Political power and renewable energy futures: A critical review
Advocates assert that because the renewable energy transition is fundamentally a political struggle, efforts to shift from fossil fuels and decarbonize societies will not prove effective without confronting and destabilizing dominant systems of energy power.
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Carbon Free and Nuclear Free Future: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy–The overarching finding of this study is that a zero-CO2 U.S. economy can be achieved within the next thirty to fifty years without the use of nuclear power and without acquiring carbon credits from other countries.
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The telebriefing focused on the current action by the nuclear industry in concert with members of Congress to change national policies on highly radioactive nuclear waste. The industry’s goal is to get rid of their most concentrated and deadly waste before there is a permanent storage solution for it by sending it to communities in Texas and New Mexico. It is called “Centralized Interim Storage,” but since there is no insurance that if moved, the waste will move again, we call this a “Parking Lot Dump” plan.
The briefing included the following presenters:
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Originally published November 2008
The Real Costs of Cleaning Up Nuclear Waste: A Full Cost Accounting of Cleanup Options for the West Valley Nuclear Waste; a new report conducted for the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, Nuclear Information & Resource Service, Citizens’ Environmental Coalition and the Coalition on west Valley Nuclear Wastes by Synapse Energy Economics.
Appendix A: Erosion & Control of Erosion at the West Valley Site
Appendix B: Radioactive Exposure from the West Valley Site
Appendix C: Potential Uncontrolled Release of Radioactive Waste
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Last month, the Trump administration unveiled a radical plan to promote nuclear power and coal with a massive national bailout. The plan has far-reaching implications for energy and the environment. And it will cost the public over $100 billion in higher energy bills.
Energy expert Amory Lovins has been outspoken in challenging the bailout plan and shared his views on what it means for clean energy in the United States. He, and NIRS Executive Director, Tim Judson, discussed the nuclear-coal bailout and what we can do to stop it.
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