USA’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) OK’s Storage of Nuclear Waste Below...
Feds Say FPL Can Store Nuclear Waste Below Miami’s Drinking Water Because It’s “Not Likely” to Leak, Miami New Times, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2017 BY JERRY IANNELLI, FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT’S TURKEY POINT...
View ArticleThe danger of America failing to keep its end of the Iran nuclear deal
Iran nuclear deal still under threat — US must keep its end of the bargain, http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/343139-iran-nuclear-deal-still-under-threat-us-must-keep-its-end BY...
View ArticleAs if Scott Pruitt were not bad enough, now a coal lobbyist to be added to...
Trump to tap longtime coal lobbyist for EPA’s No. 2 spot, WP By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis July 21 17, President Trump will nominate a prominent coal lobbyist and former Senate aide, Andrew...
View ArticleDonald Trump could pardon himself – what a mess that would be
Yes, Trump Could Pardon Himself. Then All Hell Would Break Loose, It’s never been tried. Here’s how it could blow up his presidency, or blow up the system. Politico, By RICHARD PRIMUS July 21, 2017...
View ArticleAir Force chief objects to Yucca Mountain nuclear routes
By Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 22, 2017 Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson sees a need to protect the space frontier and envisions bolstering the ranks of drone warfare all while...
View ArticleEveryone agrees that USA President has complete power to pardon himself –...
Trump asserts all agree he has ‘complete power’ to pardon, AP, By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, 22 July 17 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has “complete power” to issue pardons, an...
View ArticleHas Donald Trump unintentionally killed the nuclear industry?
Trump May Have Unintentionally Killed U.S. Nuclear Oil Price, By Leonard Hyman & William Tilles – Jul 22, 2017 “………Nuclear subsidies based on environmental criteria will probably remain in place in...
View ArticleFossil fuel utilities in a “death spiral” as they fight solar energy:...
Dave Toke’s Blog 21st July 2017, Dramatic increase in Nevada solar output as big companies abandon utility in favour of cheap renewables. Solar pv output in the US state of Nevada is heading for a 60...
View ArticleThe continuing horror story of nuclear weapons’ waste in North St Louis, USA
The reports don’t acknowledge these stories, these illnesses, those who are dying or dead. Most residents of St. Louis—including and especially the residents of predominantly African-American...
View ArticleJust Moms, St Louis
The Fallout, In St. Louis, America’s nuclear history creeps into the present, leaching into streams and bodies. Guernica, By Lacy M. Johnson, 10 July 2017, Dawn Chapman first noticed the smell on...
View ArticleTrump picks an advocate of pre-emptive nuclear strike for his defense team
Trump’s new nuclear defense pick once wrote, “America must be ready to nuke first.” New Republic, Emily Atkin, 21 July 17 The White House announced a slew of nominations earlier this week to fill...
View ArticleGeneral Atomics looks to get out of the radioactive mess that it has made in...
Someone else can clean it up https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/jul/24/ticker-someone-else-can-clean-it/# General Atomics looks to offload uranium Superfund site in Colorado By Dave Rice, July...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s attack on science and public health
Science and Public Health Under Siege, UCA,KATHLEEN REST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | JULY 24, 2017, My colleagues at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have released a report on how science—and public...
View ArticleUSA’s Land-Based Nuclear Missiles simply not financially or politically...
Why The U.S. Must Get Rid Of Its Land-Based Nuclear Missiles, Foxtrot Alpha, Terrell Jermaine Starr, 7/18/17 The Cold War is over. And so is the need for America’s land-based Intercontinental Ballistic...
View ArticleNew York’s nuclear power subsidies upheld by judge
U.S. judge refuses to halt New York nuclear power plant subsidies, Reuters, JULY 26, 2017 Jonathan Stempel, NEW YORK – A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by energy companies and trade...
View ArticleNew Documentary Film on St. Louis Nuclear Waste Site and Landfill Fire
Fall Film Festival includes Documentary on St. Louis Nuclear Waste Site and Landfill Fire, Huntington News, July 23, 2017 BY TONY RUTHERFORD , HNN ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR “……….The Fall International Film...
View ArticleOut of site, out of mind – America’s foul military waste pollution in Louisiana
The U.S. military burns millions of pounds of munitions in a tiny, African-American corner of Louisiana. The town’s residents say they’re forgotten in the plume, by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica,...
View ArticleUSA Labor Department tactic: delay compensation as long as possible – nuclear...
Longtime critics of the program’s administration point to numerous examples not only of claimants dying after years of waiting for their compensation but of spouses who refiled for survivorship claims...
View ArticleNuclear danger as Trump government guts science, removes Department of...
The department trains every international atomic-energy inspector; if nuclear power plants around the world are not producing weapons-grade material on the sly by reprocessing spent fuel rods and...
View ArticleWildfire season made worse by climate change
How Climate Change Is Making Wildfire Season Worse, Here and Now, July 27, 2017 This summer there have been dozens of fires burning in the West, which has been experiencing record-high temperatures....
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