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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Weather Extremes Leave Parts of U.S. Grid Buckling

Weather Extremes Leave Parts of U.S. Grid Buckling 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/us/rise-in-weather-extremes-threatens-infrastructure.html?_r=1

Should the U.S. De-Alert Its Nuclear Missiles?



How Israel Destroyed Saddam's Nukes



Jun 7, 2012 ... The Jewish Press met recently with the former IAF pilot to get his thoughts on the Israeli bombing in September of an alleged nuclear facility in ...
www.realclearhistory.com/.../how_israel_destroyed_saddam039s_nukes_ 2547.html
 
 Osirak Revisited By: Avraham Shmuel Lewin The Jewish Press | Tuesday, December 18, 2007http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=29258

Why Nagasaki Was Picked for Annihilation

Why Nagasaki Was Picked for Annihilation
 http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/twocities/nagasaki/page1.shtml

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb - Documents from the Truman Library

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/bomb/large/index.php

US-Israel Nuclear Front’s Accountability Drives Fall Apart

US-Israel Nuclear Front’s Accountability Drives Fall Aparthttp://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2012/08/10/us-israel-nuclear-fronts-accountability-drives-fall-apart/

The Nun Who Broke into the Nuclear Sanctum

The Nun Who Broke into the Nuclear Sanctum

William Broad, NY Times
She has been arrested 40 or 50 times for acts of civil disobedience and once served six months in prison. In the Nevada desert, she and other peace activists knelt down to block a truck rumbling across the government’s nuclear test site, prompting the authorities to take her into custody.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/11/science/behind-nuclear-breach-a-nuns-bold-fervor.html?_r=2&ref=science
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James Hansen's Passionate New Climate Change Paper


James Hansen's Passionate New Climate Change Paper

The Economist, The Economist


ARE heatwaves more common than they used to be? That is the question addressed by James Hansen and his colleagues in a paper just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their conclusion is that they are—and the data they draw on do not even include the current scorcher that is drying up much of North America and threatening its harvest. The team’s method of presentation, however, has caused a stir among those who feel that scientific papers should be dispassionate in their delivery of the evidence.
Read Full Article ›› http://www.realclearscience.com/2012/08/11/james_hansen039s_passionate_new_climate_change_paper_248466.html?utm_medium=widget&utm_campaign=rss
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Ethanol vs. the World


Ethanol vs. the World

  1. Wall Street Journal‎ -
    The Wall Street Journal reports that everyone except the Environmental Protection Agency http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443404004577581140907497810.html
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ANS Update: 117th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

American Nuclear Society

117th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers

By dyurman on Aug 11, 2012 04:29 am

The 117th Carnival of Nuclear Energy Bloggers is up at Next Big Future The Carnival is the collective voice of blogs by legendary names that emerge each week to tell the story of nuclear energy. If you want to hear … Continue reading
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India to launch its first home-built nuclear submarine

India to launch its first home-built nuclear submarine

India will soon launch its first home-built nuclear submarine, capable of firing ballistic missiles, as the country escalates an arms race with China and Pakistan. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9464590/India-to-launch-its-first-home-built-nuclear-submarine.html

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What Role for China in the U.S. Battery Industry?

What Role for China in the U.S. Battery Industry?

Now that A123 Systems, one of the largest recipients of government-funded battery R&D largesse, may become Chinese-owned, the federal government will have to face the question of whether, and on what terms, Chinese-owned companies will be given access to U.S. battery and advanced materials technology. Despite the clear challenges that U.S. firms manufacturing have faced in these areas, U.S. battery and advanced materials technology continues to be the best in the world—and the Chinese know it.http://theenergycollective.com/jim-greenberger/102241/what-role-china-us-battery-industry?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+%28all+posts%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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