Articles by Joseph Romm
Joseph Romm is the editor of Climate Progress and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
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Lamar Alexander (R-TN) calls nuclear “the cheap clean energy solution”
Lamar Alexander (R-TN) is somewhat bizarrely called a Senate “fence-sitter” by the E&E News analysis (which I’ll blog on shortly). If you’re watching the Senate climate hearing, then you just heard the most uninformed endorsement of nuclear power ever offered in the U.S. Senate. One can say many things about 100 new nuclear power plants […]
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France imports UK electricity as summer heatwave puts a third of its nukes out of action
To avoid maxxing out on my July quota of irony in the first week of the month, I will simply report this as a straight news story. The UK Times reports: With temperatures across much of France surging above 30C this week, EDF’s reactors are generating the lowest level of electricity in six years, forcing […]
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“Republicans can’t regain their souls for demagoguing the issue”
“There’s got to be something more important than getting reelected,” Perriello said in an interview with Politico. “If I lose my seat, and that’s the worst that happens, I could live with that.” But the 34-year-old believes Democrats will win this fight. “This is a gift,” Perriello said of the vote. “For the first time […]
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How I learned to stop worrying and love the blogosphere
The debate over Waxman-Markey reminds me of what I love most about blogging. No, it’s not what you think, it’s not the chance to be snarky. I don’t need the blogosphere for that. No, what I like about the blogosphere is that it ultimately drives a precision in language and a clarity of thought because […]
