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A new report argues that the world’s supply of uranium ore is now so depleted that the nuclear industry may already have passed the point at which it is able to supply the energy needed even to dispose of its own wastes. In The Lean Guide to Nuclear Energy, A Life-Cycle in Trouble, British energy economist David Fleming details how the nuclear industry will be forced to become a major net user of energy, almost all of it from fossil fuels. ‘The evidence is clear: even under the most optimistic scenarios for uranium supplies, the industry will face `energy bankruptcy’ in a matter of decades,’ says Fleming.
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14 top energy company beneficiaries of nuclear loan guarantees spent $48 million on lobbying. Co-Op America news release.
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German Green Party has released an English version of its plan to reduce CO2 emissions by 40% by 2020 while keeping to Germany’s timetable for phasing out nuclear power. You can download a copy of the document here.
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Profitable, Business-Led Solutions to the Climate, Oil, and Nuclear Proliferation Problems: Powerpoint presentation from Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, at Volvo Environmental Prize Awards, in Stockholm, Sweden.
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The current Energy Bill could give unlimited authority to the Department of Energy (with no further congressional oversight) to award federal guarantees to commercial banks that finance both new nuclear and also coal to liquid construction projects. A broad alliance of groups have produced fact sheets that you can use for background in letters to the editor, calls to congress and educating your friends: Controversial Loan Guarantees in Current Energy Bill Why Wall Street Wants American Taxpayers to Finance Nuclear Power Foreign Companies to Benefit from U.S. Taxpayer Loan Guarantees Energy Bill Provisions Undermine Constitutional Safeguards on Taxpayer Purse Nuclear Power Loan Assistance Will Gobble Up Money For Innovative Technologies
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