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What We Talk About When We Talk About Protecting and Saving

January 11, 2012 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Everything we think about saving or protecting ecosystems and habitats is wrong. This week, I'm at the Aspen Environment Forum, where tomorrow morning I'll be on a Panel called "Nature's Place: Saving Ecosystems and Habitats." [read more]

Nature Conservancy Gets $130,000 Donation to Go Solar

November 1, 2010 by Taylen Peterson
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When the Arizona campus of the Nature Conservancy, a global charitable environmental organization, announced it was going solar, it seemed like a no-brainer. And Arizona is tops in the nation for solar insolation values.   So it was no surprise when the organization “planted” a donation of $130,000 and, through the help of a... [read more]

Remarks Delivered at the Opening Session of the American Nuclear Society Meeting

November 17, 2009 by Senator Lamar Alexander
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I gave the following speech this morning (Monday, Nov. 16) at the 2009 Winter Meeting of the American Nuclear Society.  Senator James Webb, who is co-sponsoring a nuclear bill with me, also made seconding remarks. Sen. Webb and I are here today to propose that the United States build its clean energy future upon the lessons of the... [read more]

Nuclear Energy’s Tiny Environmental Footprint

November 1, 2009 by John Wheeler
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Fast Fission Podcast #12 – MP3 File I recently came across a fascinating study that was done by five researchers from The Nature Conservancy.  If you have not heard of them before, the Nature Conservancy is "the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature... [read more]

Nuclear power: An inconvenient solution?

October 5, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Renewable energy threatens the planet. Who knew? Our nation runs the risk of damaging the environment, in the name of saving the environment. There are negative consequences from producing energy from the sun, the wind and the earth. So, at least, said Lamar Alexander, the Republican senator from Tennessee and a long-time... [read more]