Last Thursday, the government of Ontario filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding proposed changes that would relax rules governing emissions from U.S. coal-fired electricity generating plants. The provincial Liberals say, as they have said all along,…
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Euro-Disney, meet American law. Germany’s most recent nuclear phaseout (see article) is a true head-shaker. Germany led the way in calling for countries to line up behind the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The nuclear phase out will…
The Obama administration last week quietly acquired a potential climate policy super-tool. The EPA announced its “endangerment finding” that a certain mix of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from new motor vehicles “threatens public health and welfare.” This gives the executive branch…
One of the central components of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) is the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. How much would that cost? According to the Boston Consulting Group, six percent more than it would cost to store spent…