New York city start for the anti-nuclear renaissance
It’s also the anti-nuclear movement’s opportunity to excite the American people with a vision of what a world free of nuclear weapons looks like and how to get from here to there..
The New Anti-Nuclear Movement, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Frida Berrigan:, 16 April 2010, “………NPT FocusAt the end of April, people will be coming to New York City from all over the world to participate in and monitor the UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. They will gather at the “For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World” conference at Riverside Church in Manhattan on April 30 and May 1. Continue reading
USA’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission ‘in bed with nuclear industry’
Over the years, it has become apparent that the NRC is clearlyIN-BED with the nuclear industry in the push to certify the old nuclear plants for an additional 20-years of operation. The NRC is clearly engaged in a great nuclear experiment with public health and safety hanging in the balance
NRC Wants to Dig Another $10-Billion Dollar Hole in the Ground for Nuclear Waste | Before It’s News , 17 April 2010, “………..The NRC along with the nuclear industry are desperately seeking a quick solution to this dilemma because the government continues to authorize licenses for the construction of more nuclear power plants in the USA. Continue reading
Regions and cities acting on Climate Change, side-stepping international agreements
Coalition of the Tired of Waiting: Fighting Climate Change at Ground Level: More Nimble Cities and Regions Eyeing First Mover Advantage, SolveClimate.com, by Ann Danylkiw – Apr 16th, 2010
A pattern is emerging in the geopolitics of climate change this year: Countries are banding together to begin to map out strategies to adapt to and mitigate climate change outside of the UNFCCC process and ahead of a final international climate agreement. Continue reading
Most of world’s electricity could come from renewables
A World Run On Low Carbon Energy No Pipe Dream : Renewable Energy News, 15 APRIL, 2010 |The myth of low carbon and renewable energy sources not being able to supply the majority, if not all, the developed world’s electricity requirements in the near future is being busted almost weekly in recent months. Continue reading
France’s Feed-In Tariff – 50% Renewables by 2015
Revised Feed-in Tariff in France: To Drive Sustainable Renewable Market Development, WORLD WIDE POSTS, 13 April 2010 GlobalData Renewable energy sources offer viable options to address the energy security concerns of a country. France has been making consistent efforts to increase the presence of renewables in the country’s energy basket. France has set a target of a 21% share of renewable energy in the electricity consumption of energy by 2010 and 50% by 2015. Continue reading
Desert solar energy in Ontario could provide immense electrical power
“Nuclear power for all of the United States is about 100 gigawatts. We can produce 90 on barren land with just solar in this tiny region
Solar Power in Ontario Could Produce Almost as Much Power as All U.S. Nuclear Reactors, Studies Find ScienceDaily (Apr. 14, 2010) — Solar power in southeastern Ontario has the potential to produce almost the same amount of power as all the nuclear reactors in the United States, according to two studies conducted by the Queen’s University Applied Sustainability Research Group located in Kingston, Canada. Continue reading
Renewable energy to have record growth in 2010
2010 will see record overall new investment in clean energy.
Global increase in renewable energy investments in Q1 2010 Alternative energy news, April 13, 2010,New financial investment in renewable energy worldwide totaled $27.3bn in the first quarter of 2010, up from $20.8bn in the same period a year earlier Continue reading
Renewable energy gets big boost in Ontario
Ontario Issues $8 Billion in Renewable Energy Contracts – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com April 9, 2010, By JOHN LORIN An Ontario government agency yesterday announced $8 billion in new renewable energy deals under the province’s bulked up feed-in tariff program, with 184 wind, solar, hydro and landfill gas projects winning long-term contracts to provide a total of about 2,500 megawatts of green power…..
Ontario Issues $8 Billion in Renewable Energy Contracts – Green Inc. Blog – NYTimes.com
Desert solar farm to boost economy in San Joaqiun Valley
Large-scale solar power represents a way out of those economic troubles for Westlands.
Finally! One Big Solar Project Environment and Business Can Agree On, The Energy Collective, by Taylen Peterson 04/06/2010 “….The plan involves the reuse of “dead” farmland in the San Joaquin Valley. Years of intense farming has left a huge amount of acreage overly salty and fallow. And unlike other proposed solar sites in California, especially the Mojave Desert, this land is not habitat to endangered species.
So without much other use for the land, local residents, environmentalists and industry are pleased with the solar prospect. Continue reading
Successful flight of solar-power plane
Vast majority of war veterans favour renewable energy
Bulgaria’s renewable energy racing ahead in a responsible manner
there is no doubt that the renewable energy industry is soaring there.
Keeping Bulgaria Renewable Energy Responsible Green Chip Stocks, By Jeff Siegel , April 7th, 2010“……Since government incentives kicked in over there, new wind, solar and biomass projects have totalled more than 11,000 megawatts. This is huge!Well today, the Bulgarian government announced that it is proposing a ban on building solar and wind farms on quality arable land. Definitely a smart decision on the part of Bulgaria.Certainly the expansion of renewable energy operations is integral to the long-term economic growth of the Balkan country. Continue reading
Australia could become world renewable energy leader
Energy companies stifling renewable energy at the local level
Think Locally, Pollute Globally: Dirty Energy Sector Wages a State-by-State War on Solar and Wind Technology BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS, by Meg White 2 April 2010 President Obama frames his decision to allow increased offshore drilling, new nuclear power plants and the pursuit of “clean” coal technology as a type of a stopgap measure to fill American demands for cheap energy while renewable sources of energy are developed. But is this a case of sleeping with the enemy? Continue reading
Florida call for truly clean, renewable, energy jobs
Florida Mayor Calls for State to Foster Renewable Energy Jobs, Clean Energy Footprints, 1 April 2010, Tom Larson, Renewable energy expansion can drive Florida jobs growth–we just need to post our “Open for Business” sign. Orange County, Florida (home of Orlando), is inviting cleantech investments, in engineering, manufacturing and development of innovators by entrepreneurs and at our centers of higher education. This is the Sunshine State: Continue reading
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