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Guest post by Tricia Bolian, Business Development Manager, AREVA I&C and Electrical Recently I had the opportunity to step out of my normal role at AREVA and join Laura Clise, AREVA’s Director of Sustainable Development for North America, at the 2012 Net Impact Conference in Baltimore. Here, over...

The Washington Post Editorial Board asks a great question today: CAN THE WORLD fight global warming without nuclear power? The article then notes that, “One major industrialized country — Germany — is determined to find out, and another — Japan — is debating whether to try. Both illustrate how...

  It’s a simple idea: More power, less carbon emissions. For example: One AREVA solar thermal booster attached to a coal-fired power plant will reduce emissions by 36,000 tons of carbon every year. A single, modern AREVA EPR nuclear power facility will generate massive amounts of electricity 24...

About five days ago, the Maryland House of Delegates passed a key bill supporting and incentivizing the creation of approximately 40 large wind turbines off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland. The House bill passed by 88 to 47. Now this bill is in the Maryland Senate Finance Committee. At AREVA we are...

By Laura Clise, Director, Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement, AREVA 2012 marks the twentieth anniversary of the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development, otherwise known as the Earth Summit, which took place in 1992 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. 2012 is also the International Year...

by Mia DeMezza, Executive Vice President, EarthEcho International Everyone agrees that our country needs energy to survive. What we seem to disagree about is where that energy will come from and how we will produce it. At EarthEcho International, our goal is to provide young people, mainly middle and...

By Robert Gee, President, Gee Strategies Group Those who fantasize a country without nuclear power are about to get their wish. The aftermath of the accident at Fukushima Daiishi has left Japan with an increasingly narrowed set of options both for the welfare of its citizens and for its economy. Before...

Environmental blog SmartPlanet posted a great story, “The US Nuclear Renaissance Has Begun ,” the impact of the NRC’s recent approval of twin AP1000 reactors at Vogtle Nuclear power plant in Georgia. SmartPlanet’s views on the current and next generations of nuclear technology...

By Stephanie Jones One of the great things about living and working in Washington, D.C., is being in the heart of the action, such as watching President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union address from the House gallery. Although I’ve have the good fortune to attend most of President Obama’s joint session...

Bad News: “Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recovery….Emissions rose 5.9 percent in 2010, according to an analysis released...

Laura Clise, Director, Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement, AREVA I recently attended and presented at the first annual Electric Utility Industry Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance (Alliance) Sustainability Forum. The forum brought together Alliance member utilities and their suppliers...

There’s a new name championing the cause for climate change solutions, aptly named: The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. At first glance, such a promissory name could easily be dismissed as audacious brand marketing, but the “C2ES” (as they call themselves) is the fresh face and successor of...

During the World Energy Council, Jacques Besnainou, CEO of AREVA North America, spoke with Llewellyn King about Safety Lessons from Fukushima, Used Fuel Recycling in the U.S., AREVA’s activities in North America, and the Energy Future. His comments are posted to “The White House Chronicle”...

New global research from Pricewaterhouse Coopers on greenhouse gas emissions reveals an alarming increase of these pollutants. In his BBC editorial regarding this study, Richard Black details that “as the world in general started to emerge from its economic woes, the carbon numbers rose faster...

As we have noted before, we think there are important lessons to be learned from Germany’s efforts to phase out nuclear power. In the end, less nuclear seems to irrevocably lead to simply this: burning more fossil fuel, generating more carbon emissions and less energy independence. The latest writer...

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...

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...

The American Economic Review just published an economic study, titled “Environmental Accounting for Pollution in the United States Economy,” which seeks to quantify the true total cost of various U.S. energy sources. The authors track the major air pollutants from various U.S. sources, and...

As we announced yesterday, our sponsorship of the carbon emissions offset for Nuclear Clear Air Energy #78 IndyCar’s entire 2011 racing season helps clear the air for full-bore race enjoyment. The green-colored #78 IndyCar, known as Porkchop, will be piloted by Simona de Sivestro, whose affinity for...

In partnership with HVM Racing and Entergy, AREVA is delivering the nuclear clean energy message at more than 100 miles an hour through the streets of Baltimore on the Nuclear Clean Air Energy #78 IndyCar driven by Simona de Silvestro. This unique platform for increasing clean energy awareness also spurs...

A good discussion at the ABC15.com on the future of Arizona’s energy policies. Describing the benefits of nuclear energy, Joseph Comfort Professor Joseph Comfort said: “Fossil fuels provide over 60 percent of the world’s electricity. But they have huge disadvantages, the most obvious...

In an excellent article, Barbara Lydick examines California’s challenges of water scarcity, purity and recovery with insightful commentary and vision. After setting the stage by describing California’s declining and brackish water resources, competing valuable water-use industries, and legislative ineffectiveness...

Love Rod Adams’ recent post on how “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle” is a saying that is “good for Aluminum, good for Uranium.” As his posts often are, it’s a very well thought through and well written response to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy’s recent stance...

Another great article, this time written by author and environmental activist Mark Lynas. He describes the current discussion over nuclear power choices in the UK and offers his view: Atomic energy, while far from perfect, is an essential option to combat two looming problems: climate change, caused...