US households turning to solar panels. Impact on power industries
Impact of solar panels keeps growing The U.S. power industry is feeling the pressure, with about 1 million households turning to the sun. PORTLAND PRESS HERALD, BY JONATHAN N. CRAWFORD BLOOMBERG.22 Mar...
View ArticleProblems of decommissioning nuclear reactors
Commentary on report: The Nationwide Failures of Decommissioning Regulation: Decommissioning Trust Funds or Slush Funds? Fairewinds Energy Education DOWNLOAD THE REPORT MiningAwareness, 24 Mar 16...
View ArticleScepticism on San Onofre nuclear station cleanup plan
O.C. Watchdog: Could there be an ‘early’ nuclear cleanup at San Onofre? Orange County Register, By TERI SFORZA / March 23, 2016 Federal efforts to speed up the removal of spent radioactive fuel from...
View ArticleAmerica’s nationwide problem of nuclear wastes, and Edison’s experimental...
O.C. Watchdog: Could there be an ‘early’ nuclear cleanup at San Onofre? Orange County Register, By TERI SFORZA / March 23, 2016 “…….NATIONWIDE PROBLEM Some 72,000 metric tons of highly radioactive...
View ArticleLarge number of baby deaths close to nuclear contaminated site
Cemetery full of dead babies missing brains next to US nuclear site — Funeral Director: Almost all infants we have died the same way… “that’s pretty much all I see on death certificates” — Few miles...
View ArticleHome solar energy is booming in USA
The Surprise New Boom Market for Residential Solar Huffington Post, By Barbara Grady 24 Mar 16 As the price of solar powered electricity keeps falling and rooftop panels pop up in an increasing number...
View ArticleUSA’s nuclear industry in death spiral?
Has U.S. Nuclear Power’s Death Spiral Begun? With carbon markets and subsidies in doubt, nuclear is no longer affordable IEEE Spectrum, By Peter Fairley 25 Mar 2016 U.S. nuclear power plant operators...
View ArticleVulnerability of San Onofre’s nuclear wastes
Concerns over nuclear waste stored at San Onofre http://www.cbs8.com/story/31565017/concerns-over-nuclear-waste-stored-at-san-onofrePosted: Mar 26, 2016 SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) – North County residents voice...
View ArticleSpent nuclear fuel staying put near closed San Onofre nuclear power station
Where is the San Onofre nuclear waste going? Spent fuel staying put for now, San Diego Union Tribune By Rob Nikolewski March 25, 2016 Some 3.6 million pounds of nuclear waste is stored at the...
View ArticleSolar WINDOWS (not panels)
AMAZING IOT #8: SOLAR WINDOWS (NOT PANELS!) ST Smarter Together, 16 Mar 16 A handful of startups are heading toward a new window of opportunity: solar powered windows. If you think about all of the...
View ArticleShared solar – a cheaper, better way to go for electricity
Shared solar can help low-income customers get in on the solar development. Rooftop solar can be expensive, even with incentives or leasing programs, leaving low-income ratepayers out. Shared solar can...
View Article“Deadly force”– a new rule for nuclear facility safety
Tenn. House OKs deadly force by security officers at ‘nuclear power reactor’ facilities...
View ArticleWake up World! Belgium terrorist attack shows vulnerability of nuclear...
“Every country, no matter how safe it thinks it is, needs to protect nuclear weapons and the materials you could use to make them against the full spectrum of plausible threats,” “And wherever there...
View ArticleSolar power’s mighty future
We’ve Barely Begun to Tap the Sun’s Mighty Power http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2016/03/solar-power-nrel-study By Tim McDonnell Mar. 24, 2016 It seems like every few weeks there’s some new...
View ArticleProblem of Hanford’s highly radioactive pool of CESIUM-137 AND STRONTIUM-90
Deep sleep Warren Cornwall*, Science 10 Jul 2015: Vol. 349, Issue 6244, pp. 132-135 DOI: 10.1126/science.349.6244.132 “………..CESIUM-137 AND STRONTIUM-90 are the hot potatoes of the nuclear waste...
View ArticleDeep sleep for high level nuclear wastes
Deep sleep Warren Cornwall*, Science 10 Jul 2015: Vol. 349, Issue 6244, pp. 132-135 DOI: 10.1126/science.349.6244.132 One of the world’s biggest radioactive headaches sits in an aging cinderblock...
View ArticleRockefeller to ditch oil, gas, holdings on ethical and economic grounds:...
Rockefeller Dumps Oil, Exxon Mobil Charity linked to the founder of Exxon Mobil’s precursor says it will ditch its oil and gas holdings....
View ArticleWind and solar lead in new energy generation
Wind adds the most electric generation capacity in 2015, followed by natural gas and solar Wind, natural gas, and solar made up almost all new electric generation capacity in 2015, accounting for 41%,...
View ArticleResidential solar power a money saver
Saving Money With Solar Power http://mentalitch.com/saving-money-with-solar-power/The boundless financial benefits of solar power Having a solar energy system in your home puts you at a great...
View ArticleUSA minimising effect of Fukushima nuclear radiation: Clinton’s secret food pact
Radiating Americans: Fukushima rain, Clinton’s secret food pact, Examiner, Deborah Dupre Human Rights Examiner , 27 Mar 16, Government agreed to downplay Fukushima radiation Fukushima is far from...
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