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Nuclear blows away wind
The primary motivation among environmentalists for developing wind energy is legitimate concern about the effects of climate change. Wind is alleged to provide important relief from the emission of carbon dioxide from electricity production. But without...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Alternative Energy, Global Warming
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The danger of relying on nuclear power plants
Norman Meadow's commentary promoting nuclear power over wind energy as a solution to climate change leaves out serious unsolved problems that wind does not present ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). Huge piles of highly radioactive waste are sitting...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Disasters and Accidents, Renewable Energy, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Food and Drug Administration
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PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer
Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...
Tags: Movies, Aerospace Manufacturing, Electronics, California State University, Northridge, Tuskegee Airmen
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17-year-old wears lace mini dress to graduation
KIAHEastern European internet is ablaze with reports of another Chernobyl-like explosion! This time, the blast was sparked by a Ukrainian honor student's graduation outfit which caused her male classmates’ rods to go into full blown melt-down!...Tags: Lady Gaga
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Mutant Butterflies Linked to Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
KTLA NewsFUKUSHIMA, Japan -- In the first sign that the Fukushima nuclear disaster may be changing life around it, scientists say they've found mutant butterflies. Some of the butterflies had abnormalities in their legs, antennae, and abdomens, and dents in their...Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Genes and Chromosomes, Science and Technology, Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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Natural Perspectives: How to bring that power to the people
I would make a bad Amish person because I like electricity. So does Vic. We like it so much that we want to make sure that we keep receiving it, but we wonder where electrical power is going to come from in the future. As the population grows and we...Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Plant Openings
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News briefs for Thursday, May 3
U.S. ambassador denies blind Chinese activist's claim he was pressured to leave Embassy BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials said Thursday they are still trying to help a blind Chinese activist who says he fears for his family's safety, and denied he...
Tags: Human Rights, Environmental Issues, Elections, Alternative Energy, Hospitals and Clinics
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Hope for Natural Gas Pipeline Shifts From Juneau to Japan
Channel 2 NewsAfter state lawmakers failed to pass legislation that might have brought a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope, new hope for such a project has been revived Tuesday -- by officials with the government of Japan. On Monday night, Sen. Lisa...Tags: White House, U.S. Department of State, Energy Resources, Natural Disasters, Lisa Murkowski
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Radioactive Particles from Japan Found in Local Sea Kelp
KTLA NewsLONG BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) -- Researchers say seaweed harvested from Orange County beaches tested positive for small amounts of radiation from last year's nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. According...Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Natural Disasters, Tsunamis, Nuclear Accidents, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011)
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Cheap natural gas, caution curb nuclear energy
It's radioactive, its plants can be expensive to build and it scares the bejeebers out of many, but to some, nuclear energy is the future.
That may well be true, but for now, the race to that future has slowed to a cautious crawl as regulators have...Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine)
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Japan Gathers for Tearful Memorial, 1 Year After Devastating Quake
CNNTOKYO, Japan -- Japan gathered Sunday amid tears, prayers and a moment of silence to mark one year since an earthquake and tsunami killed thousands, and triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis in a quarter century. Throngs nationwide observed a moment...Tags: Tokyo Electric Power Co., Environmental Issues, Crisis, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine), Greenpeace
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Rushworth M. Kidder dies at 67; ethics expert
Rushworth M. Kidder, a former Christian Science Monitor columnist who taught and wrote books about ethics, died March 5 of natural causes in Naples, Fla. He was 67.
His death was announced by the Institute for Global Ethics, the Rockport, Maine-based...Tags: Ethics, England, Arts and Culture, NPR, Health
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