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Casual Friday: “I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills!” Bjørn Lomborg Nonsense, Forbes names Exxon “Green Co of the Year”

Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Global Warming, tagged Bjorn Lomborg on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I got an email from my brother thanking me for the Zoolander references in yesterday’s blog post about the “Faces of Coal” Astroturfing. His only complaint is that there wasn’t more Mugatu. Well, after reading Bjørn Lomborg’s nonsense in today’s WSJ, I can honestly say: I FEEL LIKE I’M TAKING CRAZY PILLS! Lomborg may classify [...]

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Citizens Win Right to a Hearing in Opposing South Texas Project Nuclear Reactors

Posted in Nuclear, tagged atomic safety and licensing board, department of agriculture, energy security, environmental report, Global Warming, Karen Hadden, livestock, matagorda county, Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Public Citizen, radioactive waste, robert v. eye, safety, san antonio water system, saws, SEED Coalition, south texas association for responsible energy, South Texas Project, susan dancer, toxic discharge, tritium on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »

UPDATE: Safety panel hearing in the news: at the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express News Citizen opposition to two proposed nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project continues with another success. On August 27th the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) Panel found that the nuclear applicant, South Texas Project Nuclear Operating Company [...]

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