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" FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT WORSENS - CESIUM SPREADS THROUGHOUT JAPAN: Atomic Plant Cesium Spreads to 18 Japanese Prefectures" Global Security Newswire article (November 14, 2011)
" AS JAPANESE GOVERNMENT OFFERS $11.5 BILLION BAILOUT TO TOKYO ELECTRIC FOR FUKUSHIMA: Japan offers public bailout to help fix stricken nuclear reactor" Los Angeles Times article by John Glionna (November 14, 2011)
" UK FEED-IN TARIFF COLLAPSE: Thousands of solar projects axed as government cuts tariffs" Channel 4 News story (November 14, 2011)
" PG&E TERMINATES 'CLIMATESMART' PREMIUM PROGRAM: PG&E to end carbon offset plan after few sign on" San Francisco Chronicle article by David R. Baker (November 14, 2011)
" TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FRACKING GAS WELLS CHALLENGED: Fracking critics urge officials to block Delaware Basin gas development" Delaware First Media article by Jon Hurdle (November 14, 2011)
" OHIOANS OPPOSE AUCTIONING OF 3000 ACRES FOR FRACKING: Fracking opponents to petition Forest Service to cancel auction" The Athens News article (November 13, 2011)
" ILLINOIS CCA - PEORIA: Morton officials: Wait for power plan - Mayor Pro Tem says residents can save more money on electricity" Journal Star article by Steve Stein (November 13, 2011)
" OCCUPY WALL STREET TO CLOSE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE THURSDAY: Occupy Wall Street Aims to Shut Down NYSE" Complex article by Julian Kimble (November 13, 2011)
" OCCUPY OAKLAND DEFIES MAYOR POLICE THREAT: Occupy Oakland unmoved by new eviction order" San Francisco Chronicle article by Carolyn Jones, Rachel Gordon (November 13, 2011)
" OCCUPY WALL STREET: Officials crack down on Occupy Wall Street camps around the country" Christian Science Monitor article by Brad Knickerbocker (November 12, 2011)

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" JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT LEARNS FROM TOKYO ELECTRIC DISASTER: Nuclear Promotion Dropped in Japan Energy Policy After Fukushima" Bloomberg Businessweek article by Tsuyoshi Inajima and Yuji Okada (October 28, 2011)
" BUT NOT US: Nuclear Power Still Blocks Clean Energy Development" Treehugger article by Sarah Hodgdon (October 28, 2011)
" WE BELIEVE IN GOD, NOT SCIENCE: Romney Flips To Denial - ?We Don?t Know What?s Causing Climate Change?" Think Progress article by Brad Johnson (October 28, 2011)
" POLL - 43% AMERICANS SUPPORT OCCUPY WALL STREET: Poll - 43 percent agree with views of 'Occupy Wall Street'" CBS News story by Brian Montopoll (October 25, 2011)
"THINK FUKUSHIMA KILLED NUCLEAR POWER? 125 NEW NUKE PLANTS IN CHINA, INDIA, RUSSIA CAUSE URANIUM BOOM: Uranium Deals Prove Most Lucrative on Nuclear Demand: Real M&A" Bloomberg Businessweek article by Tara Lachapelle (October 25, 2011)
"HYPOCRI-LYPSE NOW: Shunning Nuclear Plants at Home, Japan Pursues Building Them Overseas" New York Times article by Hiroko Tabuchi (October 10, 2011)

"LEADING CLIMATE SKEPTIC ADMITS ERROR: Tell President Obama: Climate-change skeptic turns skeptical about the skeptics" Washington Post op ed by Eugene Robinson (October 25, 2011)
"READ DR. MULLER'S OWN ARTICLE: The Case Against Global-Warming Skepticism - There were good reasons for doubt, until now" Washington Post Opinion by Dr. Richard A. Muller (October 25, 2011)
"FRACKING AT OCCUPY WALL STREET: Mark Ruffalo Connects Keystone XL, Fracking & Occupy Wall Street" Care 2 article by Beth Buczynski (October 24, 2011)
"RIGHT-WING MEDIA BILLIONAIRES CALL OCCUPY WALL STREET 'ELITIST': Occupy Wall Street movement has a clear message" Penn Live op ed (October 24, 2011)
"NOW THERE'S A FUTURE FOR US: Niagara Falls envisions profit in 'fracking' waste" North County Times article by Associated Press (October 21, 2011)
"HOW CIA AND DISNEY BRAINWASHED POSTWAR JAPAN TO EMBRACE NUCLEAR: Tepco ?Deal With Devil? Signals End to Japan?s Postwar Era" Bloomberg article (October 21, 2011)
"GOT CREDIT?: Total U.S. Debt Is About to Surpass Total G.D.P. on Halloween" The Atlantic Wire article by Alexander Abad-Santos (October 20, 2011)
"NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION - EASTERN EUROPE: Czechs plan to heavily expand nuclear power, angering anti-nuke neighbors" Washington Post/Bloomberg article by Associated Press (October 8, 2011)

"JAPAN TO CLOSE NUKES?: Japan still considering total nuclear power pullout" Reuters article by Marie Maitre (October 18, 2011)
"HOW ABOUT CALIFORNIA?: Santa Barbara citizens raise concerns about PG&E's Diablo nuclear power plant at local Town Meeting"The Bottom Line article by Mya McCann (October 18, 2011)
"AND NEW YORK?: Studies Clash on the Impact of Closing Indian Point" New York Times article by Matthew L. Wald (October 18, 2011)
"AND NOW A SONOMA COUNTY CCA?: Study outlines costs, benefits of creating county-run power agency" Santa Rosa Press Democrat article by Brett Wilkison (October 17, 2011)
"NUCLEAR ROBOCORP: Japanese nuclear company twists public opinion" Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Lateline video segment by Mark Willacy (October 17, 2011)
"SHOCKING US ROLE REVERSAL WITH CHINA: ?US violates spirit of WTO?" Russia Times article by Antony Dickson (October 5, 2011)

" ANTI-CORPORATISM: Wall Street Protests Have ?Tea Party? Potential, Professor Says" Bloomberg News article by Esme E. Deprez (October 4, 2011)
" OCCUPY WALL STREET GROWS: Fresh recruits join Occupy Wall Street protesters as demonstrators gear up for biggest action yet" New York Daily News article by Pete Donohue, Jennifer H. Cunningham and Helen Kennedy (October 4, 2011)
" AS THE NORTH POLE MELT ACCELERATES: Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits Second-Lowest Level" Sacramento Bee article by NASA (October 4, 2011)
" CARBON FAILURE TRAINWRECK: Planet 'far away' on climate goals: study" AFP article (October 4, 2011)
" NOT SURE YOU ARE BEING MANIPULATED?: Who's Bankrolling the Climate-Change Deniers?" Time article by Bryan Walsh (October 4, 2011)

" OCCUPY DC: What Occupy DC wants: Less corporate money in politics" Washington Post blog by Suzy Khimm (October 3, 2011)
" OBAMA CONSIDERS FORCING TRANSMISSION ON STATES, CITIZENS: Fed Plan to Consolidate Power Over Nation's Power Highway Has States Nervous" Fox News article by Judson Berger (October 1, 2011)
" WALL STREET SPRING: Occupy Wall Street Protesters: We Are Americans" ABC World News article by T.J. Winick (October 1, 2011)
" FOREST DEATH A CLIMATE TRAINWRECK: With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors" New York Times article by Justin Gillis (October 1, 2011)
" WALL STREET 'SPRING': ?Occupy Wall Street? only growing stronger" Washington Post Opinion by James Downie (September 30, 2011)
" THE KIND OF PROBLEM WE NEED: German Utilities Giving Away Power as Wind, Sun Flood European Grid" Bloomberg Businessweek article (September 30, 2011)
" ENGLISH SAY FRACK OFF: Don't Frack with the UK" Frack Off web site (September 30, 2011)
" GOLDMAN SACHS RUNS THE WORLD?: Are you shocked by this stock market trader's comments? - Jaws dropped at BBC News 24 when Alessio Rastani told them he 'goes to bed every night dreaming of another recession'" The UK Guardian video of BBC News Segment (September 29, 2011)
" YES WE CAN: Sorry, but this trader's banking confession was no prank The Yes Men have been blamed for Alessio Rastani's comments on the financial crisis. But sometimes truth outdoes satire" The UK Guardian article by Yes Men (September 29, 2011)
" FRACK POLAND: ExxonMobil to Start Fracking at Second Shale Gas Well in Poland" Rigzone article by Marynia Kruk (September 28, 2011)
" CALIFORNIA ENERGY POLICY COLLAPSE: Public goods fee for state energy program to end" San Francisco Chronicle article by Wyatt Buchanan (September 23, 2011)
" FUKUSHIMA BLOWBACK: Markey Calls for Scrutiny of Nuclear-Power Loan Guarantees" Bloomberg article by Brian Wingfield (September 23, 2011)
" GLOBALIZATION BLUES: WTO Chief Warns Against Protectionism" Wall Street Journal article by Tom Barkley and Bob Davis (September 23, 2011)
" OBAMA & CLINTON AT UNITED NATIONS - NUKES ARE GOOD FOR US: Clinton - The Obama Administration is committed to nuclear power as a component of our secure energy future, and we recognize that nuclear power is a vital contributor to the world's growing energy needs" Global Security Newswire / National Journal Group article (September 22, 2011)
" BUT NOT FOR OUR ENEMIES - IRAN NUKE: EU Seeks Unconditional Atomic Talks With Iran" Global Security Newswire / National Journal Group article (September 22, 2011)
" JAPAN NUKES - WHAT ME, WORRY?: Fukushima to slow, not stop, nuclear growth" Reuters article (September 22, 2011)
" NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN AFRICA: Nigeria goes nuclear" VibeGhana.Com article (September 22, 2011)
" NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION & WAR - NORTH KOREA: North Korea Wants Another Meeting With U.S." Global Security Newswire / National Journal Group article (September 22, 2011)
" NUCLEAR SHUTOFF - GERMANY: German industrial and engineering conglomerate Siemens is to withdraw entirely from the nuclear industry" BBC News article (September 18, 2011)
" NUCLEAR SHUTOFF - ITALY: Italy dumps nuclear; renewable energy stocks rise" PV Magazine article by Becky Stuart (September 15, 2011)
" LA TIMES PLEADS AGAINST EDISON COUP: State should extend energy levy Editorial - The utility fee is a vital tool to help California achieve its ambitious goals to clean up its power supply and reduce its carbon emissions" Los Angeles Times editorial (September 7, 2011)

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