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Carbon doping: Hurricane Sandy is climate on steroids
Hurricane Sandy tore through more than just the eastern states this past week; the power of the megastorm is also forcing the media and candidates to break their silence on climate change. Hurricane S…
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San Onofre: California launches investigation of cost issues as nation’s aging reactors face ‘mothballs’
Friends of the Earth: Continued operation of San Onofre is not cost effective IRVINE, Calif. — The California Public Utilities Commission will announce today that it is launching an investigatio…
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Biofuels from algae pose threat to water and the climate, National Research Council reports.
This morning the National Research Council released a new report titled
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San Onofre: Hydrogen gas leak from crippled reactor exposes danger of restart
A reactor at the crippled San Onofre nuclear power plant is leaking hydrogen gas into the environment, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Although it is not yet known if the lea…
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San Onofre: Feds stonewall nuclear watchdogs petition for legal hearing on reactor restart
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s continued refusal to consider a legally binding hearing on the future of the San Onofre nuclear plant has prompted Friends of the Earth to accuse the agency of…
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Everyone to EPA: Stop fooling around with food prices
In November, the EPA will make a decision that could mitigate the higher food prices and job losses we’re seeing across the country and abroad right now thanks to our federal biofuels mandate–…
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Green energy guilty verdict expected in World Trade Organization
“These are the first international trade disputes which create the potential for conflict between a nation’s commitments under the WTO and its obligations under the Framework Convention on Clim…
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San Onofre: Feds’ ’roundtable discussion’ a meaningless show that shuts out the public
Tonight’s “roundtable discussion” on the current shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear reactor site is a disappointing and unacceptable effort by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to make a show…
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Giant Reed a giant mess waiting to happen
When Congress established the Renewable Fuel Standard –our federal biofuels mandate – they probably weren’t hoping to incentivize invasive species, choke rivers, or increase wildfires. But, if t…
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Edison rolls the nuclear dice
A dangerous gamble with the safety of Southern California If you have ever been to Las Vegas, you’ve seen it: People so caught up in the excitement of the casino that they just can’t resist the lu…