Opinion: The press often misleads on what renewables deliver By Fred Behringer, cross-posted from CT Mirror Reports on renewable energy often inflate their contribution to our energy supply. An example recently appeared in The Connecticut Mirror. In “Plans for offshore wind power blow back into New England” by Jan Ellen [...]
Read the U.S.'s 5th Climate Assessment to See How Bad It Really Is! The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is a congressionally mandated interagency effort that provides the scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United [...]
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 [...]
SIGN OUR PETITION : Improve the Energiewende! Let clean nuclear, hydro, wind and solar work in unity towards 100% clean! We are sick and tired of the self-defeating bickering within the Climate Movement! By opposing other types of clean energy, we are shooting ourselves in the foot and allowing fossil [...]
Enough with "renewables!" By Valerie Gardner Cross-Posted with permission from Atomic Insights. The American Nuclear Society posted an article entitled How a nuclear victory at COP27 started with a teen and a text reporting on the wonderful story of Ia Aanstoot. This is the 17-year old [...]
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, [...]
Update: Palisades was bought by Holtec Holtec, the new owner of the Palisades plant, has applied to the DOE for support in re-starting Palisades, with the support of Governor Whitmer. Their initial CNC application was rejected but it appears that they are re-applying! This is very good news for Michigan [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Advanced reactors complement renewables and can enable higher penetrations of renewables, while preserving grid reliability.
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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 [...]
A message to the climate community. Friends, so many of you have posted wonderful pictures of celebrations, escapes into beauty, and reflections on both the joys and the sorrows of the past, while projecting and wishing good things for our future. In this moment of wishfulness and open introspection, [...]
