist, who several years ago renounced his previous anti-nuclear views and became a vocal supporter of nuclear energy as a key solution...

We’re watching the good discussions from political and business leaders coming from the “Governor’s Conference on Energy” in Virginia… good to see former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman’s voice on how nuclear is “extremely safe” and the “most important”...

We saw two stories on offshore wind power that we’re “must-read” stories … First, this from the environmental blog CleanTechnica that notices a key new study on the potential for US offshore wind power. Though well established and growing fast in Europe, offshore wind power has...

We love the web debate going on at the Bloomberg Businessweek’s “The Debate Room” between Scott Peterson at NEI and Jim Riccio of Green Peace USA on nuclear power. Definitely go and add your voice into the mix in the comments…. ...read more

The California Council on Science and Technology recently studied the capacity of nuclear energy as a solution for California’s needs for electricity by the year 2050. Here is the full report, but we wanted to highlight some snippets. It highlights the challenge faced by California for it’s...

Brian Wang highlights on his blog a petition supporting nuclear power that is being submitted through the White House’s “We the People” program. This government initiative provides U.S. citizens a means to petition the government. The pro-nuclear petition needs 5,000 signatures by 10/23 to be accepted...

…and here are the latest poll numbers showing US support for nuclear energy: Six months after the Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan, solid majorities of Americans still view nuclear energy favorably, still support the extension of operating licenses at existing facilities that meet federal safety...

Merv Tano’s comments about private-public-tribal energy partnerships describe a path forward for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indians in the northeast U.S. and other Indian tribes. As detailed on his blog, The Roundtable brought together high level tribal, industry, and other leaders and experts...