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Speak no Evil

November 6, 2010 by Michael Tobis
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It's hard to stop thinking about all the oddities coming from Judith Curry. I think one could easily fill a blog just cataloguing them.Astonishingly, after all that she has said in the last few months, whe writes a piece today asking "how we can end the war with skeptics", where the collective pronoun includes herself not among skeptics... [read more]

Oil Industry Can Learn from Nuclear’s Good Safety Record

May 14, 2010 by Senator Lamar Alexander
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The oil spill currently threatening the Gulf Coast – not to mention the future of offshore drilling – is a reminder that no technology is without risk or cost when it comes to producing energy. In the past few months we’ve had a serious explosion at a natural gas plant and a coal mining tragedy that both cost lives.  Just last... [read more]

An informed public is key to acceptance of nuclear energy

May 3, 2010 by Barry Brook
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Guest post by DV82XL. He is a Canadian chemist and materials scientist (and regular, valued commenter on BNC). For his previous article on the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit, see here. Governments are coming to recognize nuclear power as an attractive option because of its near absence of carbon dioxide emissions and the... [read more]

Truth, Consensus, and IPCC

February 11, 2010 by Michael Tobis
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As scientists, we believe that certain propositions are demonstrably and objectively true, and that our objective is to determine which ones they are. Given that we are in the public employ, the public has some say about which matters we are paid to investigate, and we try to align our own interests with those of the public. Before... [read more]

SEC Guidance a Boost for Carbon Disclosure

February 10, 2010 by David Levy
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This post is by my colleague Lucia Silva Gao, Assistant Professor of Finance, College of Management, University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her research focuses on the relationship between environmental and financial performance. On January 27, 2010 the SEC voted to issue interpretive guidance on disclosure requirements of climate risks... [read more]

Is Nuclear Power Too Risky to Afford?

December 21, 2009 by Charles Barton
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Currently anti-nuclear ideologues are touting the line that nuclear power is too expensive. But too expensive in what ways? Nuclear critics have pointed to a report by Citigroup Global Markets on Nuclear Risk Factors. It states: There are five substantial areas of risk faced by developers of new nuclear power stations. Three of those... [read more]

Road to Copenhagen, Part 2: Risky Business

November 4, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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The evidence is irrefutable: Climate change poses enormous risks to economic stability, public health, ecosystem services, and national security, as well as to the environment. How should we manage those risks? The first step is to acknowledge them. The second is to start listening to the experts who manage risks for a living. Over the... [read more]