Opinion:
¶ “Unreliable Sources 6: How the News Media Help the Kochs & ExxonMobil Spread Climate Disinformation” It’s Time for the Media to Stop Giving Climate Contrarians a Free Ride. [Huffington Post]
World:
¶ In Ontario, flat demand for power, coupled with new supplies of both nuclear and renewable power, will create surpluses more and more often, according to the 18-month outlook from the Independent Electricity System Operator. [Toronto Star]
¶ The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority found a fault exists beneath reactor 2 of the Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture is active, but it still needs to complete similar studies on at least five more facilities. [The Japan Times]
¶ A tornado caused a scare outside Moscow when it passed over the decommissioned site of the world’s first civilian nuclear power plant. Video footage shows the tornado over the Obninsk nuclear station. [The Moscow Times]
¶ The International Energy Agency warned Germany that rising power prices threaten to erode public support for green energy. Increased renewable power has helped reduce wholesale power prices, but the consumer surcharge for power has continued to rise. [Wall Street Journal]
¶ EDF Energy said on Friday it had halted both reactors at its 1,280 MW Torness nuclear plant near Edinburgh after a rising tide of seaweed threatened to clog its cooling system. [Reuters]
¶ The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced the completion of a childhood leukemia study, which concluded there is no evidence of “childhood leukemia clusters” in communities within 25 kilometres of the nuclear sites studied. [The Post – Ontario]
¶ A radioactive leak occurred in a Japanese laboratory, setting off an alarm. Four researchers continued their experiment for four hours as the alarm continued. It took another thirty hours before they told the government or the public. [Asahi Shimbun]
US:
¶ The chairman of the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee reintroduced a bill to boost development of variable renewable power sources, including solar and wind, through tax incentives for storage technologies. [Platts]
¶ The Southern Co., one of the largest utilities in the Southeast, is brainstorming ways it could more widely incorporate renewable energy, particularly solar power, into its traditional business model. [Hattiesburg American]
¶ Three organizations fighting for the closure of Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon are asking the Vermont Supreme Court to deny an appeal, filed by the plant’s owner, of a pair of decisions rendered by the state’s Public Service Board. [Brattleboro Reformer]
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