Nuclear Options & Cashing out of the Chamber of Commerce
January 5th, 2010
Nuclear power proponents say it’s ‘clean energy’ because, unlike coal-fired power plants, nuclear power doesn’t produce carbon dioxide. In this encore episode we hear from Dr. Helen Caldicott the author of Nuclear Power is Not the Answer on the dangers of nuclear power and how it DOES create massive amounts of greenhouses gases. Dr. Caldicott joins the discussion with host Daphne Wysham. More information about the rise of nuclear power in the US Senate can be found at Mother Jones magazine. The report Dr. Caldicott mentions is Carbon Free Nuclear Free.
Top American companies ditch their membership in the US Chamber of Commerce because of its climate change denial. We speak to Pete Altman, the climate campaign director for the Natural Resources Defense Council and Antonia Juhasz, the author of the book The Tyranny of Oil. To take action and support companies demanding the U.S. Chamber of Commerce change its stance on climate change, either call 1-877-5-REPOWER or visit WhoDoesTheChamberRepresent?
The federal government classifies incinerators as a source of renewable energy. Meg Sheehan of Ecolaw in Massachusetts discusses the irony of naming waste as renewable.
January 12th, 2010 at 10:09 am
So, let’s see… Earthbeat would have us pay attention to the IPCC when it comes to realizing we must act to stop climate change. But, we must not listen to the IPCC when it comes to deciding what, specifically, we should do.
Have I got that right?
Here is what the IPCC has to say about nuclear power:
“The life cycle GHG emissions per kWh from nuclear power plants are two orders of magnitude lower than those of fossil-fuelled electricity generation and comparable to most renewables (EC, 1995; Krewitt et al., 1999; Brännström-Norberg et al., 1996; Spadaro et al., 2000). Hence it is an effective GHG mitigation option, especially by way of investments in the lifetime extension of existing plants.”
Obviously, the IPCC are blithering idiots who don’t know one thing about nuclear, right?
January 23rd, 2010 at 1:31 am
By rejecting nuclear energy we are condemning humanity to the use of coal for 200 or more years, or until everyone is dead. Caldicott will go down in history as another person responsible for the deaths of millions.