Another Environmentalist for Nuclear Energy

We've been talking a lot about Australia in recent weeks (click here and here ), where the debate over nuclear energy has been heating ...

Australia Unto UAE

Just for fun, let’s combine a couple of topics into something miasmic – who knows, maybe even phantasmagoric. Lately, we’ve noted that despi...

Upside Down Down Under

I mentioned the other day that nuclear energy is not everyone’s best friend – sad but true - and named Australia as having a particularly l...

Not Speeding But Not Stopping

The analysts at the Commonwealth of Australia Bank want you to know : "But it is a case of one step backward, two steps forward,...

Will Australia’s Carbon Price Lead It to Rethink Nuclear?

Australia has decided to put a price on carbon in the hope that it can kick-start its renewable energy i ndustry and reduce emissions .  ...

In Chile and Australia, the Shadow of Japan

Here’s a bit of news that might seem unusual at first: {…} Chile and the United States signed an accord on Friday intended to help Chi...

North to Minnesota, South to Australia

The news is good : No new Minnesota nuclear power plants are planned, but state senators overwhelmingly voted today to lift a 16-year-...

A Nuclear Trifecta in New York

Up in New York state, one of the three candidates for the 23rd district really likes nuclear energy: "Chief among the alternativ...

No Controversy About Nuclear Energy

This is amusing: In expressing conditional support for nuclear energy, [Gov. Deval] Patrick joined Republican Charles Baker and Indepe...

Hitting Pay Dirt in Australia

We published a sour editorial the other day from Australia to show we had to go down under for a negative view of our loan guarantee. But le...

The Greenest and the Blackest

Monday morning, Let’s see which stories will help us digest our breakfast better and which will make us do a coffee spit take. Two Lib...

Nuclear Energy in Australia? Someday – Maybe

Bloomberg reports on the growing realization in Australia that its ambitious carbon emission reduction goals may be hard to achieve without...

What Is Art?: A Debate Down Under

" What is art? " A long-time favorite answer of mine to this unanswerable question comes from the venerable English philosopher Ke...

Getting Right Side Up Down Under

Watching Australia come to grips with nuclear energy is like watching Mr. Hyde fighting not to become Dr. Jekyll - the struggle is intense ...

A Filter that Can Trap Radiation from Used Nuclear Fuel

I can't quite tell how practical this could be since the article makes no mention of the exact cost nor how much quantity is needed per ...

Australian Frustration Over Nuclear Energy

Leslie Kemeny at the Canberra Times notes that Australia is badly lagging the G8 in its refusal to consider nuclear energy for its energy n...

The Cradle-to-Grave of the Energy World

Or at least that's the hope of Adelaide University professor Ian Plimer: "I think it is an absolute no-brainer that we should...

Moore Piece Sparks Debate Down Under

In yesterday's edition of The Melbourne Age , Dr. Patrick Moore called on his old compatriots at Greenpeace to drop their long-standing ...

Nuclear Energy on Top of APEC Agenda

Details from Australia's ABC News . For the text of a joint statement between President Bush and Prime Minister John Howard, click here...

U.S. And Australia to Sign Bilateral Nuclear Energy Agreement

From news.com.au : PRESIDENT George W. Bush and John Howard will sign a new bilateral nuclear power pact during APEC, committing both countr...