WIND SQUARES OFF VERSUS COAL IN WEST VIRGINIA
In a story in The New York Times global edition, reporter Tom Zeller, Jr. tells the tale of a small community trying to prevent the gutting of Coal River Mountain, one of the last peaks in the area...
View ArticleHONG KONG PROPOSES NUCLEAR TO REPLACE AGING COAL PLANTS
Hong Kong joined the lengthening list of Asian jurisdictions aiming for a nuclear future this week as the provincial government proposed upping nuclear to 50 percent of its electricity by 2020. The...
View ArticleFOREIGN INVESTMENT IN U.S. ENERGY STEPS UP WITH RUSSIAN COAL FACILITY
December 15, 2010 Nuclear Townhall The U.S. inability to move ahead with conventional energy plants – particularly nuclear – is being perceived abroad as an opportunity by foreign companies that are...
View ArticleNEW COAL CONSTRUCTION AT A STANDSTILL AS ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS BITE
Nuclear Townhall January 6, 2011 No new coal plants have begun construction in the past two years and none are expected to break ground in 2011, according to a report from the U.S. State Department on...
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