Alternative Energy in the News

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Alternative Energy News Sunday March 25th 2007

Norwin students take a closer look at nuclear power
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Fri, 23 Mar) For several hours on March 16, Norwin Senior High School went nuclear as 100 ninth-grade students learned what it would be like to be radioactive atoms in a nuclear power plant.

Alternative energy
(The Pilot-Independent: Wed, 21 Mar) Will it matter to voters that Hillary Cinton plays both sides of each issue? In a newspaper editorial two years ago, contributor David Broder noted that Clinton, in front of a National Press Club audience, supported utilizing more nuclear energy as a strategy to use less foreign oil.

Consultant looks at renewable energy
(Traverse City Record-Eagle: Thu, 22 Mar) TRAVERSE CITY - Local renewable energy consultant Steve Smiley will discuss "Renewable Energy Policy and Prospects for Northwest Michigan" on March 27 at 7 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church on Washington Street.

Progress on Finnish Nuclear Reactor Lags
(NPR: Sat, 24 Mar) The Finns are building the world's biggest nuclear power station, but it's well behind schedule due to construction problems. Regulators say the industry seems to have forgotten how to manage nuclear construction.

ABCs of uranium
(The Star-Ledger: Sun, 25 Mar) Uranium is a naturally radioactive material normally used for nuclear power to generate electricity. It consists of three isotopes - uranium-234, uranium-235 and uranium-238. However, only uranium-235 is capable of sustaining chain reactions.

Africa Should Set An Alternative Energy Agenda
(The Progress Report: Sat, 24 Mar) The Poorest Continent can have the world's best, most efficient energy systems. The trick is to embrace new technologies and resist the old expensive ways being promoted by corrupt, decaying bureaucracies such as the IMF and World Bank.

$State regulators OK fractional repayment of $63 million in energy loans$ State regulators OK fractional repayment of $63 million in energy loans
(Chicago Tribune: Thu, 22 Mar) Illinois utility regulators tentatively agreed Thursday not to seek recovery of $63 million in interest-free loans the state made earlier to alternative-energy producer U.S. Energy Biogas to help subsidize "garbage-to-energy" projects.

IUPUI Names Renewable Energy Center after Sen. Lugar
(WISH-TV Indianapolis: Mon, 19 Mar) INDIANAPOLIS - Senator Richard Lugar has pushed renewable energy development for years both in Indiana and in Congress.

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