Tag: nuclear power

If adopted, the proposal would essentially ensure that coal and nuclear plants in regions encompassing most of the country continue to run even where they are too expensive to compete in the energy market.

This comes in the face of nuclear power plant accidents­ ­and competitive power being less expensive including renewable and safe solar and wind energy.

“Nuclear energy is neither clean nor renewable,” testified Pauline Salotti, vice chair of the Green Party of Suffolk County, Long Island at a recent hearing on the plan.

We must welcome energy we can live with and reject power that presents a deadly threat in so many ways.

Civil disobedience to halt the assault by the oil and gas industry is an act of faith for retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard.

Soon, we might have to consider flying on an airplane with nuclear-powered engines after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the Boeing Company for an airplane engine that combines the use of lasers and nuclear power. But what are the consequences?