Holtec, Palisades' New Owner, Seeks Okay to Restart Palisades News update of Oct. 7, 2023 From: Michael Schneider Originally Holtec had acquired the Palisades Power Plant for what many assumed was for the purpose of decommissioning it, as decommissioning retired nuclear power plants has been a major [...]
WATCH THIS FILM AND LEARN WHY WE NEED NUCLEAR ENERGY Please use the below links to find theaters & related events Nuclear Now will be 350 Theater across the U.S. on May 1st About the Film: https://www.nuclearnowfilm.com/ Find theaters & Buy Tickets: https://www.nuclearnowfilm.com/watch NY Times Film Review: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/movies/nuclear-now-review.html Nuclear Now [...]
Albany, NY – Today climate scientists, engineers, environmentalists, labor and community leaders applaud the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for recognizing the importance of nuclear power in meeting state energy goals—now and in the future. “It’s a significant step in the right direction,” said Dr. James E. Hansen, [...]
Sign our letter to Senator Aric Nesbitt to Author Resolution Recognizing Palisades' Carbon Credit-Worthiness The Climate Coalition has drafted a letter to Michigan State Senator Aric Nesbitt urging him to submit a resolution to the Michigan Legislature declaring Palisades to be a legitimate issuer of nuclear carbon offsets. The letter [...]
Join the Campaign to Save Diablo Canyon It is vital that everyone understand why Diablo Canyon is critical to the success of California's energy decarbonization—both in a timely and a cost-effective manner. The following are the steps you can take to learn more and support our clean energy. Step 1: [...]
Political Candidate Climate Positions This Airtable has been pre-sorted to group candidates by State and Office Sought. Airtable allows you to scroll across to see all columns. It also lets you reset the width of the displayed rows, to sort, filter, group, ungroup or copy the candidates' answers. Learn [...]
Recognition of Governor Whitmer's and Secretary Granholm's Efforts to Save Palisades The Climate Coalition and hundreds of co-signers sent a letter on Valentine's Day to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the entire slate of elected Michigan officials urging them to protect Palisades. Since then, our letter has continued to garner [...]
Listing of press related to our efforts to save Palisades A Michigan nuclear plant is set to close. Does it threaten state's zero-carbon future? The Detroit News: February 27, 2022, by Carol Thompson One of Michigan's three nuclear plants will shut down this spring after more than [...]
Steps to help us save Palisades STEP 1: Sign below on our original letter to Michigan officials (replicated below) to show your agreement that Michigan needs to protect Palisades in order to stay on its pathway to zero-emission energy by 2035, as committed by the Governor. STEP 2: Join us [...]
Sign the 1st Letter to Governor Newsom Below we have copied the letter to Governor Newsom sent by a group of 79 leading scientists, academics and business leaders including former Secretary of Energy and Nobel Laureate, Dr. Steven Chu, Pulitzer Prize Laureate, Richard Rhodes and renowned climate scientist, Dr. James [...]
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MM New legislation aims to help existing nuclear power Report on an article posted at Daily Energy Insider by Liz Carey In late June, a group of pro-nuclear U.S. senators introduced legislation to level the playing field for nuclear on eligibility for the tax credits being proposed for wind operators. [...]
“Planet of the Humans:” Humanity’s Epitaph, or an Incomplete Tale? The recent documentary release by Michael Moore, Planet of the Humans, comes down hard on renewable energy, much to the dismay of that industry and of many environmentalists and “green” energy supporters. The film portrays renewables as failing miserably [...]
Dear Governor Cuomo, We thank you for your leadership at this very difficult time. With New York’s number of coronavirus infections now exceeding 250,000, with 57,000 New Yorkers in the hospital and almost 15,000 deaths, we are facing the worst disaster in the state’s recent history and [...]
MM Originating Members Rod Adams Meredith Angwin Marc Armstrong Christine Brook Cliff Cockerham Bruno Comby Anthonie Cillliers Grant Draper Diarmuid Foley Allen Frechette Valerie Gardner David Gattie Walter Heenan Gary Kahanak Jared Kasner Margi Kindig Janne [...]
MM MM To meet the unprecedented challenge that is climate change, we need the broadest coalition demanding that zero-carbon energy grids be deployed to meet humanity's growing energy needs. The Climate Coalition is for those who are willing to work together with everyone who [...]
Carbon dioxide capture and use could become big business The University of California, Los Angeles reports on the findings of their study with the University of Oxford and five other institutions in "Carbon dioxide capture and use could become big business." In an effort to drastically reduce carbon emissions, this coalition of [...]
The Political Dilemma Posed by Nuclear Power As of the September 2019 Democratic Climate Debate, the following candidates have one way or another "declared" their support for the use of nuclear and/or advanced nuclear power to address climate: Cory Booker, Andrew Yang, Joe Biden, Kirsten Gillibrand, Jay [...]
Sign the Sustainable Nuclear Petition Kirsten Gogan from Energy for Humanity and others have posted a petition on the OpenPetition website directed at the European Commission Technical Expert Group. This petition endeavors to advocate for more informed, evidence-based and effective energy and climate policy in Europe. While not specifically about supporting [...]
We Demand a Green New Deal Focused on 100% Clean Energy We have launched a MoveOn petition demanding that the Green New Deal being discussed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez focuses on achieving 100% non-emitting clean energy. There are problems with demanding 100% renewables, because this ignores some of our best and [...]
A truly yummy climate solution In Robert Stone's iconic film, Pandora's Promise, Stewart Brand posed the key questions that we are still endeavoring to address every day: "Can you be an environmentalist and be pronuclear? In light of climate change, can you be an environmentalist and not be pronuclear?" It is our [...]
H.R. 7173: Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2018 A bipartisan group of Congressmen introduced HR 7173 on November 27th, during the lame duck session. The purpose of this legislation is: "To create a Carbon Dividend Trust Fund for the American people in order to encourage market-driven innovation of clean energy [...]
