Karl Grossman Presentation at Dutchess County Community College October 30, 2008 When I originally made plans for this presentation, the title was to be: “The Next Time You Visit The Pump, Are You Ready to Pay Over $5.00 A Gallon … Continue reading
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Wow! This is the 2nd to last version of the bulletin before the election. Let’s hope we make it through to election day with no big last minute surprises! One of the more interesting stories to hit is out of … Continue reading
My goodness, it seems to be leaky week. The biggest of them all was a news leak about how Energy Solutions has been importing nuclear waste into Utah from all over the world! As most old timers are well aware, … Continue reading
The Weapons issue seems to be sneaking its way back into the media a bit, thanks partly to McCain’s claim that a nuclear war is just around the corner. The heart breaker of the week comes to us thanks to … Continue reading
One of the big hopes of an administration change would be the slowdown of the republican push to resurrect the nuclear weapons and power industry. Thus the election represents one of the most crucial moments for the anti-nuclear movement in … Continue reading
What a week. I’m not sure what to think, as it seems to be the norm. It takes a lot of work to put this out, and keeping up has been a struggle lately. I can only guess that this … Continue reading
Wow. Minor detail… Nobody caught the details why North Korea backed out the previous agreement to stop producing nuclear weapons. Gorby’s recent oped helped get attention that the the U.S. was refusing to take the Koreans off our terrorist list. … Continue reading
There should be no doubt at this point that the economy is starting to tank. At this point, the banking system is refusing to loan money out even though the Fed is pumping more and more money into the system. … Continue reading
The financial meltdown is starting to get very worrying. There have been huge increases in paper money injected into the system by the Federal Reserve, which will cause huge inflationary prices on the dollar. Meaning our dollar is now worth … Continue reading
The big news is the Wall Street collapse and bailout. Everybody has their hand out except the little guy right! Expect impacts across the board, and there is no telling just how farther how much more the economy will drop. … Continue reading
 CommonDreams.org Loan guarantees sought by nuclear industry for reactor construction amount to ‘preemptive bailout,’ with expected default rate of 50 percent or higher. WASHINGTON – September 29 – A new ad from Friends of the Earth accuses nuclear industry lobbyists … Continue reading
Bob Loux resigned on Monday as head of the state of Nevada Waste Project Office. The impacts of this represent one of the most serious challenges the safe energy community faces today. It is urgent that we take the time … Continue reading
The bad news continues to mount, just as the huge economic crisis finally opens up. EDF has made new bids to buy up Britains nuclear industry. Greenpeace held protests in Turkey over new proposals for reactors, a pole in Switzerland … Continue reading
a href=”http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3780.shtml”Nuke power liabilities dwarf Bush’s bailout/abr /blockquoteNuke power liabilities dwarf Bush’s bailoutbr /By Harvey Wassermanbr /Online Journal Guest Writerbr /br /br /Sep 24, 2008, 00:09br /br / Email this articlebr / Printer friendly pagebr /br /As you read this, … Continue reading
I’m still putting most of my free time into building a major resource on uranium mining. Many of the first pages of are complete and can be viewed here. More bids for Constellation and British Energy. We have a running … Continue reading
The pay raise scandal around Bob Loux in Nevada continues as opponents have called for all kinds of investigations, even a civil lawsuit that was tossed. More reactors for Detroit, Pakistan, Kenya, and Denver? The EU blocked an attempt by … Continue reading
The Yucca Mt scandal continues to blow up. The impacts on the struggle to keep Yucca Mt. at bay has taken its worst turn to date. We may be losing the very best source on nuclear issues due to this. … Continue reading
Pretty tough times for the movement here in the U.S. and around the world. Watching Bush strong arm the NGS last week to push aside proliferation issues couldn’t have been a better example of the state of affairs here. Alerts … Continue reading
From: Scientific American, Jan. 1, 2008 SOLAR GRAND PLAN By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions By Ken Zweibel, James Mason and Vasilis Fthenakis High prices for gasoline and home heating … Continue reading
Today citizens’ groups announced that they are calling on Nuclear Regulatory Commission judges to suspend Tennessee Valley Authority’s request to build and operate four nuclear reactors at Bellefonte. The groups’ latest legal challenge describes the failure of TVA to include two partially … Continue reading
Some pretty bad news this time around. Thanks to a large bribe from India the nuclear club has agreed to let India into its midst without agreeing to global proliferation treaties, opening the door to Washington’s treaty with India. Pakistan … Continue reading
by JohnPeebles Nuclear power has come into the news, proposed by Republican candidate John McCain as an alternative to the importation of oil. The industry has suffered from a poor public image. There was of course the movie China Syndrome, … Continue reading
The Problem with Nuclear Nuclear reactorsfrom Wired Magazine The NEI is “…the propaganda wing and trade group for the American nuclear industry [which] spends millions of dollars annually to engineer public opinion.†— Dr. Helen Caldicott Check out these great … Continue reading
More scandals hit Europe, this time, its about nuclear waste leaks. As both India and N. Korea continue to waggle, the biggest story to hit is out of Japan, with the court system on the verge of shutting down two … Continue reading
Beyond Nuclear Bulletin September 4, 2008 Background: Congress will soon return from summer recess, and is likely to immediately consider energy legislation. These bills, which would allow offshore oil drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf as a supposed response to high … Continue reading
This week’s news is mostly about vacation time and watching the conventions. Just as the media likes to censor the nuclear issue, it also undercovered the protest movement outside the convention halls. In St. Paul the police detained a group … Continue reading
FT.com / Companies / Energy Utilities Mining – Areva warns of soaring reactor costs Areva warns of soaring reactor costs By Peggy Hollinger in Paris Published: August 29 2008 19:00 | Last updated: August 29 2008 19:00 Areva, France’s nuclear … Continue reading
Anybody watch the DNC final night and Obama? Just kidding. People need a bit of hope on occasion. Its gonna be a long hard haul. Bush said the same thing about Yucca Mt. 8 years ago. Lots of global news. … Continue reading
I’m having trouble keeping up! Anybody got a an extra 20 hours of spare time a day??? Accidents and safety concerns in Europe continue to grow with the Finnish government wanting to take a closer look at the Olkiluoto reactor, … Continue reading
Welcome to the latest Issue! I’ve been free of my severe Urinary Tract Infection for the last week. Good news for a change at least for me. I’m late on getting this issue out as I’m working on a major … Continue reading
CCNS NEWS UPDATE Runs 8/22/08 through 8/29/08 This is the CCNS News Update, an overview of the latest nuclear safety issues, brought to you every week by Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety. Here is this week’s top headline: • NRC … Continue reading
Uranium-Action-Day – Europe’s Nuclear Heritage European uranium action day 20th of September everywhere Stop nuclear waste before it is produced! A lot of countries have uranium mines and uranium factories. For example Urenco is one of the biggest multinational companies … Continue reading
Here’s the latest in the top news stories. I’ve added logos for all the main subject areas, removed the security section as there are too few articles in that category and changed it to an NRC group. The Nuclear Weapons … Continue reading
New allegations of safety problems have come out from the #4 Finnish reactor being built. Bush is trying to get a NPT waiver for his treaty with India, the UK is restarting their talks with EDF to sell British Energy … Continue reading
Confidential documents reveal Finnish nuclear reactor cannot be guaranteed safe WEBWIRE – Wednesday, August 13, 2008 International — Finland, August 2008 — Confidential documents obtained by Greenpeace reveal that basic safety procedures have not been followed in the construction of … Continue reading
I’m on editorial vacation, but will make a few comments. Its been a slow news cycle. The fallout over more accidents in France has hit Europe. The Russia – Georgia crisis appears to have oil as one of the underlying … Continue reading
The Free Press — by – Harvey Wasserman August 10, 2008 Leave it to John McCain to pick the site of a horrific atomic meltdown to symbolize his push for nuke power. McCain says he wants at least 45 more … Continue reading
Its time to memorialize the impacts from the dawn of the nuclear age, when Truman dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. Its especially appropriate at this moment in time as Bush threatens to nuke Iran.The MSM carried very few articles this … Continue reading
Greg Palast » The McCain Plan: Homer Simpson without the Donut By Greg Palast [Wednesday, August 5, 2008. North Shore, Long Island] I’m guessing it was excessive exposure to either radiation or George Bush, but Senator John McCain’s comments from … Continue reading
Wow! the top stories are flopping all over the place! The UK nuclear plan just took a major dive as a $12 billion pound deal between France’s EDF and British Energy collapsed. Greenpeace is sueing France. Then the Brits acknowledged … Continue reading
GasHole the Movie: History of Oil Prices and Alternative Energy : Sustainablog The movie title Gas Hole likely conjures varied humorous, if not-quite-sure-where-this-movie- is-headed, ideas in the minds of prospective viewers. Maybe then it is highly suitable that the term … Continue reading
Karl Grossman documents the fact that we can move into renewable energy now. Its just a matter of getting the hard path proponents to let go of their control of the media and the politicians. The first segment of this … Continue reading
Karl Grossman interviews Gordian Raacke, the Executive Director of the National Renewable Energy Labs about renewable energy resources like wind, solar, hydrogen and other less known alternative energy resources. … Continue reading
The top story is from Platts, where the industry is claiming that they have found two potential communities willing to take spent nuclear fuel. Here we go with PFS part two! The quake in L.A. has the NRC over to … Continue reading
Drivers shave off nearly 10 billion miles in May – Jul. 28, 2008 Commuters are driving less, the federal government says. Workers are leaving their cars at home and finding other ways to get to work. Highway funds at risk. … Continue reading
European Accidents and the earthquake in Japan last week has rattled the public’s nerves overseas. The superb nuclear worker contamination/compensation series last week in the Rocky Mountain News has politicians calling for change in Colorado. With safety issues popping up … Continue reading
The Free Press — Independent News Media – Harvey Wasserman Columns Harvey WassermanThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the reactor revival is NOT ready for prime time July 25, 2008 A devastating blow to the much-hyped revival of atomic power has … Continue reading
Bad news on the international front. The Indian Government survived the left’s attempt to block the U.S. Indian plan to expand nuclear development between the two counties. The Rocky Mountain News Has done a fabulous job of laying out the … Continue reading
The Big International news will come Tuesday with India’s vote of no confidence over the governments push to accept a nuclear energy and weapons treaty with the U.S. The biggest story is Rocky Mountain New’s multiday series on the health … Continue reading
Attempts to break the back of anti-nuclear stands in Europe and India are at a peak right now. Our international friends are needing our thoughts and support. There is also a new push in Northern California to promote nuclear power … Continue reading