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Sun no longer shines on Japan’s solar boom as subsidies wane via The Japan Times

JUL 14, 2016 Japan’s solar boom is beginning to falter. Until recently, the resource-poor nation has been one of the leading markets for photovoltaic (PV) units, helping to prop up an industry hurt by falling prices for the technology and … Continue reading

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New York Times Shills For Moribund Nuclear Power, Disses Renewables Revolution via Climate Progress

By Joe Romm Why does The New York Times keep pushing nuclear power, whose prices keep rising even as demand has collapsed in every market economy? And why do they keep dissing renewables, whose prices have dropped precipitously while demand … Continue reading

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Aussie desire for nuclear option may have sunk Japanese sub bid via The Japan Times

Canberra chose a French design for its next-generation submarine fleet partly because it can easily be refitted for nuclear propulsion by the time the vessels enter service, an influential Australian business daily has reported. Japan proposed a diesel-powered design based … Continue reading

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The nuclear industry is trying to hijack the Paris climate summit via Independent Australia

By Noel Wauchope […] At the Paris Climate Summit (COP21), the global nuclear lobby is in overdrive. The centrepiece of today’s global nuclear lobbying is the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, led by Bill Gates, made public at the start of the … Continue reading

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The Curious Politics of Global Warming and Nuclear Power via The Huffington Post

In the lead-up to the 2016 election, the most formidable candidates vying to serve as our next president have largely avoided the topic of nuclear power. Indeed, they have encountered little pressure to address it even as the Paris climate … Continue reading

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China’s nuclear vision collides with villagers’ fears via TODAY

HUBIN VILLAGE (China) — This placid, leafy hamlet tucked beside a dam in the countryside hardly seems like the next testing ground over China’s efforts to cut smog and greenhouse gases. But here among cornfields and crumbling stone homes skirted … Continue reading

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Arnie Gundersen The Future of Energy: Is Nuclear the Solution?

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Japan government draft: nuclear to be 20-22 percent of power mix by 2030 – media via Reuters

(Reuters) – Japan’s government has proposed making nuclear energy account for between 20 and 22 percent of the country’s electricity mix by 2030, with renewable energy to account for slightly more, media reported on Friday. The proposal on nuclear energy, … Continue reading

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Turkey: Man rows for three months in nuclear protest via BBC News

Huseyin Urkmez spent three months rowing the 1,500km (930 miles) from Hopa, near Turkey’s eastern border, to the port of Ortakoy in Istanbul, the Yesil Gazete website reports. He was greeted by the cheers of environmental activists after his mammoth … Continue reading

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Nuclear train derailed, emergency services at scene via News and Star

[…] A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesperson said: “BTP officers were called to the line close to Barrow-in-Furness rail station following a report that a freight train had partially derailed. “The incident, which was reported to BTP at 2.13pm, is … Continue reading

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