Kennedy Maize

Knoxville

Covering energy and environment from Washington for over 50 years. Editor and publisher of The Quad Report. [email protected]

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Guest Commentary: Nuclear Power Reactors and the Next War

4 days ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Henry SokolskiWith President Trump’s latest announcement that Iran’s centrifuges either will “blow up nicely in a deal” or “viciously without one,” the odds of a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program just shot up. This raises the question: if negotiations in Oman this fail, what might Israel or the United States target? Would they just hit the centrifuges? What of Iran’s large power reactor at Bushehr?
Guest Commentary: Nuclear Power Reactors and the Next War

4 days ago | medium.com | Kennedy Maize

By Henry SokolskiWith President Trump’s latest announcement that Iran’s centrifuges either will “blow up nicely in a deal” or “viciously without one,” the odds of a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program just shot up. This raises the question: if negotiations in Oman this fail, what might Israel or the United States target? Would they just hit the centrifuges? What of Iran’s large power reactor at Bushehr?
Coal pile: Wyo. coal exports? Miners push back on safety. Open or shut?

6 days ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeWyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon wants to ship the Cowboy State’s plentiful coal to Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, according to a recent account in Cowboy State Daily.
Coal pile: Wyo. coal exports? Miners push back on safety. Open or shut?

6 days ago | medium.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeWyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon wants to ship the Cowboy State’s plentiful coal to Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, according to a recent account in Cowboy State Daily.
Are melting glaciers and rising sea levels turning around?

1 week ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeOne of the most enduring themes of the popular discussion of a man-made warming globe has been sea level rise as a result of the melting of ice from the planet’s two frigid poles. Former Vice President Al Gore’s 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth” featured images of icebergs calving off the Antarctic continent. He proclaimed that if the world proceeded to warm at its current rate, worldwide sea levels would rise “20 feet.”On Oct. 16, 2009, then Sen.
Are melting glaciers and rising sea levels turning around?

1 week ago | medium.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeOne of the most enduring themes of the popular discussion of a man-made warming globe has been sea level rise as a result of the melting of ice from the planet’s two frigid poles. Former Vice President Al Gore’s 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth” featured images of icebergs calving off the Antarctic continent. He proclaimed that if the world proceeded to warm at its current rate, worldwide sea levels would rise “20 feet.”On Oct. 16, 2009, then Sen.
Anti-Trump bump hits Australian, Canadian elections

1 week ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeThe anti-Trump bump played a key role last week in federal elections of two of America’s closest English speaking allies, Australia and Canada. Both elections — just five days apart — held energy implications. In both cases, the most conservative, Trumpish, party held huge polling leads when Trump won the U.S. elections last November. Both lost big as Trump reached his second first 100 days in office, with their own party leader losing his long-held seat in Parliament.
Anti-Trump bump hits Australian, Canadian elections

1 week ago | medium.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeThe anti-Trump bump played a key role last week in federal elections of two of America’s closest English speaking allies, Australia and Canada. Both elections — just five days apart — held energy implications. In both cases, the most conservative, Trumpish, party held huge polling leads when Trump won the U.S. elections last November. Both lost big as Trump reached his second first 100 days in office, with their own party leader losing his long-held seat in Parliament.
D.C. tidbits: DOE follies, Palisades hearing, planet Trump

1 week ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeA DOGE desperado has dug in at DOE. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has replaced his original chief of staff, Alex Fitzsimmons, with a veteran of Elon Musk’s extra-legal Department of Energy Efficiency and former software entrepreneur Carl Coe. According to a DOE news release, Fitzsimmons will take over as head of the agency’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response.
D.C. tidbits: DOE follies, Palisades hearing, planet Trump

1 week ago | medium.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeA DOGE desperado has dug in at DOE. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has replaced his original chief of staff, Alex Fitzsimmons, with a veteran of Elon Musk’s extra-legal Department of Energy Efficiency and former software entrepreneur Carl Coe. According to a DOE news release, Fitzsimmons will take over as head of the agency’s Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response.