Climate Crisis
Watch Mark Jacobson on “No Miracles Needed” on saving climate
New Book by Professor Mark Jacobson, “No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air.” Here is the link to watch the Samuel Lawrence Foundation First Friday Series webinar [1 hour:22 minutes:43 seconds], which aired live March 3, 2023 features Stanford University Professor Mark Jacobson who talks about his new…
Read MoreMarch 3 webinar: Mark Jacobson’s new book on saving climate
11:30 am PST/2:30 pm EST, Friday, March 3, 2023, Samuel Lawrence Foundation webinar: Mark Jacobson’s new book “No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air” Two esteemed environmental leaders will discuss the existential threat of an accelerating climate change that Earth faces and how renewable energy, energy efficiency and…
Read MoreDiablo Canyon to resubmit license renewal application lapsed since 2016
With the strenuous pushback from safe energy groups, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has rejected a request by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to resume the federal agency’s review of a 20-year license renewal application for California’s last remaining nuclear power station at Diablo Canyon. The power company had allowed the relicensing application’s review…
Read MoreCOP27 “awash” in big polluters
The COP27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, is reportedly “awash” in fossil fuel representatives, according to the Washington Post, and there appears to be an equal rash of nuclear propagandists there, lead by representatives of the US government along with the inevitable nuclear power-promoting International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The US has already…
Read MoreFrance restarts coal plants as cracking nuclear fleet drives a crisis
In response to an emerging electricity shortage this winter, France is restarting permanently closed coal-fired electricity plants. France’s energy crisis is part of a broader predicament across Europe ignited by sanctions against Russia for its invasion of sovereign Ukraine. Russia cut off its natural gas pipeline to France on June 15, 2022. But France now…
Read MoreSolar survival during Hurricane Ian
While the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ian in Florida last week lost power, water and communications connections, one community gave us the perfect demonstration of resiliency and survival. Babcock Ranch, located just 12 miles northeast of the now devastated city of Ft. Myers, is a town powered 100% by solar energy. Its 700,000 solar…
Read MoreNuke extensions won’t help Germany
Would not reduce CO2 emissions says ifo Institute From Clean Energy Wire: Calculations by the ifo Institute for Economic Research suggest that postponing the decommissioning of Germany’s three remaining nuclear power plants would not help the climate. “Extending the operating lives of nuclear power plants in Germany only saves small amounts of natural gas, but will hinder…
Read MoreNuclear not any cheaper, faster or safer
From an article published on Nasdaq: “Nuclear energy takes many years to develop. The median construction time of the nuclear reactors in operation in 2020 was seven years, and the industry has a terrible track record of cost overruns. An MIT team estimated that over five decades of nuclear plant development across 107 plants in the U.S., the…
Read MoreThe Diablo Canyon nuclear plant: assessing the seismic risks of extended operation
By Edwin Lyman, Director of Nuclear Power Safety at the Union of Concerned Scientists, published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Read MoreKeeping the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open is a dangerous waste of effort and money
A business column by Michael Hiltzik in the Los Angeles Times.
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