Sentences with phrase «against nuclear power»

He says he is not against nuclear power or natural gas extraction, but is concerned about the close proximity of the nuclear plant and the gas pipeline.

Reader Vernon Barber uses outdated arguments against nuclear power in the UK (23 November, p 34).

Just a month ago I had a Damascene conversion: the Green case against nuclear power is based largely on myth and dogma.

The groups against the nuclear power plant bailout have begun a grassroots movement that they liken to the successful anti-fracking efforts that led to a state ban on the natural gas extraction process.

The groups against the nuclear power plant bail out have begun a grassroots movement that they liken to the successful anti fracking efforts that led to a state ban on the natural gas extraction process.

As many as 50,000 people attended a march against nuclear power in Berlin last weekend.

But none of them has yet come to admit that it is a logical consequence of the state's over-reliance on natural gas, itself a consequence of the state's forty year crusade against nuclear power.

Then the public hearings against nuclear power on Long Island showed new spirit as they raised the referendum's dramatic outcome time and again.

Brodsky met the 91 - year - old folk singer and environmentalist when he represented him in a successful lawsuit against the nuclear power plant Indian Point.

In the Internet age, in which the Chinese public is becoming increasingly vocal about their rights and mobilizing on social networks, popular protests like the demonstrations in the city of Jiangmen against the processing plant suggest a wider backlash against nuclear power.

The danger aside, the lack of such a repository also stacks the deck against nuclear power as a viable, low - carbon tool for counteracting climate change.

Arjun Makhijani, who heads the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, a think tank that advocates against nuclear power, sees disseminating the technology as incompatible with controlling it.

«It is wrong to pit renewables against nuclear power.

«When young, I was also against nuclear power like many environmentalists.

Our work against nuclear power helped shut down reactors at Diablo Canyon and San Onofre and helped cancel both the MidAmerican Energy and V.C. Summer nuclear projects.

SB 6253 would do nothing to undermine existing, largely effective protections against nuclear power and salmon - destroying hydro development.

California turned against nuclear power in the 1970s and has not looked back.

The situation is a clear example of what may await the rest of the country if we have get a climate bill passed, Many environmentalists are against nuclear power because of waste problems, safety issues, and the idea that money spent on nuclear is better spent on renewables like wind and solar.

To Metropolus, this means interest groups aligned against nuclear power (which is Sierra Club California's official position) should heed the Areva agreement as something to be taken seriously, despite the entrenched political reality.

We kicked off the week in Brittany with visits from local activists for in a range of fields — from those who'd successfully struggled against a nuclear power plant in the 1970s, to others resisting a new gas plant in the region today.

The endlessly repeated arguments against nuclear power, namely the disposal of nuclear waste, leukemia clusters around nuclear power stations, the cost of decommissioning and the shortage of uranium have all been conclusively refuted or put into proper proportion [1].

In any case you might be better served by venturing out beyond you own resume and name calling («arrogant» and «ignorant») to state your actual case against nuclear power.

It's by far and away the main game and energy planners in the developing countries whose priorities are other than a political crusade against nuclear power are completely aware of the overriding importance of the grid.

For example, it is well known that nuclear radiations are dangerous in large doses and this was used as an argument against nuclear power.

«The nationalists are against nuclear power, so they're uncomfortable,» he says; the Conservatives only back nuclear energy as a «last resort».

The other side of the «green» argument against nuclear power is the fear by some climate scientists that carbon emissions in New York could increase by more than 31 million metric tons during the next two years, if a number of nuclear power plants close.

Regardless of whether the next president is for or against nuclear power, he or she must act decisively to avoid poisoning our shared future.

The case against nuclear power is overwhelming.

The phaseout plan is an about - face for Merkel's government, but it looks familiar to many Germans — a majority of whom say they are against nuclear power.

In 2008, Lynas claimed to have experienced a «Damascene conversion: the Green case against nuclear power is based largely on myth and dogma.»

Meanwhile, a recent study by the Union of Concerned Scientists could provide another valuable talking point in the argument against nuclear power.

Ironically, one of the Sierra Club's key arguments against nuclear power is that it's «propped up by government subsidies.»

The Green case against nuclear power is based largely on myth and dogma Noted UK environmental writer Mark Lynas did the same thing Brook did... objectively looked at the evidence.

I am also neither for nor against nuclear power.