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Plan to Build Reactors Is Running Into Hurdles

By Mathew L. Wald, NY TimesPublished: December 5, 2007 WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, 2007 - For the first time in three decades, companies are getting ready to build nuclear reactors in the United States. ... read more

How Africa's Desert Sun Can Bring Europe Power

By Robin McKie, Science Editor, The Observer Dec. 2, 2007 - A £5bn solar power plan, backed by a Jordanian prince, could provide the EU with a sixth of its electricity needs - and cut carbon ... read more

Californians Not So Hot on Nuclear Power

Source: The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, California), Nov. 27, 2007 - From a November 2005 Greenpeace action"After public opinion polls found lukewarm support for new nuclear power plants in the ... read more

Will Congress make taxpayers fund terror-target nuke reactors?

By Harvey Wasserman Within a matter of days Congressional back-room deals may rubber stamp huge taxpayer loan guarantees to build dozens of what amount to pre-deployed "dirty bombs" for ... read more

Nuclear Expansion is a Pipe Dream

By John Vidal, The Guardian UKJuly 4, 2007 - Hope for new era of cheap, clean power is a "myth." Building more stations would increase terror risk.

Cheney Pursuing Nuclear Ambitions of His Own

By Jason Leopold, truthout|ReportNov. 05, 2007 - While Dick Cheney has been talking tough over the years about Iran'salleged nuclear activities, the vice president has been quietly ... read more

The Economic Cost of Nuclear Power

By Richard Lance Christie(Revised 02 Nov 07)Free Market v. Subsidized Nuclear Power Economics:  “In a market economy, private investors are the ultimate arbiter of what energy technologies can ... read more