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Senate Rules gives thumbs down to ‘nuclear power as green’

The concept that nuclear energy is a “green” energy was brushed aside by most Democrats on the Senate Rules committee Wednesday morning. A memorial brought by Sen. William Sharer, R-Farmington, would have directed that the state environment department acknowledge nuclear energy as a “clean and efficient source of energy,” and that the state energy, minerals [...]


Domenici named to nuclear commission

Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu named former U.S. Senator Pete Domenici to a panel to study alternatives for nuclear waste disposal. The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future “will provide recommendations for developing a safe, long-term solution to managing the Nation’s used nuclear fuel and nuclear waste” according to Peter St. Cyr.


Offshore drilling = drilling for a ‘drop in the bucket’

Drill, drill, drill – and what do you get?
Architecture 2030, the Santa Fe nonprofit headed by solar architect Edward Mazria, has released a chart that literally makes oil production from future offshore drilling look like a drop in a bucket.