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German Atomic Energy Act Amendment Illegal - Case Comment BVerfG 1 BvR 1550/19

Energy and Climate Law

By that time the nuclear power plant in Krümmel had several safety issues and small-impact incidents were discovered. Having the developments in Fukushima fresh in mind the German legislator decided that Vattenfall, the owner of the Krümmel nuclear plant, had to close it immediately.

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Wednesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 8.16.23

PA Environment Daily

Of Health Distributes Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Around State’s 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants On Aug. Of Health Distributes Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Around State’s 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants On Aug. 17 -- Penn State Extension: Solar Law Symposium Aug. 17 -- Penn State Extension: Solar Law Symposium Aug.

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House Hearing Today: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells

PA Environment Daily

As a result, I was involved with the passage of every major piece of environmental legislation in Pennsylvania for 19 years (1983 through 2002). I helped respond to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant accident, to severe floods, the worst tornadoes Pennsylvania ever experienced and the million gallon Ashland Oil spill.

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Michael Shellenberger talks with Nick O’Malley, National Editor of Climate and the Environment, Sydney Morning Herald

Environmental Progress

So you say that the 2020 fires burned half as much as the 2002 fires. I checked those figures and the figures that I can see the public figures in Australia are that in 2020, 18 million hectares burned, and in 2002 21 million. Nick: I mean, it's something to think about when you're advocating an idea, like, lifespan for nuclear power.