Nuclear power will set back race against global warming, new report shows 11/17/2009

Far from a solution to global warming, nuclear power will actually set America back in the race to reduce pollution, according to a new report by Environment Maryland. Leading environmental, business, and energy experts gathered today to release the report and call on states and Congress to focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy instead of nuclear power as the solution to global warming.

Generating Failure: How Building Nuclear Power Plants Would Set America Back in the Race Against Global Warming 11/17/2009

Far from being a solution to global warming, nuclear power will actually set America back in the race to reduce pollution. Nuclear power is too slow and too expensive to make enough of a difference in the next two decades. Moreover, nuclear power is not necessary to provide clean, carbon-free electricity for the long haul.

Too Much Pollution: State and National Trends in Global Warming Emissions from 1990 to 2007 11/12/2009

For decades, America’s use of fossil fuels—and the global warming pollution that results—has been on the rise nationally and in states across the country. But this trend is starting to change in some states—in part because of the move to clean energy. Following the lead of those states will start to put the United States on a path to lower global warming emissions and help drive the creation of a clean energy economy.