There’s a New Drive for Nuclear Power, But It’s Still a Financial Dead End
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DC has been just showering love on nuclear power these days, and there’s been some on TreeHugger as well, but as recent articles over at Mother Jones and on <a href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/02/05/the-loan-arranger-obama-triples-budget-for-nuke-loan-guarantee-program-but-hasnt-seen-a-single-promising-application-in-two-years/?…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Biofuels Strategy to be Unveiled by Obama Administration
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It looks like Obama is attempting to hammer down his clean energy strategies–while the big news last year was the flood of investment in cleantech unleashing in the stimulus bill, this year appears to be about making tougher, more concise calls. For example, clean energy and efficiency initiatives received careful markups, nuclear power funding was expanded, plans fo…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Obama Ramps Up Clean Energy Investments in 2011 Budget
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Much of the news this week has focused on Obama’s unveiling of the 2011 budget, and indeed, there’s been much news to pick through. Much of it has focused on the negatives–a dubious expansion to $54 billion for loan guarantees for nuclear power, an empty-looking outline for a cap and trade plan–so I thought I should post on the many positive investments th…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Andrew Rasiej of Personal Democracy Forum (Video)
Andrew Rasiej is the man behind Personal Democracy Forum, a website and yearly conference focussed on the way that technology and politics intersect. In front of this kinda eerie painting (his choice), Rasiej takes on our battery of questions on nuclear power, living locally, electric cars, and “letting it mellow.”
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Pop!Tech Pop Quiz: Chris Page of Yahoo! (Video)
How do you respond to nuanced questions of nuclear power, clean coal, and Obama’s climate policy when you can only defend yourself with Yes, No, or Maybe? You do your best, that’s how. We cornered Chris Page, Yahoo!’s Director of Energy and Climate, outside Pop!Tech’s ice cream social and took her to task. (And for more from…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Could Nuclear Power and Offshore Drilling Get Republicans to Vote for Cap and Trade?
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You Get Nuclear Power and Offshore Drilling, We Get Cap and Trade
In the ongoing attempt to sell the climate bill to moderate Republicans, more Democrats are opening up to the idea of including provisions for nuclear funding and offshore drilling (which this bill was designed to include). How much nuclear funding, you ask? I…Read the full story on TreeHugger