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Proposed South Texas Project Reactors Pose Increased Water Use and Radioactive Contamination Risks

Posted in Global Warming, tagged atomic safety and licensing board, birth defects, cancer, cell mutilation, colorado river, CPS Energy, discharge standards, drought, Energia Mia, Energy Efficiency, environmental report, geothermal, glenrose engin, glenrose engineering, groundwater, gulf coast chict aquifer, gulf of mexico, highland lakes, lauren ross, lcra, lower colorado river authority, matagorda county, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, Public Citizen, radioactive contamination, radionuclides, San Antonio, saws, SEED Coalition, solar, south texas association for responsible energy, South Texas Project, stare, STP, Texas, tritium, water use, wind on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

San Antonio, TX – Nuclear power is the most water intensive energy source available. When San Antonio and all of Texas are suffering from extreme drought and are increasingly in need of sources of drinking water, pursuing more nuclear reactors doesn’t make sense, especially true since cheaper, safer alternatives such as energy efficiency, wind, geothermal [...]

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Coal Hurts Babies

Posted in Coal, tagged 81st legislature, birth defects, carbon caucus, carbon management caucus, China, china daily, Coal, coal plant, environmental pollution, grist, penn state, shanxi on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A week and a half ago I sat in on the first Carbon Management Caucus meeting of the 81st Legislature and listened to a professor from Penn State tell legislators, their staffers, and a few intrepid members of the general public that “we need coal, coal isn’t going anywhere, in China they’re using tons and [...]

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