It’s the dog days of August; Congress is out of town (not that it does much when in D.C.); news is kinda slow…. But there are a few items that deserve some attention; so let’s first pause for a moment to recognize today’s 69th Anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing and then get to it. *The…
Here at NIRS we’re already in crazy mode organizing and mobilizing for the Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent to the People’s Climate March in New York City on September 21, 2014. This is the largest public event organizing effort we’ve undertaken in quite a long time–and we think it will have a huge payoff by making a…
Last Friday, we noted that Ceres has released a major new report ranking the renewable energy production and energy efficiency programs of the 32 largest electric utility holding companies in the U.S. But that note came in a brief update to our post Exelon supporting solar power in Massachusetts? Um, nope. It was easy to…
On July 8, we posted that the Russian anti-nuclear group Ecodefense was being labeled a “foreign agent” by Russian authorities–a designation that would cripple the organization’s activities. The Russian government made the designation official on Monday of this week–even before a court hearing on the issue, already scheduled to take place on August 25. A…
Today, the New York Times ran an article by longtime nuclear power reporter Matthew Wald titled Hearings on Water Permits for Indian Point. NIRS’ Executive Director Tim Judson found a lot to critique in this article, which bends over backwards to less-than subtly support Entergy’s position on Indian Point. The entire article, with Tim’s comments…
Pressure is growing on NRC Commissioner William Magwood to resign his position over conflict of interest charges stemming from his acceptance of a position as head of the OECD’s nuclear promotional arm, the Nuclear Energy Agency, while staying at the NRC, whose charter forbids promotion of nuclear power, for many months before beginning his new…
Flyer: Talking Points on nuclear power in EPA’s proposed carbon reduction rule. pdf version. jpg version.
On June 16, 2014, GreenWorld reported that Russia’s Ecodefense, a part of the international NIRS/WISE network, had been targeted by Russian authorities and labeled as a “foreign agent,” a designation that if upheld could effectively end the organization. Today, Vladimir Slivyak, co-chair of Ecodefense, explains the government’s actions, Ecodefense’s refusal to accept “foreign agent” status,…
A mish-mash of various news stories that caught our attention today, beginning in Japan… …where Kyushu Electric’s Sendai nuclear reactors could restart this Autumn without its required off-site emergency center in place. Emergency evacuation plan regulations instituted after Fukushima expanded emergency planning zones to 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) and added other new requirements, including establishment…
Former Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers talks a good game. He believes climate change is a real threat. He talks about the need for utilities to get on board with distributed generation and renewable energy and to begin now to change their business models to reflect those technologies. Here’s a sample quote from a long…