Communications and Messaging

German solar production

This idea, that you build wind farms where it is windy and solar panels where it is sunny is a curiously controversial one. Some would even lobby accusations of you being “anti-renewables” if you put it forward.[read more]

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Attempts to impose a policy of not selling to any country that will not agree to permanently forgo domestic nuclear fuel production will lock US-based suppliers out of the most important energy technology in the world.[read more]

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How many people support renewables or nuclear energy, or for that matter fracking? A closer to look at polls shows that support numbers should be treated with caution.[read more]

the gift of clean air

In honor of Mother’s Day, remember our daughters and sons will soon be running this country; we can show them, by working right alongside them, that being a responsible parent means being an engaged citizen.[read more]

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It is high time for the communicators to get to work on reducing the outrage that causes the perceived risk of nuclear energy to remain high for the public, the government, and the investment community.[read more]

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Rather than just blame the media for the swings in coverage and public opinion, scientists and all the climate "activists" should recognize that they may also be at fault here.[read more]

Spectra Pipeline campaign

From a public relations point of view, nuclear energy has disadvantages that are actually important advantages from the point of view of ensuring real human safety.[read more]

global temperatures

Some skeptics have seized on a recent article in The Economist noting an apparent “hiatus” in global warming to argue that climate change is a fiction and efforts to address it are misguided. So what are the facts?[read more]

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Is the solar industry marketing itself successfully? Are solar firms reaching consumers? Is branding important? Can the average consumer name even one solar panel manufacturer?[read more]

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It's important we learn the "right" lessons from Fukushima. This will lead to improving the response following accidents, and then ultimately starting a meaningful dialogue to reduce the public fear of nuclear energy.[read more]

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I have written in recent posts that oil limits are more complex than what many have imagined. They aren’t just a lack of a liquid fuel. Debt limits are also closely tied to oil supply limits.[read more]

avian abbatoir?

Normally we ignore the radical fringe, but sometimes claims take on a life of their own. One such charge has found its way as an authoritative reference on Wipikedia, alleging that nuclear energy causes more bird kills than wind.[read more]

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Young attendees were invited to contribute their ideas. In particular, this meeting focused on ways that the symposium could better serve and attract a new generation of nuclear energy organizers, leaders, and participants.[read more]

clean air?

The American Lung Association today released their annual State of the Air report. In general, it says that the air is cleaner than it was a decade ago, thanks to the Clean Air Act.[read more]

climate change on campus

Climate issues are clearly important to today’s college students – 62% of all college applicants in a survey said a school’s commitment to the environment would influence their decision to apply or attend the school.[read more]