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U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Have Bad Week

February 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment

I hope it’s merely a fluke that two incidents occurred within 24 hours of each other at nuclear power plants near two major U.S. cities. On Tuesday, news (see video above) surfaced about a nuclear power plant near Chicago losing power.  Less than 24 hours later, news surfaced about a nuclear power plant near San [...]

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Which Way Will ‘Doomsday Clock’ Hands Move? (Update)

January 12th, 2010 · No Comments

Describing themselves as a global community of citizens and scientists making the world safer for future generations, the folks behind the web site TurnBackTheClock.org are sure to generate a lot of buzz during the next few day as they keep the world in suspense, wondering which direction they’ll move the hands on the so-called “Doomsday [...]

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United States Could Be Energy Independent If…

November 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen.  After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report. As shown in the first chart below, the United States’ 1,321 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) tops [...]

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Congress Should Delay Recess, Lift Drilling Ban

July 23rd, 2008 · 7 Comments

Grassfire.org announced this afternoon that more than 100,000 citizens have signed a petition calling upon Congress to stay in session until a ban on offshore drilling is lifted. The text of the nonprofit group’s news release appears below: CHESAPEAKE, Va., July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Unsure of the economy and feeling a bite at the pumps, [...]

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Total Transformations’ Topics Span the Globe

May 18th, 2007 · No Comments

My friends over at Total Transformations offer several worthwhile posts which I pass along for your review today: Pakistani Christians Warned to Convert, Munir Ahmad “Christians in a Pakistani town beset by pro-Taliban militants sought government protection Wednesday, the eve of a deadline for them to convert to Islam or face violence. “About 500 Pakistani [...]

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