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Obama's decision wasn't surprising - in his State of the Union speech, he dedicated prime space to hyping nuclear power - and on Tuesday, Feb. 16, he reiterated the need for a "new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in America." His proposed budget, released at the start of the month, would triple existing loan guarantees for new nuclear plants. While Obama has still done more to promote renewable energy than did any President before him, environmentalists are increasingly worried that greener sources like solar and wind are being downplayed in favor of nuclear, clean coal and biofuels...
...Obama pointed out in his speech Tuesday, even with all its problems, "nuclear energy remains our largest source of fuel that provides no carbon emissions." If a price is put on carbon, nuclear energy might look like a better investment down the line. And even in the absence of congressional action, such loan guarantees allow Obama to implement his energy policy directly, without the dithering Senate. As long as the much better-funded nuclear industry doesn't eclipse nascent renewables - which lack the lobbying muscle of the atomics - there should be room for all. "The fact is, changing the ways...
After swallowing hard - "I never worked with royal mummies before," he says - Pusch agreed. Now, 2½ years later, the results of the inquiries are in, in the form of a paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association, published on Tuesday...
Police reinforcements scoured the area Tuesday for the assailants who fled after the assault, Nigam said...
...Never before the police here have suffered so many losses in one attack," Surajit Kar Purkayastha, a police inspector-general, told The Associated Press on Tuesday...