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PG&E overlooked key seismic test at Diablo Canyon nuclear plant
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. replaced $842 million of equipment at the heart of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant without first making sure the new gear could pass a vital seismic safety test required in the facility’s license, The Chronicle has learned. PG&E overlooked key seismic test at Diablo… Read More
Solar meltdown? New video shows two, very different, energy futures. Which one do you want?
Yesterday, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Public Citizen and Greenpeace released our first major video–one we hope you’ll help us take viral. It’s at www.makenuclearhistory.org and tells a tale of two energy futures: one, down the track that Exelon, Entergy, Duke and the rest… Read More
Five Things About Hillary Clintons Email System
Hillary Clinton said on Twitter late Wednesday that she had asked the State Department to release emails from the personal account she used to conduct official business as secretary of state. Mrs. Clinton’s statement came amid criticism from Republicans and rising concerns among Democrats over her use of the private account… Read More
McDonalds Is Curbing Use of Antibiotics in Chicken, But Does It Go Far Enough?
In a response to “superbugs” and slumping sales, McDonald’s announced that within two years, it will only buy and sell “chicken raised without antibiotics that are important to human medicine.” “We’re listening to our customers,” Marion Gross, the senior vice president of McDonald’s North American supply chain, told Reuters. The… Read More
4 million people demand Obama administration to protect bees from toxic insecticides
Today, a coalition of more than 125 conservation, beekeeping, food safety, religious and farming advocacy groups rallied in front of the White House and delivered more than four million petition signatures calling on the Obama administration to put forth strong protections for bees and other pollinators. 4 million people demand Obama administration to… Read More
McDonalds is changing its McNuggets-and the move could save lives
America’s abiding love for breaded, fried bits of chicken may be a boon to public health. Forget, for a second, the role those McNuggets and chicken sandwiches may play in the obesity. McDonald’s is the country’s second-largest poultry buyer—lagging behind none other than Colonel Sanders—purchasing 750 million pounds of chicken… Read More
Clinton emails raise red flags for Keystone review, green say
Revelations that Clinton used private email at State erode trust among key environmental allies. Major environmental organizations are sounding the alarm over revelations that Hillary Clinton used a personal email account to conduct official business during her tenure as secretary of State, pointing to disputes about her review of the… Read More
Hillary Clintons email use worries foes of government secrecy
The disclosure that Hillary Clinton used only a private email account for official business as secretary of state drew complaints Tuesday from advocacy groups and open-government specialists, who warned that such practices could deprive the public of a full view of her tenure as the nation’s top diplomat. Hillary… Read More
Does Obama’s EPA rule mean welfare for wood?
Almost nothing is more stupid than chopping down trees and feeding them to power plants for electricity. It hurts biodiversity, belches toxic chemicals and contributes more to climate change than coal — all while masquerading as a source of clean “renewable” energy. Unfortunately, the whole misbegotten enterprise of generating electricity from… Read More
Tall tales of the TPP (and TTIP)
Dean Baker, the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, recently wrote about official misinformation in the effort to pass Fast Track trade promotion authority legislation to grease the skids for approval of the Trans Pacific Partnership and similar trade agreements: “Washington politics always involves a high… Read More