Friday, August 28, 2015

Judge Blocks EPA Streams & Wetlands Rule

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Federal Judge Ralph Erickson of the District Court for the District of North Dakota acted late Thursday to block the Obama administration...
Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Fitch Report Says Hazy Outlook for U.S. Nuclear Power

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According to Fitch Ratings , cost and retirement of some plants will likely keep a cap on U.S. nuclear development into the mid term.    L...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

EPA Proposes Methane Reduction Rules For Natural Gas Wells

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Methane Molecule Formula Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed rules aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and...
Monday, August 03, 2015

President Obama Issues New Climate Change Regulations

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The Obama administration has issued a climate change rule for power plants that requires electricity generators cut their carbon dioxide ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

China Will Soon Surpass South Korea, Russia, and Japan in Nuclear Generating Capacity

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Source:  U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Atomic Energy Agency, World Nuclear Association Nuclear power currentl...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Southern California Edison Should Reopen San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald Norris McDonald at San Onofre in 2005 I first toured San Onofre Nuclear Generating Statio...
Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Fossil Fuels Have Made Up 80% of U.S. Fuel Mix Since 1900

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Source:  U.S. Energy Information Administration,  Monthly Energy Review While the energy history of the United States is one of signi...

The Brattle Group Report Shows Benefits of Nuclear Power

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A  new report  from The Brattle Group demonstrates the significant contributions that America's existing nuclear fleet makes to the cou...
Thursday, July 02, 2015

DOE Issues $1.8 Bilion Loan Gurantee to Vogtle Nuclear Plant

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To further support the construction of two advanced nuclear reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, the Department of ...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Supreme Court Blocks Air Pollution Rules for Power Plants

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The Supreme Court has blocked Obama administration rules designed to sharply limit the hazardous air pollutants that spew from the nation...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

California Increases Lawn Replacement Budget By $350 Million

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The Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California on Tuesday voted to increase funding for its turf-removal program, as more an...
Thursday, May 21, 2015

Pipeline Oil Spill in Santa Barbara, California

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A citizen first reported the leak around noon at Refugio State Beach in California's Santa Barbara County and the Coast Guard had stopp...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015

California Gasoline Prices Higher Than Rest of Country

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Source:  U.S. Energy Information Administration,  Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Supply disruptions in the tightly balanced and rela...
Monday, May 11, 2015

Obama To Renew Nuclear Power Plant Cooperation Agreement With China

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President Obama has  notified Congress that he intends to   renew a nuclear cooperation agreement with China . The deal would allow Beiji...
Friday, May 01, 2015

Tesla Home & Industrial Battery Packs

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Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk has unveiled home and industrial battery packs--power wall” batteries--ranging from a $3,000 7 k...

EARTH DAY Trek Across America 2015

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald Just before Earth Day, I made the announcement below on Facebook : "I will be driving...
Monday, April 20, 2015

EARTH DAY, Nuclear Power & America

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER By Norris McDonald Earth Day is middle aged now.  Forty-five years old and counting.  We have organized and par...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

EPA Publishes 20th Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its  20 th   Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks   today,  showing...