FACTBOX - Some National Renewable Energy Targets (Planet Ark: Mon, 26 Feb) A growing number of countries are targeting increased usage of renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, as they try to curb greenhouse gas emissions and source more energy from home rather than import coal and oil.
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David Roberts: Nuclear Power is Not Rational or Forward-Thinking, Even If You Say So Over and Over Again (HuffingtonPost: Tue, 27 Feb) Back when I first read Stewart Brand's Environmental Heresies , I wrote about it admiringly and, in retrospect, somewhat naively. Of the nuclear debate, I said that there's an array of great arguments against nuclear power, and one real argument in its favor: There's no other way to cut our CO2 emissions fast enough. That argument, I said, "strikes me as decisive if it's true." Since ...
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State takes steps to increase renewable energy (WZZM 13 Grand Rapids: Wed, 28 Feb) The Michigan Public Service Commission approved staff recommendations that call for the improvement of electric interconnections between independent power producers and public utilities.
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Nuclear Energy for the Developing World (Technology Review: Tue, 27 Feb) New reactor technologies offer poorer nations cheap, safe, efficient power. Sanctions designed to prevent the proliferation of weapons impede their use. What would a better policy look like?
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Malfunction shuts Indian Point nuke plant (UPI: Wed, 28 Feb) A nuclear power plant near New York was shut down Wednesday when a pressure transmitter in the feed-water system malfunctioned, the plant's operator said.
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