Nuclear Power

GE Plans European Greenwashing Blitz

by Bob Burton — March 2, 2008 - 11:06pm

General Electric's power industry division, GE Energy, is set to launch a greenwashing blitz in five European countries, including the United Kingdom.

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PR Week, February 28, 2008

Unspinning the U.S. Elections

by Diane Farsetta — February 13, 2008 - 12:10pm

The Center for Media and Democracy is contributing biweekly radio reports on politics and spin to "Election Unspun," a daily news show put together by Pacifica Radio and Free Speech Radio News.

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Election Unspun, February 13, 2008

Canada's Chalk River Nuclear Reactor Up and Running Again, but Safely?

by Judith Siers-Poisson — January 30, 2008 - 12:45pm

Linda KeenThe fifty-year old nuclear reactor at Chalk River in Ontario, Canada, is running again after the Canadian Parliament overruled the president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.

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Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada), January 29, 2008

Britain's Nuclear Option Draws Heat

by Diane Farsetta — January 16, 2008 - 2:56pm

The British government's recent decision to encourage new nuclear power plants has attracted much scrutiny.

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The Independent (UK), January 13, 2008

Second UK Energy Consultation Headed for Meltdown

by Diane Farsetta — January 9, 2008 - 5:06pm

"We are profoundly concerned that the government's approach was designed to provide particular and limiting answers," announced a spokesperson for the British nuclear consultation group. The independent group of energy economists and nuclear advisers condemned the British government's second attempt at developing a national energy policy, saying that "the government's plans to force through a new generation of nuclear power stations" is "undemocratic and possibly illegal," reported John Vidal.

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The Guardian (UK), January 4, 2008

Californians Not So Hot on Nuclear Power

by Diane Farsetta — November 28, 2007 - 5:16pm

"After public opinion polls found lukewarm support for new nuclear power plants in the state," California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVo

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The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, California), November 27, 2007

The U.S. Propaganda Blitz in Post-War Japan

by Bob Burton — November 25, 2007 - 6:37pm

A report written in 1959 by Mark May, a Yale University professor and expert on psychological warfare, detailed the extensive operations by the United States Information Service (USIS) in Japan after the end of World War II. The report was recently uncovered in the National Archives in Washington by Kenneth Osgood, an assistant professor of history at Florida Atlantic University. The report reveals that 23 of 50 USIS-sponsored programs were not publicly identified as U.S. funded projects.

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The Japan Times, November 21, 2007
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