Moving the Needle with Coal and the EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency has released a proposed rule that indicates, absent more progress (effective, scalable, reasonably econo...

Oyster Creek and Cooling Towers

Exelon has announced that its Oyster Creek nuclear plant will close in 2019, ten years before the license to operate it expires. These are ...

Key Nuclear Stats From EPA's Economic Analysis of the "American Power Act"

According to EPA’s core policy analysis of Senators Kerry and Lieberman’s proposed legislation released yesterday , nuclear energy is projec...

Murkowski EPA Resolution Goes to a Vote

You may not know it, but the Senate took its first vote in quite a while yesterday on climate change issues. No, not one of the energy bill...

Union of Concerned Scientists Needs to Do a Bit More Research on Their Nuclear Claims

Mr. Elliott Negin, media director for the Union of Concerned Scientists, published the same jaded piece at Seeking Alpha and Greentech Medi...

2009 Was a Productive Year for Nuclear Energy

From a new administration in Washington, D.C., to the debate on climate change, 2009 was a busy year for the nuclear industry as the domesti...

The EPA, Copenhagen and Climategate

Obama administration officials claim that the EPA announcement and the opening of the Copenhagen Climate Conference are "coincidental....

Amory Lovins vs. Stewart Brand - Part Three (The “Portfolio Myth”)

The third part of our series that debunks Amory Lovins’ study which criticizes Stewart Brand’s nuclear chapter discusses the need for all...

The Carbon Emissions of the Long Distance Runner

We’ve noticed several times an argument against regulating carbon emissions without actually noticing that it’s the same argument with diff...

Greenhouse Gases Officially Hazardous

We wonder if industries will have to affix Surgeon General labels on their plants : Having received White House backing, the Environme...

Moments of Dread: The EPA and Carbon Emissions

When a new administration takes over, there are always some moments of dread, even among those constituencies that might expect to benefit....

Obama's Cabinet Picks: Energy Secretary

The Hillary to State speculation drew most of the attention this weekend, but there was some Energy news. The AP is reporting that New Jer...

Obama's Cabinet Picks: EPA Administrator

Politico's Mike Allen reports that Robert F. Kennedy Jr . is being "strongly considered" to head the EPA. NBC's Politica...

How Clean is the Electricity You Use?

The Environmental Protection Agency developed a power profiler that : Determines your power grid region based on your ZIP code and electric...

California Sues EPA Over Auto Emissions

From the AP : SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California sued the federal government on Thursday to force a decision about whether the state can i...

Former EPA Secretary: Nuclear Energy Has a Future

From NC Times.com : William K. Reilly, the former Environmental Protection Agency administrator who served when President Bush's father ...