Monday, April 18, 2011

Climate change and energy update

The Truth, Still Inconvenient

Saudi net-exports of crude oil have entered terminal decline

A Record Number Of Land Oil Rigs Are Active In The U.S. Right Now

U.S. Nuclear Regulator Lets Industry Help With the Fine Print
In the fall of 2001, inspectors with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission were so concerned about possible corrosion at Ohio’s Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station that they prepared an emergency order to shut it down for inspection. But, according to a report from the NRC inspector general, senior officials at the agency held off – in part because they did not want to hurt the plant’s bottom line.
When workers finally checked the reactor in February of 2002, they made an astonishing finding: Corrosive fluid from overhead pipes had eaten a football-sized hole in the reactor vessel’s steel side. The only thing preventing a leak of radioactive coolant was a pencil-thin layer of stainless steel.
Grim Photos Show What A Level 7 Nuclear Disaster Did To Chernobyl

14 Nuclear Disaster Sites That Are Still Unsafe For Humans

How The Oil Is Shipped

On climate change, the GOP is lost in never-never land

Automakers promote hydrogen cars; Obama administration remains skeptical

Two New Reports: Natural Gas Not as Clean as We Thought

A Few Problems With The 'Game-Changing' Shale Gas Breakthrough

POTENTIAL BLACK SWAN: $10 OIL

Portland Is The Only City In America That Is Ready For The Energy Crisis

Chemicals Were Injected Into Wells, Report Says

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