Saving Indian Point

The Save Indian Point Campaign continues Curtailment and closure of Indian Point Reactor 2 was initiated on April 30th despite the hazards of this work being done during the pandemic. Governor Cuomo and his office ignored petition with over 8,000 signatures as well as our letter [...]

Saving Indian Point2021-04-09T00:17:45-07:00

U.N. Climate Talks End With Few Commitments and a ‘Lost’ Opportunity

U.N. Climate Talks End With Few Commitments and a 'Lost' Opportunity Following the Madrid climate talks, Somini Sengupta reports on the incredibly disappointing outcome in The New York Times in an article called “U.N. Talks End With Few Commitments and a 'Lost' Opportunity." Climate talks in Madrid ended on December 14th [...]

U.N. Climate Talks End With Few Commitments and a ‘Lost’ Opportunity2020-01-02T15:14:35-08:00

Achieving Peak Pasture

Achieving Peak Pasture The Breakthrough Institute summarizes their report on the environmental impacts of pasture land in, “Achieving Peak Pasture. " Pasture is the largest human use of land in the world, accounting for more than twice the land used to harvest crops globally. Over the last 320 years, a space the size of North America [...]

Achieving Peak Pasture2020-01-02T15:33:14-08:00

World’s Emissions Gap Is Growing, with No Sign of Peaking Soon, UN Warns

World’s Emissions Gap Is Growing, with No Sign of Peaking Soon, UN Warns Leslie Hook published an article in Inside Climate News called “World's Emissions Gap is Growing, with No Sign of Peaking Soon, UN Warns," in which she highlights the jaw-dropping gap between the future emissions reduction necessary to meet the [...]

World’s Emissions Gap Is Growing, with No Sign of Peaking Soon, UN Warns2020-01-02T15:40:08-08:00

The new science fossil fuel companies fear

The new science fossil fuel companies fear  Zack Colman published an article in Politico called “The new science fossil fuel companies fear,” in which he describes how Richard Heede spent a decade attempting to find out one thing: "how many greenhouse gases the world’s fossil fuel companies, cement-makers and other industrial giants had pumped into [...]

The new science fossil fuel companies fear2020-01-02T16:00:40-08:00

Reps. McNerney, Shimkus Introduce Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act

Reps. McNerney, Shimkus Introduce Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act Congressmen Jerry McNerney and John Shimkus introduced a bill to safely deal with nuclear waste with using both temporary storage and permanent disposal. The bill will push the Department of Energy to continue their temporary storage of nuclear waste from decommissioned power [...]

Reps. McNerney, Shimkus Introduce Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act2020-01-04T12:57:11-08:00

Candidates Should Heed Obama, Clinton on Nuclear Power

Candidates Should Heed Obama and Clinton Paul Steidler has published an article in Inside Sources called “Candidates Should Heed Obama, Clinton on Nuclear Power," in which he bemoans the fact that none of the top 2020 candidates for the Democratic Party are strong nuclear energy supporters. All of the candidates highlight [...]

Candidates Should Heed Obama, Clinton on Nuclear Power2020-01-04T13:20:27-08:00

CO2 Emissions Reached an All-Time High in 2018

CO2 Emissions Reached an All-Time High in 2018 In “CO2 Emissions Reached an All-Time High in 2018," by Chelsea Harvey writing in Scientific American, Harvey reports on the findings by a panel of scientists who concluded that 2018 had the highest CO2 emissions ever. As the demand for energy continues to [...]

CO2 Emissions Reached an All-Time High in 20182020-01-04T13:45:17-08:00
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