Nukes and Climate Change Archives · Page 9 of 12 · NIRS

January 1, 2006

Comparison of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions and Abatement Cost of Nuclear and Alternative Energy Options from a Life-Cycle Perspective. Oko Institute, updated

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January 1, 2006

Nuclear power: economics and climate-protection potential. Amory Lovins. Rocky Mountain Institute. 06

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December 7, 2005

Is Nuclear Energy Sustainable? Presentation by José Goldemberg and Oswaldo Lucon, São Paulo State Environment Agency, Brazil, at NIRS/Sierra Club of Canada/Heinrich Boell Foundation event in Montreal, (Powerpoint presentation).

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December 7, 2005

Nuclear Energy – Threat to the World – No Solution to Climate Change. Statement of Michael Mariotte, Executive Director of NIRS in Montreal, Canada.

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December 7, 2005

Nuclear is no solution to climate change: NIRS, Sierra Club of Canada and Heinrich Boll Foundation sponsor an event at COP 11 in Montreal, , including release of a new paper on nuclear power and climate change. December 5, 2005.

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August 12, 2005

NIRS comments to the California Energy Commission on Nuclear Power in California; calling for opposition to relicensing of Diablo Canyon and San Onofre and discussion of nuclear power/global warming.

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August 1, 2005

Nuclear Power - The Energy Balance, a study by Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen and Philip Smith, finds that uranium reserves are diminishing rapidly and use of poorer quality ores would greatly increase carbon emissions to a level even beyond use of fossil fuels. ; a rebuttal to World Nuclear Association criticism of the report is also included.

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June 16, 2005

Nearly 300 Groups Reject Nuclear Energy as a Global Warming Solution. Groups Urge Congress to Choose Clean Energy Path, Not Embrace Dangerous and Dirty Nuclear Power.

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June 1, 2005

Environmental Statement on Nuclear Energy and Global Warming.

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June 1, 2005

Tell Congress Nuclear Power Has no Role in Addressing Climate Change! NIRS alert.

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May 08, 2023
On April 15, 2023 utilities in Germany shut down the country’s three last remaining nuclear power plants. These closures mark the successful planned phase-out of German nuclear energy from the nation’s grid. What does this mean for Germany? What lessons should the U.S. take away from the German energy transition? Germany’s Energiewende (“energy transition”) is an overarching…

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December 13, 2022
NIRS Statement on 12/13/22 DOE Nuclear Fusion Announcement Today, the US Department of Energy announced what scientists consider a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research. In the DOE’s press release, they celebrate “a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean…

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June 10, 2022
News from Beyond Nuclear, For Immediate Release Contacts: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, kevin@beyondnuclear.org, (240) 462-3216;Michael Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes and Don’t Waste Michigan, mkeeganj@comcast.net, (734) 770-1441;Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, dianed@nirs.org, (301) 270-6477 ext. 3,;Terry Lodge, environmental coalition legal counsel, tjlodge50@yahoo.com, (419) 205-7084Iris Potter, Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, b.irispotter@gmail.com,…

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March 30, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, March 30, 2022 GROUPS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN URANIUM Activists gathered near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to demand President Biden and Congress Ban Imports of Russian Uranium into the United States U.S. CORPORATIONS BUYING RUSSIAN URANIUM ARE FUNDING PUTIN’S WAR ON UKRAINE Washington D.C. – Activists affiliated…

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March 29, 2022
NIRS has joined our counterparts in Ukraine, calling for sanctions on Russia’s nuclear industry, including a ban on imports of uranium from Rosatom, the state-owned nuclear conglomerate. Doing so should not depend on there being no impact on the U.S. economy–we should have the courage of our convictions, and bringing an end to the wanton…

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March 29, 2022
It is increasingly urgent to do all we can to end Russia’s war on Ukraine and achieve a peaceful withdrawal of Russian forces from the country. Untold thousands of civilians have now been killed. Over one-fourth of Ukraine’s population–more than 10 million people–have been displaced from their homes and cities, many of which have been…

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