Nuclear Power

The Nuclear Sponsorship That Keeps on Giving

by Bob Burton — October 12, 2009 - 8:01pm

Former Greenpeace activist turned industry PR consultant, Patrick Moore, regularly appears as an opinion columnist or interviewee in news outlets around the world.

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Statesman-Journal.com (Oregon), October 12, 2009

The French Disconnection

by Bob Burton — July 13, 2009 - 6:16am

Once again Patrick Moore, a former Greenpeace activist, has been promoting nuclear power as a solution to global warming without disclosing that he is a consultant to the Nuclear Energy Institute's

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TheStar.com (Toronto, Canada), July 9, 2009

IRENA Match Called for Nuclear

by Diane Farsetta — July 7, 2009 - 3:04pm

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) officially launched on July 1, with 108 member countries. IRENA is meant "to make renewable energy more accessible to every country in the world. ...

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Christian Science Monitor, June 29, 2009

Entergy's Indian Point PR Reaches Critical Mass

by Diane Farsetta — April 7, 2009 - 12:34pm

The energy company Entergy has hired yet another public relations firm to promote its Indian Point nuclear power plant in New York. Entergy's new firm is the Breaux Lott Leadership Group, which will "deal with nuclear issues as the license of its Indian Point facility ... is up for renewal." The firm's leadership, former U.S.

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O'Dwyer's PR Daily (sub req'd), April 7, 2009

EDF Goes Nuclear on Greenpeace

by Diane Farsetta — April 6, 2009 - 10:59am

An executive with the French government-owned energy company EDF "has been charged on suspicion of spying on the environmental group Greenpeace." The executive, "who previously worked as a police commander, is being investigated for conspiring to hack into Greenpeace France's computer system." Under investigation is whether EDF, "the world's biggest nuclear-reactor operator, hired a private detective agency run by a former member of the French sec

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The Guardian (UK), April 1, 2009

Lots of Opinion, Not Much Disclosure

by Bob Burton — March 31, 2009 - 11:34pm
  • Topics: Nuclear Power, Third Party Technique, Pharmaceuticals

    • The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) have more in common than being major industry lobby groups.

    Wisconsin's Balance of Power: The Campaign to Repeal the Nuclear Moratorium

    by Diane Farsetta — March 26, 2009 - 12:59pm
  • Topics: Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Lobbying, Public Relations

    • Wisconsin law sets two conditions that must be met before new nuclear power plants can be built in the state. One is that there must be "a federally licensed facility" for high-level nuclear waste. In addition, the proposed nuclear plant "must be economically advantageous to ratepayers."

    It's a law that the nuclear power industry doesn't like. Given the near-death of the planned waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain, and the estimated $6 to $12 billion cost (pdf) of building one nuclear reactor -- not to mention the lack of interest from private investors and the tanking economy -- Wisconsin's law effectively bans new nuclear plants in the state, for the foreseeable future.

    Earlier this year, the major U.S. industry group Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) registered four lobbyists in Wisconsin.

    Getting Consumers to Pay Now for Nukes Later

    by Bob Burton — February 25, 2009 - 2:40am

    Georgia Power, a subsidiary of the energy utility Southern Power, has mounted an intensive lobbying campaign for legislation that would allow it to bill customers now for as much as $2 billion of the $14 billion price tag of two new nuclear reactors proposed for the Vogtle power station.

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    Associated Press, February 23, 2009

    Not So Much Truth in Advertising

    by Diane Farsetta — February 5, 2009 - 2:21pm

    In 2007, Britain's Advertising Standards Authority censured Shell for misleading advertising -- once for ads calling tar sands development "sustainable," and once for ads showing carbon dioxide emissions stimulating flower growth. Shell's new ads, designed by JWT, are also controversial.

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    Wall Street Journal (sub req'd), February 4, 2009
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