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Lets not roll the nuclear dice
Southern California Edison’s controversial plan to restart one of the damaged San Onofre nuclear reactors is rolling the nuclear dice — a dangerous experiment that gambles with the safety of mil…
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San Onofre reactor restart a reckless gamble with Southern Californians safety
Southern California Edison’s plan to restart one of its crippled San Onofre reactors is a reckless gamble that flies in the face of the utility’s claim
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Poll: Edisons customers want to keep San Onofre reactor shut down
Many believe Edison puts profits ahead of public health and safety LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Southern California Edison is expected to submit a plan any day to restart the crippled San Onofre nuclea…
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Greens need to advocate in all relevant fora to protect the Arctic from increasing shipping
Arctic summer sea ice extent reached an all-time record low on September 16. The rapid nature of the changes in the region has many scientists concerned, and the implications on weather systems and…
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“No More Solyndras” means lots more dirty energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6213, the “No More Solyndras Act,” which allows uneconomical and dirty coal and nuclear projects to remain eligible…
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Dems capitulate on Keystone XL while activists organize in Texas and Oklahoma
The dog days of summer haven’t done much to slow down TransCanada’s propulsion towards construction of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. The Canadian oil corporation last week unveiled its �…
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Obama’s EPA forced to consider effects of using food for fuel
Since my last post on the stupidity of using food for fuel, almost 300 members of Congress, state governors, organizations and private citizens have written to Environmental Protection Agency Administ…
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Protest Trans Pacific trade negotiations in Leesburg Virginia
For 10 days, the Trans-Pacific Partnership — a colossal, job-destroying free trade agreement — will be negotiated in secret in Leesburg, Virginia. This massive trade agreement would threat…
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Arctic sea ice at lowest levels in history
This week the extent of Arctic sea ice is at an unprecedented historic low, the smallest amount of ice cover since satellite measurement began in 1979. According to scientists, dramatic summer sea ice…
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Court upholds harmful EPA decision to approve higher ethanol blend for motor fuel
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of a partial waiver for E15 — a 15 percent ethanol fuel blen…