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Film Rankles Environmentalists By Advocating Nuclear Power
2013-07-03 22:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: A new documentary argues that environmentalists should favor nuclear power, not oppose it, on the grounds that the world's growing appetite for energy can't be met solely with wind and solar. Pandora's Promise is in theaters now, and not winning friends in the mainstream environmental movement.
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Are environmentalists rethinking nuclear power?
2013-06-22 19:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Faced with the near-term catastrophe of climate change and the planet-poisoning effects of fossil fuels, is the environmental movement changing its tune on nuclear energy? Its not a new question, and lets be clear that the short answer is still no or mostly no. You cant find one major environmental organization, from activist groups like Greenpeace to mainstream conservation groups like the Nature Conservancy or the National Audubon Society, that has come out publicly in favor of nuclear power....
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Environmentalists celebrate nuclear plant closing
2013-06-08 05:14:07| Energy - Topix.net
A long-time resident of San Clemente in Southern California, Harris Hicks said she has been fighting the plant - which has been idle since last year - since the 1960s over safety concerns.
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How Corporations and Law Enforcement Are Spying on Environmentalists
2013-06-07 14:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: In February 2010, Tom Jiunta and a small group of residents in northeastern Pennsylvania formed the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition (GDAC), an environmental organization opposed to hydraulic fracturing in the region. The group sought to appeal to the widest possible audience, and was careful about striking a moderate tone. All members were asked to sign a code of conduct in which they pledged to carry themselves with professionalism, dignity and kindness as they worked to protect the environment...
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California environmentalists fear frack fight a distraction
2013-05-28 05:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: As California sets the ground rules for drilling in the Monterey oil formation, a hard-to-reach shale reserve that is the largest in the United States, some environmentalists worry that politicians, regulators and fellow activists are fighting the wrong battle. The state regulator is hammering out rules for hydraulic fracturing, while the legislature is debating 10 bills on the practice. The drilling technique known as "fracking" has caused so much concern about environmental problems that it is...
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