nuclear energy

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Biden Administration Approved $485 Million for Anti-Nuclear Nonprofits
During the last half of the Biden administration, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm began talking up the virtues of reliable, safe, and carbon-free nuclear energy. In August 2024, she called for…
by Ken Braun on April 10, 2025

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The Southern Environmental Law Center and Its Misanthropic Donor
One lesser-known environmentalist group bringing in nearly as much revenue as Greenpeace and the Sierra Club is the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), a left-of-center environmentalist 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in…
by Sebastian Tuininga on January 13, 2025

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by Jonathan Harsh on August 9, 2024

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Congress Approves of Nuclear Energy, but There’s Still a $2.3 Billion Annual Opposition
The traditional enemies of America’s largest source of carbon-free electricity show no signs of growing weaker. American nonprofits with a known opposition to nuclear power have a combined annual revenue…
by Ken Braun on July 9, 2024

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The Center for International Environmental Law Reaps Big Rewards for Radical Policies
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a little known lefty climate advocacy nonprofit that wants industrial society to run on weather-dependent wind and solar energy and . .
by Ken Braun on April 17, 2024

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General Electric’s Taxpayer-Powered Wind Machines
“Wind turbines are like strippers. They stop working when you stop throwing money at them.” —Author unknown The price of climate pork has shot up…
by Ken Braun on April 4, 2024

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Italian Energy Giant Invades America: Eating Up the Environment
Enel is an Italian firm that that has filled enough of America with wind turbines to cover two of the nation’s big national parks. But the intermittent, weather-dependent power Enel…
by Ken Braun on March 13, 2024

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Italian Energy Giant Invades America: Trespassing Against the Osage Nation
One of the most iconic victories over Enel was won by the Osage Nation, a Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. After receiving permission from the county government, but not…
by Ken Braun on March 13, 2024

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Italian Energy Giant Invades America: Virtue Signaling
Enel’s home page doesn’t show pictures or even references to natural gas wellheads, coal mines, hydro dams, or nuclear fuel rods that produce the overwhelming majority of its electricity. Yet…
by Ken Braun on March 13, 2024

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Italian Energy Giant Invades America: The Cheapest Way to Make Expensive Electricity
Coal, natural gas, and nuclear power plants remain necessary as backups for the frequent occasions when the wind and sun—like a flaky employee—won’t work. The more unreliability that is added…
by Ken Braun on March 13, 2024