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Time for a moratorium on new nuclear reactors, license extensions.

Posted in Nuclear, tagged japanese nuclear disaster, moratorium, nuclear energy, public citizen texas on March 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Robert Singleton, an anti-nuclear activist and writer, is calling for a moratorium on new nuclear reactors, license extensions. Robert is a member of Solar Si Nuclear No in Austin, Texas. Click here to read Robert’s blog. As of today, several countries have announced intentions to review their nuclear power policies as a result of the unfolding drama in [...]

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New Anti-Nuclear Group, Energía Mía, Putting Heat on CPS

Posted in Nuclear, tagged cindy weehler, CPS, Energia Mia, green pary, julian casto, nuclear energy, nuclear reactors, Public Citizen, San Antonio, san antonio area progressive action coalitioin, san antonio express news, SEED Coalition, Sierra Club, South Texas Project, southwest workers union, STP, texas drought project on August 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »

As many of you already know, the nuclear battle is getting pretty heated in San Antonio these days. That’s why a new citizen’s group, Energía Mía, has recently formed. But they can tell you their intentions better than I can: Citizens are uniting in efforts to halt CPS’ spending for more nuclear reactors. Speakers from [...]

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ReEnergize Texas Interviews Texas US Senate Front Runners

Posted in Global Warming, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged 2010 senate race, bill white, carbon policy, clean coal, climate change, democrat, energy storage, florence shapiro, houston mayor, interview, john sharp, kay bailey hutchinson, michael williams, nuclear energy, reenergize texas, renewable energy, republican, texas governor, texas railroad commissioner, trevor lovell on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Looks like our friends over at ReEnergize Texas have scored a couple interviews with two 2010 Senate race hopefuls, Democratic Mayor of Houston Bill White and Republican Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams. Trevor Lovell, Statewide Director for ReEnergize Texas, reports: We are not joining the throng of cable news reporters more concerned [...]

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Nuclear Misenergy

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Energy, nuclear energy, solar, uranium mining, wind on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Nuclear power is not an answer to our collective energy problem. Essentially, turning to nuclear power as a primary solution to the current carbon-based system is like borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. It is not an “alternative”. Considering that, in resource-availability terms, we could already be powering most structures in this state with solar [...]

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