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Los Angeles – overwhelming call for more roodftop solar power

    New Poll: Angelenos Overwhelmingly Support More Local Rooftop Solar Power Environmental Expert,  City Council, LADWP Solar Action Puts L.A. on the Right Track in the Minds of Voters LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)-– A significant majority of voters in Los Angeles wants more local solar powering their city; in fact they want lots more. These are the findings of a new poll on L.A. attitudes toward renewable energy conducted by the public research firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates (FM3) for the Vote Solar Initiative.

Advocates are urging city and utility leaders to take note and keep taking bold steps to expand investment in a local solar power economy.

Key findings:

  • A large majority of voters want LADWP to use more electricity generated from renewable sources like solar (87 percent) and wind (79 percent).
  • Three-quarters (76 percent) of respondents specifically feel that LADWP should be doing more to expand the use of local rooftop solar in Los Angeles.
  • Four out of five (81 percent) support LADWP increasing its local solar goal to 1,200 megawatts, ten percent of Governor Brown’s goal for local clean power. Support for this goal remains strong across the political spectrum, with majorities of Democratic, Republican and Independent voters all expressing support.

A memo detailing the survey findings is available here:
http://votesolar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Vot………  http://www.environmental-expert.com/news/new-poll-angelenos-overwhelmingly-support-more-local-rooftop-solar-power-292759

May 5, 2012 Posted by | decentralised, USA | Leave a comment

Japan’s last nuclear reactor switch off this weekend

Japan Turns Off Final Nuclear Plant This Weekend  http://www.themarknews.com/news?open=8481  The country scrambles to bring renewable sources online in the wake of last year’s nuclear disaster.

 Japan is set to go completely nuclear-free as of this Saturday, a little more than a year after an earthquake and tsunami led to a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. That disaster, the worst nuclear incident since the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown, sparked widespread opposition to nuclear power in Japan, despite the country receiving as much as 30 per cent of its power from nuclear sources. Ever since last March, plants have been gradually taken offline, with the last of the 50 to be shuttered this weekend. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has vowed to have that 30 per cent be produced by hydro, solar, wind, and other renewable sources, but in the meantime, Japan has had to rely on imports of oil and gas to keep the planet’s third-largest economy running. That practice led Japan into its biggest trade deficit ever, as the cost of importing such fuels costs as much as $100 million extra a day. But at least they won’t be facing any more nuclear disasters anytime soon.

May 5, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

“Green energy” options for Japan

Japan’s renewable energy options: costs and potential, Washington Post By Associated Press,  May 2 Japan’s shutdown of all its nuclear power plants leaves it with an energy gap, mostly being made up through greater use of costly imported LNG, coal and oil. Below are some details of the resource-scarce country’s “green energy” options.  …..   http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/japans-renewable-energy-options-costs-and-potential/2012/05/03/gIQAVuzLyT_story.html

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Savannah River Nuclear Site – inadequate radiation protection

NRC: SRS Saltstone facility’s radiation exposure may exceed limit in 10K years  Aiken Standard 5/4/2012 By ANNA DOLIANITIS – Staff writer – email:adolianitis@aikenstandard.com A recent report released by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission expressed concern that the Saltstone Disposal Facility at the Savannah River Site may not meet the standards to prevent radiation exposure to the Site’s surrounding population in the long term….. Continue reading →

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New book on the world’s great leap to renewable energy

Renewable energy among industrial revolution’s next ‘leaps’ BY DAVID DODGE, EDMONTONJOURNAL.COM MAY 4, 2012   EDMONTON – Author Chris Turner calls it “the great leap sideways.” The leap Turner is referring to is the next industrial revolution. It’s replacing non-renewable energy with renewable energy in the next 50 years. Continue reading →

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Japan is working on life without nuclear power

 a new environment ministry panel’s assertion that Japan can still reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030 from 1990 levels without nuclear, through energy saving and the quicker adoption of renewables, which it hopes will account for between 25% and 35% of total power generation by 2030.

Anxious Japan prepares for life without nuclear power Japan has 54 nuclear reactors, but as of Saturday, not one of them will be in operation – how will the country cope? Guardian UK Justin McCurry in Tokyo, 3 May 12 “………..Critics of the nuclear shutdown have also highlighted the impact more fossil fuel power generation will have on Japan’s climate change commitments. Continue reading →

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At critical time, San Diego radiation monitor was not working

San Diego Radiation Monitor Not Working During Fukushima Crisis, Audit Reveals San Diego Reader, Matt Potter, May 3, 2012 An April 19 audit by the Inspector General of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has revealed that major components of the government’s radiation monitoring and reporting system, including an air sampling device in San Diego, were not functioning during last year’s Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown in Japan.

“On March 11, 2011, at the time of the Japan nuclear incident, 25 of the 124 installed RadNet monitors, or 20 percent, were out of service for an average of 130 days,” auditors said.

San Diego’s monitoring device was one of 11 said to be out of service for more than 140 days, according to the findings….. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/news-ticker/2012/may/03/san-diego-radiation-monitor-not-working-during-fuk/

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UN Security Council pressures Iran for more access to its nuclear facilities

World powers urge Iran to give more nuclear access By Fredrik Dahl and Caroline Copley VIENNA/ST GALLEN, Switzerland May 3, 2012   (Reuters) – The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council put pressure on Iran on Thursday to allay international concern about its nuclear program, and said they expected talks with Tehran to lead to concrete steps toward a negotiated solution.

Iran and major powers resumed talks in mid-April in Istanbul after a gap of more than a year – a chance to ease escalating tension and help to avert the threat of a new Middle East war. They are to meet again on May 23 in Baghdad……
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/03/us-nuclear-iran-powers-idUSBRE8420HO20120503

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Protest against restarting San Onofre nuclear power plant

NUCLEAR DISASTER SURVIVORS AND EAST COUNTY RESIDENTS JOIN PROTEST AT SAN ONOFRE By Nadin Abbott East County Magazine, May 3, 2012 (San Onofre)—Residents from across Southern California and as far away as Japan turned out for a protest
at San Onofre this week to call for a permanent shut down of  nuclear reactors which have been offline since January 31 amid growing safety concerns following a steam leakage and discovery of cracked tubes. Continue reading →

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