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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
11 Reasons why DOE is all in on new nuclear On August 28, 2019, Dan Brouillette, the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy, published a write-up of eleven ways that demonstrate the Department of Energy's commitment to nuclear energy and especially advanced nuclear, in support of the more than [...]
Why The World Needs More Nuclear Power In “Why The World Needs More Nuclear Power," by Robert Rapier in Forbes, Rapier reports on the current status of the nuclear energy industry and how important it is if we are going to decarbonize the world’s energy supply. Currently, the United States is [...]
It's Time to Embrace Nuclear Energy A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow, by Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist, depicts two different paths of emission-free energy use: Germany and Sweden. The contrasting stories have Sweden on one side. The Swedish has [...]
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 [...]
Will Estonia be the first nation to deploy a 4th Gen Small Modular Reactor? [The below info comes directly from an announcement sent by Simon Newton of Moltex, which claims that it has designed and patented a reactor which is inherently safe, cheaper than fossil-fuelled power plants and uses nuclear waste as [...]
Who are the “titans” of nuclear? If you are someone who is trying to understand how to solve climate change in the short amount of time we have left, you may have heard that nuclear energy is clean, reliable, and can generate enormous amounts of energy at [...]
We are pleased to pass on this message from the IAEA: Dear colleague, As you may already be aware of, we would like to remind you that the IAEA is organizing later this year the first ever conference concentrating solely on nuclear power and climate change. The 2019 International Conference on Climate [...]
MMM The Hidden, Dirty side of Renewables Renewable energy has managed to benefit in popularity with a virtually unblemished brand. Through careful marketing efforts, consumers only see shiny, gleaming images of sparkling solar panels and snow white wind turbines on sunny days. We never get exposed to the hidden [...]
Wall Street Journal acknowledges need for nuclear energy to address climate change On January 11, 2019, the Wall Street Journal established itself as the media source willing to help environmentalists sharpen their pencils about the mathematical challenge posed by climate change and our dependence upon fossil fuels. In an article written by [...]
What Bill Gates has Learned Ring in the new year with these wise words from Bill Gates, which were extracted from a longer article that he posted at his blog, Gates Notes, called "What I learned at work this year" on December 29, 2018. "Global emissions of greenhouse gases went [...]
Examining the Record Jerry Brown, who is 80 years old, served as Governor of California twice, once as the 34th governor, serving two terms after the end of Ronald Regan's term, from 1975 to 1983 and then again 28 years later, as the 39th governor, again with two [...]
EU acknowledges that increases in nuclear energy needed to keep global warming below 1.5°C [This article is a cross-post of news from Foro Nuclear] The European Commission has confirmed that nuclear will form the backbone of a carbon-free European power system, together with renewables. With each Member State free to choose its [...]
[First printed in the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on October 13, 2018.] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just released its latest pronouncement on climate change, and it’s stark. They think it is still possible (barely) to keep the planet at no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, which is thought [...]
MMM The Implications of our Action and Inaction Mankind's emissions are causing big impacts on earth's climate and while many of us are focused on what we can do to prevent the situation from getting worse, it is highly like that nothing will be done [...]
Have we made any progress against carbon emissions? According to the annual BP Energy Statistic Review of World Energy report that was released in mid-June, 2018, the answer is a stunning “No!” In 2017, use of fossil fuels grew due to increase in global energy demand, especially of coal. In fact, global […]
Why traditional “environmentalism” falls short If you are reading this page, the chances are good that you consider yourself an environmentalist. You want to protect the environment for future generations just like we do. It is easy to be against pollution and environmental degradation but the question is, what are you for? […]
We are facing an existential crisis. If we all don't work together, everything and everyone will be impacted on the planet. We need everyone working to provide sources of clean energy to be properly valued and welcomed — without discrimination. This includes those working to improve and increase renewables as well as those working to improve and increase nuclear energy. Only by embracing and utilizing all available technologies, will we have a sufficiently diverse portfolio of options that can supplant fossil fuels and reliably power 100% clean energy grids in all the various geographies around the world.
What exactly do we mean by "zero emissions?" Is it different than "clean energy?" What about "low carbon," or "carbon free," or "renewable?" Let's take a closer look. Life Cycle Analysis Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is a comprehensive way to measure the climate impact of an energy technology. It is [...]
