What Nuclear-Free Japan Means For Us

May 4, 2012

This weekend, Japan will be nuclear-free for the first time in a generation. American gas can help keep it that way.

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Japan Shows Us It Can Happen Here

April 1, 2011

The probability that a particular reactor core at a U.S. nuclear power plant will be damaged as a result of a blackout ranges from 6.5 in 100,000 to less than one in a million, according to a 2003 analysis by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Compared to many more mundane technologies, such as cars and airplanes, nuclear power facilities are quite safe. For the past half century, we have assumed they …

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Obama Energy Policy Lies In Japan’s Rubble

March 15, 2011

Amid the devastation of Japan’s earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters lies one more victim: President Obama’s we-can-have-it-all energy policy for the United States. Less than two months ago, the president called on Congress to mandate that we draw at least 80 percent of our energy from so-called “clean” sources, including nuclear power, within 25 years. “Some folks want wind and solar,” the president said in his State of the Union …

Energy Policy? What Energy Policy?

June 15, 2010

Some dish detergent and hot water is all it takes to clean up a pelican that is being smothered by spilled crude. Nobody knows how to clean up the Obama administration’s energy policy, which is likewise floundering in goo. The president is back on the Gulf Coast this week to show everyone how involved he is in managing the problem, and how very, very angry he is about the ongoing …

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Nevada’s Nuclear Poker

November 24, 2009

Nevada, home of hundreds of casinos, is pretty good at playing its cards. The game is nuclear poker. Fighting global warming is a top priority for the environmental movement. Next month, leaders from 192 countries will meet in Copenhagen to discuss new targets on carbon emissions. Cutting emissions will require turning more to sources of energy other than fossil fuels. That will mean more reliance on clean, renewable energy sources …

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