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NIGER: Foreign Investments in Uranium Polluting Politics

Posted by editors on August 14, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

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Julio Godoy
PARIS, Aug 14   (IPS)  – The reform of Niger’s constitution to allow president Mamadou Tandja to remain in power beyond his original mandate and even become president for life, was motivated by the hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into the West African country [...]

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GERMANY: Nuclear Power Fails, And Nobody Notices

Posted by editors on July 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

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By Julio Godoy
BERLIN, Jul 31 (IPS) – Seven German nuclear plants have failed to generate any electricity this month due to technical breakdowns. They have about half the production capacity of Germany’s 17 nuclear reactors, but Germany did not suffer any power shortages.
The plants have between them [...]

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ENVIRONMENT: Lavish US Lobbying Pushes Nuclear Energy

Posted by editors on July 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

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By Stephen Leahy*
BERLIN, Jul 31 (IPS) – Climate change and the resulting need for low-carbon energy sources is driving the current interest in nuclear energy despite the industry’s near universal legacy of staggering cost-overruns, technical difficulties and dependence on enormous government subsidies.
Government interest in [...]

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