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Austin City Hall Showdown: Solar vs. Nukes. Let’s get biz-zay!

Posted in Energy, Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged 30 mw solar, austin city council, Brewster McCracken, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, credit risk, Lee Leffingwell, Nuclear, South Texas Project, Webberville, worley parsons on February 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Time to show your support for solar, and your opposition to new nuclear power! On Thursday, Austin City Council will take up the issues of nuclear energy and solar energy. We can’t think of a better picture to illustrate the fork in the road we face when it comes to Austin’s energy future. Item 3 [...]

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Did the Senate rob schoolchildren and give the money to Mr. Burns?

Posted in Nuclear, tagged $50 billion, Loan Guarantees, nuclea, Nuclear, pork, senate, stimulus, wasteful spending on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

During much of the debate over the stimulus in the Senate, the argument was made that it was simply too large and porky. I failed to see the logic of the stimulus being “too big” when the Senate Appropriations Committee strained at a few smaller points and then inserted big, porky $50 billion of loan [...]

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Stimulus Bill Stuffed with $50 Billion of Glowing Nuclear Pork!

Posted in Nuclear, tagged bailout, brent blackwelder, Congress, Department of Energy, federal financing bank, friends of the eart, michael mariotte, nuclear information and resource service, Nuclear Pork, Nuclear Power, physicians for social responsibility, robert bennett on February 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

UPDATE: With the passage of the stimulus bill through the Senate, now the joint conference committee will have to iron out the differences between the House and Senate bills. This is the last chance for Congress to strip this out of the bill. Does your Congressman know how you feel about nuclear pork? Environmentalists are [...]

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