Nuclear Power

Moore's Mission: Save Entergy's Nukes

by Bob Burton — January 13, 2007 - 1:58pm

One-time Greenpeace activist turned corporate PR consultant, Patrick Moore, has been hired by a Vermont group called Vermont Energy Partnership to help win a

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Reformer (Vermont), January 11, 2007

More Nukes? Moore Spin

by Bob Burton — January 2, 2007 - 8:41pm

Patrick Moore, a former environmental activist who left Greenpeace twenty years ago and is now a PR consultant, argues "it is now far more effective to work with governments and industries to encourage positive change." As a consultant, Moore has dismissed concerns about the impact of logging in the Amazon, supported Newmont Mining over controversies at its mines in the U.S., Ghana and Peru, defended the use of PVC in plastics and extoll

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Pallet Enterprise, January 1, 2007

Nuclear Industry Ads Challenged as Misleading

by Diane Farsetta — December 19, 2006 - 3:50pm

The Canadian Nuclear Association's $1.7 million ad campaign touting nuclear power as "clean, reliable and affordable" is the target of a false-advertising complaint filed by a coalition of environmental, health and church groups. "Our concern is that the nuclear industry's advertising budget and approach distorts objective decisions ...

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CNEWS (Canada), December 18, 2006

With Only 23 Months Left, Undeclared Candidates Are Positioning

by Diane Farsetta — December 15, 2006 - 5:16pm

The 2008 U.S. presidential race is already taking shape. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani "are lining up on opposite sides of their home state's debate over a controversial nuclear power plant," reports The Hill.

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The Hill, December 13, 2006

Uranium Miners Want PR Push

by Bob Burton — November 20, 2006 - 2:40am

With the Australian government supporting plans by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto for a major expansion of uranium mining, a recently released report proposes a major PR campaign to counter public concern. The Uranium Industry Framework report, written by a mining industry dominated group, notes that a majority of the Australian public oppose the establishment of additional uranium mines.

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Australian Department of Industry Tourism and Resources (Pdf), November 15, 2005

One "Bad Event" Could Ruin An Industry ... And A Whole Lot More

by Bob Burton — November 15, 2006 - 3:14am

Jim Rogers, the Chief Executive of Duke Energy, a power company that is keen to build nuclear power plants in North and South Carolina, told reporters at an energy conference that he was "cautiously optimistic on nuclear, but public opinion turns on a dime." The nuclear industry faces considerable hurdles.

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Reuters, November 15, 2006

Energy Economics 101 for Nuclear Industry's Patrick Moore

by Bob Burton — October 22, 2006 - 2:15pm

In an interview with the Toronto Star, veteran energy policy analyst Amory Lovins said that he had spoken with former Greenpeace co-founder turned nuclear power promoter Patrick Moore and concluded that "he's not well informed about energy alternatives." Earlier this year, the Nuclear Energy Institute established a front group, the

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Toronto Star (Canada), October 22, 2006

Spinning Bout the Nukes in the Bay

by Diane Farsetta — October 10, 2006 - 4:27pm

"Scotland's green watchdog played down the risks of radioactive contamination at a popular coastal resort in Fife following an 11th-hour intervention by government spin doctors," reports Rob Edwards.

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Sunday Herald (Scotland), October 8, 2006

Blowing in the Wind

by Bob Burton — October 9, 2006 - 4:34am

A five-year long study into the 1959 meltdown of a nuclear reactor near Simi Valley in California has concluded that it could have caused between 260 and 1,800 cases of cancer. The report could not be more specific because the U.S. Department of Energy and Boeing, the parent company of Rocketdyne, refused to provide the weather data crucial to modelling where the radioactive pollution went.

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Los Angeles Times, October 6, 2006

Nuclear Public Radio

by Diane Farsetta — October 2, 2006 - 10:15am

On its "Weekend Edition Saturday" show, NPR aired a segment titled, "Environmentalists Rethink Stance on Nuclear Power." Who was their one example of an environmentalist turned nuclear power proponent? None other than Greenpeace co-founder turned industry flack Patrick Moore.

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National Public Radio (U.S.), September 30, 2006
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