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USA’s “Mentally challenged” Tea Partiers orchestrated by U.S. media giants

Tea Partiers: Manipulated by Fox and Corporate America, Changing the Future, April 22, Dennis Bischof “…….When I hear Fox News, (The media wing of the Tea Party Movement) broadcasting fear mongers like Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity to manipulate the public every night under the guise of being a news cast, it makes me ask, what is this country coming to? I believe in free speech as much as any Tea Partier, but what I do not believe in is using scare tactics and lies to frighten the uninformed into supporting a bogus agenda that only benefits the wealthy……

Fox News and Rush Limbaugh should be X rated so the Tea Partiers are not exposed to things they do not understand for the safety of the nation. The mentally challenged Tea Partiers have fallen pray to the slick media barrage orchestrated by the corporate giants like Rupert Murdoch who are using them to further their own agenda with little regard for the consequences to our nation or the bumpkins they are conning. ……Tea Partiers: Manipulated by Fox and Corporate America « Changing the Future

April 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | media, USA | Leave a comment

Inclusion of nuclear energy might spell defeat for U.S. Climate Bill

Nuclear opponents argue that there are serious unresolved public safety and national security issues with nuclear energy–and that it isn’t as clean as supporters claim

Is the Senate Climate Bill Heading for a Nuclear Accident?, About.com, by Larry West, April 22, 2010 “…..nuclear energy, and the promise of as much as $54 billion in government loan guarantees to revitalize and expand the U.S. nuclear industry. Ironically, April 26, the day the bill with all of those nuclear loan guarantees is supposed to begin its march toward passage, is also the anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident–the poster event for the anti-nuke movement.
Radiation from Chernobyl affected more than 3,600 villages and 2.5 million people, disrupted agriculture by contaminating soil and food crops, and forced more than 350,000 people to relocate. According to estimates by several scientific bodies, Chernobyl radiation has already caused thousands of deaths and is expected to cause thousands more…….Nuclear opponents argue that there are serious unresolved public safety and national security issues with nuclear energy–and that it isn’t as clean as supporters claim. Is the Senate Climate Bill Heading for a Nuclear Accident?

April 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA | antinuclear, climate change, global warming, nuclear spin, radiation | Leave a comment

Wind energy growing fast in several U.S. states

U.S. Wind Energy Industry Reports Growth in 2009An Annual Report from the AWEA Reports Record Growth Green Chip Stocks, By Hilary Stingley , April 23rd, 2010 Amidst a slowly improving economy, the wind energy industry saw a lot of growth and movement in 2009.An annual report released in early April by the American Wind Energy Association showed the addition of more than 10,000 MW of new wind power across the U.S.-bringing the total to more than 35,000 MW overall. Continue reading →

April 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA | climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, wind | Leave a comment

Extremist opinions in America against nuclear non proliferation

Tea Party More Hawkish Than GOP, Poll Finds, Burn After Reading, By David Gauvey Herbert, April 22, 2010 Fifty-nine percent of Tea Partiers believe the Senate should reject President Obama’s nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia.Tea Party More Hawkish Than GOP, Poll Finds – Burn After Reading – Burn After Reading

April 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

USA wants to keep its nuclear weapons in Europe

US opposes withdrawal of its nukes from EuropeHillary Clinton rules out unilateral removal of US tactical weapons guardian.co.uk, julian Borger, 23 April 2010, US opposes withdrawal of its nukes from Europe | World news | guardian.co.uk

April 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

USA considering non-nuclear missiles

US ponders conventional ICBMs, guardian.co.uk, Julian Borger, 23 April 2010, “……A new generation of long-range missiles could lessen the need for nuclear weaponsthe Obama administration are looking at options for a new class of intercontinental missiles armed with conventional warheads called Prompt Global Strike. Continue reading →

April 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

USA Climate bill: Nuclear industry has bought Democrats

Coal, nuclear, big oil defy the odds, Politico, 22 April 2010, By LISA LERER “….coal companies, the nuclear industry and Big Oil — have not only elbowed their way into seats at the table; they are poised to reap windfalls from climate proposals working their way through the Senate. ..

…The nuclear industry courted new environmentalist allies by hyping its status as one of the cleanest sources of fuel and supplemented its policy arguments with increased donations to Democrats……Their work is now paying off, as drafters of the Senate climate bill have bent over backward to court all three industries…..The bill increases financial incentives for nuclear power and provides tens of billions to develop new, cleaner coal technologies. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, climate change, energy efficiency, global warming, nuclear, nuclear spin, renewable energy | Leave a comment

Climategate: how environmental groups have been bought

Already, shining alternatives are starting to rise up across America. In just a year, the brilliant 350.org has formed a huge network of enthusiastic activists who are demanding our politicians heed the real scientific advice–not the parody of it offered by the impostors. They have to displace the corrupt conservationists as the voice of American environmentalism, fast.. The Wrong Kind of Green

The Wrong Kind of Green By Johann Hari, The Nation, March 2010 “…..
as we confront the biggest ecological crisis in human history, many of the green organizations meant to be leading the fight are busy shoveling up hard cash from the world’s worst polluters–and burying science-based environmentalism in return. Sometimes the corruption is subtle; sometimes it is blatant. In the middle of a swirl of bogus climate scandals trumped up by deniers, here is the real Climategate, waiting to be exposed……… Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA | climate change, energy efficiency, renewable energy, renewables | Leave a comment

Hanford toxic nuclear waste – cleanup deadlines proposed

New Hanford radiation cleanup deadlines proposed , Seattle pi. 23 April 2010, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRI-CITIES, Wash. — The Department of Energy and its regulators have agreed to new cleanup deadlines for radioactive waste that has been temporarily buried since 1970 at the Hanford nuclear reservation.The Tri-City Herald reports the deadlines would allow more time for some work but also add new deadlines. They include deadlines for when some of the waste must be shipped to a national repository in New Mexico known as WIPP, for Waste Isolation Pilot Plant….The cleanup changes have been in discussion for more than a year. A 45-day public comment period begins May 3. New Hanford radiation cleanup deadlines proposed

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, radiation, radioactive | Leave a comment

Increased security inspections for nuclear installations

Nuclear Weapons Sites Inspections Underway for 2010 Apr 22, 2010 The Project On Government Oversight (POGO) POGO was pleased to learn that the Department of Energy’s Office of Health, Safety, and Security (HSS) has scheduled for this year security inspections for all of the DOE sites that hold Category 1 amounts (bomb-making quantities) of nuclear material. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | nuclear, nuclear costs, reactors | Leave a comment

Safety flaws in new nuclear reactor design

Critics Challenge Safety of New Reactor Design, The New York Times, By MATTHEW L. WALD, 21 April 2010, As Southern Company and its partners, armed with federal loan guarantees of $8.3 billion, move toward construction of two new reactors at a site near Augusta, Ga., opponents are taking aim at the design details. Continue reading →

April 23, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, USA | nuclear, nuclear costs, reactor | Leave a comment

USA’s nuclear waste dilemma – no solution in sight

there is no real federal waste management plan….Energy Secretary Steven Chu has created a “blue ribbon” commission to help create a new long-term waste policy

Nuclear Utilities Sue DOE To Halt Nuclear Waste Fees, Nuclear Street, 22 April 2010, Utilities contend that the DOE has collected over $33 billion since 1983, never came for nuclear waste and has no federal waste management plan – By Stephen Heiser -The Nuclear Energy Institute and over a dozen utilities companies have filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to stop paying fees on spent fuel that the government was supposed to collect decades ago. Continue reading →

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Legal, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons, radiation, uranium | Leave a comment

Wisconsin will retain law preventing nuclear power plant construction

Nuclear power plant measure fizzles « The Daily Reporter: Paul Snyder, April 21, 2010 Nuclear power plant construction in Wisconsin likely will be just as difficult to accomplish after the legislative session as it was before…. the Assembly did not debate the act during its session Tuesday, and, even if it were to pass the Assembly, the Senate does not have the votes to pass the act as drafted, said Carrie Lynch, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Wausau.

The Clean Energy Jobs Act would repeal a state law that prohibits nuclear power plant construction in Wisconsin until the federal government builds a repository to store nuclear waste.That law, Soletski said, creates a moratorium on nuclear plant development.

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, reactors | Leave a comment

Safety flaws in planned new nuclear reactors

Study finds flaws in nuclear reactors planned for South Florida> Sun Sentinel by Julie Patel on April 21, 2010 A study commissioned by 12 groups that oppose nuclear power found flaws in the design of new nuclear reactors planned for South Florida. Continue reading →

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | technology, USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, reactor | Leave a comment

Groundwater threatened by nuclear plants: public justifiably suspicious

while nuclear plants have permits that allow them to emit material into surface water and the air, they do not have permits that let them release material to groundwater, which is where the tritium is going……………

Has Trust Leaked Away With the Tritium? NYTimes.com, By MATTHEW L. WALD, April 20, 2010, A panel of experts convened on Tuesday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to discuss how the agency should approach tritium leaks at reactors suggested that the biggest risk that nuclear operators faced was the erosion of public trust…… Continue reading →

April 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, water | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology | Leave a comment