The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is legally required to slow down reactor licensing and relicensing in order to address major changes urged by the agency’s own experts who have reviewed the Fukushima accident, according to 19 separate legal challenges filed today by a total of 25 public interest groups.
Also see this article about the legal challenges:
Groups step up call for NRC delay after Fukushima – Reuters, August 11, 2011
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Regulators Slash Duke Nuclear Spending Request – NC WARN Press Release
MUSE Benefit Concert: August 7, 2011 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre
Thanks to everyone at MUSE for putting on and inviting NC WARN to a great event!
Read Rolling Stone’s coverage of the event
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Heat Waves and Climate Change – The Associated Press
Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather is a Product of Climate Change – Scientific American
In North Dakota the waters kept rising. Swollen by more than a month of record rains in Saskatchewan, the Souris River topped its all time record high, set back in 1881. The floodwaters poured into Minot, North Dakota’s fourth-largest city, and spread across thousands of acres of farms and forests. More than 12,000 people were forced to evacuate. Many lost their homes to the floodwaters.
Great solar news, but NC utilities impeding the shift – An Update from NC WARN
The first two items show that we can get our energy primarily from clean, renewable sources and that solar PV will be cost competitive with traditional fossil fuels soon – even without government subsidies.
The third item relates how Duke Energy and other electric utilities are blocking the transition to clean energy in NC.
Study: Rising Global Temperatures Spur Steepest Sea Level Rise In 2,100 Years – Popular Science
The seas are rising at a faster rate right now than at any point since at least the era of Julius Caesar, and there is a direct link between this increase and changes in global surface temperatures, according to a new study. Rising sea levels could have major impacts on not just marine ecosystems, but the entire planet, as coastal areas are swamped by encroaching waters.