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Obama Sides with GOP Against Reid in Battle over Nuclear Regulator
In a move that could be seen as election-year expedience, a friendly nod to the nuclear industry, or a sign of a coming battle with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), the Obama administration...
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The Making of an Evolution: Obama “Comes Out” for Marriage Equality
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Excuse me while I channel my inner Paul Harvey. . . So, it was weekend before the North Carolina primary–a ballot that includes the searingly homophobic...
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The Thing That Couldn’t Die: Yucca Battle Continues in Congress and in the...
(low resolution movie poster reproduction via wikipedia) In the 1958 cult horror classic The Thing That Couldn’t Die, a young lass out water-witching (of all things) discovers a curious and ancient...
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Power Play: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Jaczko Resigns after Push...
Outgoing NRC Chmn. Jaczko testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform last year. The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko, submitted his resignation...
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Obama Taps Allison Macfarlane as New Head of Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Seal of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (via Wikipedia) President Barack Obama has nominated Allison Macfarlane to be the new head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Macfarlane is currently an...
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House Postpones Witch Hunt While Nuclear Industry Awaits Results of Latest...
The Salem Nuclear Power Plant is in New Jersey, not Salem, MA, but you get the idea. (photo: peretzp) In case you were wondering what it was all about–”it” being the dealings of the Nuclear Regulatory...
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Does the Netroots Care about Nuclear Power?
Van Jones speaking to the faithful at this year’s Netroots Nation conference in Providence, RI – June 9, 2012. On Thursday, June 7, as hundreds of online journalists and activists gathered in...
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Obama Drops Nuclear from Energy Segment of Convention Speech
Delegates react to President Barack Obama’s speech during the closing night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. (Photo by Jared Soares for PBS NewsHour) Compare and contrast. When then-Senator...
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Blogiversary VII: The FISA-ing
The main ingredient, un-7-up’d. (photo: Craig Duncan via Wikipedia) December 30, 2005–a day that will live in infamy. Well, for me, anyway. (And maybe a few of you.) For it was on that day–seven years...
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Fukushima Plus Two: Still the Beginning?
An IAEA inspector examines the remains of reactor 3 at Fukushima Daiichi (5/27/11) (photo: Greg Webb/IAEA imagebank) I was up working in what were in my part of the world the early morning hours of...
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