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Germany's Experience With Solar Power

by Tom Blees, 7 November, 2009

Following up on Barry’s article the other day about Spain’s drastic turnabout in solar subsidization and the ripple effects it’s having on the solar industry worldwide, I thought I’d mention some similar news from Germany. I ran across an article from Die Zeit, a prominent German publication. I asked a German friend of mine to translate a couple of the pertinent paragraphs:

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British Nuclear Approval

11/11/09

The British have approved the accelerated construction of ten new nuclear power plants. In order to minimize the construction time, "local authorities have been stripped of the right of veto over new nuclear plants and other key energy projects" as reported by TimesOnLine. This puts England in command with dealing with climate change and the expected dwindling of the world's oil resources in coming decades.

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Why South Korea needs pyroprocessing

By Seong Won Park | 26 October 2009

Article Highlights

To continue its economic expansion without increasing its already high carbon emissions, South Korea needs more nuclear power.
But as a small country, long-term disposal of its spent fuel has always been a major stumbling block.
Thus pyroprocessing along with fast reactors offers a good solution that can reduce spent fuel volume and radioactivity.

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Apple Quits U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Apple joined Nike, PG&E, EXELON and PNM Resources in resigning from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, citing lack of urgency of action on climate change.

Catherine A. Novelli, Vice President of Apple's worldwide government affairs, in a letter to the President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Thomas J. Donahue wrote, "We would prefer that the Chamber take a more progressive stance on this critical issue and play a constructive role in addressing the climate crisis... because the Chamber's position differs so sharply with Apple's, we have decided to resign our membership effective immediately." Apple is the latest in a series of high-profile companies to resign from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce due to disagreements on climate policy.

Other companies to quit the Chamber for similar reasons include Exelon, PNM Resources and PG&E. Nike has also recently resigned from the chamber's board of directors.

Text of Apple's letter

“Can We Lead Without Nuclear Power?”

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, chaired a hearing of the conference recently to receive testimony on the importance of building 100 new nuclear plants in the United States over the next 20 years. Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) co-chaired the hearing. “Today, there is a huge energy gap between the renewable electricity we would like to have and the reliable, low-cost electricity we must have,” Alexander said. “Conservation and nuclear power are the only real alternatives we have today to produce enough low-cost, reliable, clean electricity to clean the air, deal with climate the challenge and keep good jobs from going overseas.

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