President Obama's deal with China to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions may go down as one of his lasting legacies once everything is said and done with his Administration. The deal, which was announced at a joint press conference, set far reaching goals of reducing carbon emissions that surprised most everyone over how much the two countries agreed to cut. For the 2014 midterm elections, the GOP has some truly scary candidates with extreme views on women's rights, the climate, and how our government should function. Some of them proudly tout their extreme beliefs while others hide behind them, but all of them would take us a step backward should they be elected. What is a university supposed to do when they decide to expand its business school and a 250 year old, forty-four foot in diameter oak tree is standing in the way? Should they knock it down? Choose another area to build the expansion? Or what about uprooting the massive tree and physically moving it 500 feet to another location? Perhaps to everyone's surprise, the University of Hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of New York City today to warn the world that humans are killing the planet and insist that something has to be done to fix it before it becomes too late. President Obama is set to announce far reaching regulations affecting the use of carbon dioxide at our nations existing coal fired power plants that have the potential to be a game changer regarding the way America produces and uses its energy.
Nuclear Energy News & Opinion Articles |  | Wed Oct 14, 2015 | bigstory.ap.org
A senior council of Iranian clerics and lawyers on Wednesday approved implementing the landmark nuclear deal with world powers, sealing the final required step in the... |
|  | Wed Aug 12, 2015 | talkingpointsmemo.com
I heard from a reader yesterday who said, in so many words: I support President Obama and I support the Iran deal. But what's with the 24-day notice to do inspections? That... |
|  | Thu Jul 16, 2015 | vox.com
The first person I called when negotiators in Vienna released the final text of the Iran nuclear deal was Aaron Stein, a nuclear nonproliferation expert at the Royal United... |
|  | Wed Jul 15, 2015 | bigstory.ap.org
President Barack Obama vigorously defended the nuclear deal with Iran on Wednesday, casting the historic accord as the only possibility to avert a nuclear arms race in the... |
|  | Tue Jul 14, 2015 | vox.com
The basic dispute is this: Iran wants to keep at least some of its nuclear program, which it's had for years and insists is just for peaceful purposes. The outside world... |
|  | Tue Jul 14, 2015 | cnn.com
After arduous talks that spanned 20 months, negotiators have reached a landmark deal aimed at reining in Iran's nuclear program.
The agreement, a focal point of U.S.... |
|  | Mon Apr 06, 2015 | politico.com
A group of 30 U.S. specialists on nuclear security endorsed President Barack Obama’s framework deal on Iran’s nuclear program, issuing a letter on Monday that urged policy... |
|  | Fri Apr 03, 2015 | motherjones.com
Shortly after the participants in the Iranian nuclear talks announced that a double-overtime framework had been crafted, I was on television with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, who... |
|  | Fri Apr 03, 2015 | reuters.com
Iranians celebrated in the streets after negotiators reached a framework for a nuclear accord and U.S. President Barack Obama hailed an "historic understanding", but senior... |
|  | Sun Mar 29, 2015 | thedailybeast.com
The White House seems to think a nuke deal with Iran will change everything. Let’s hope they’re trying to fool us, and not themselves.
It’s crunch time in Lausanne for the... |
Nuclear Energy Videos |  | Mon Jan 20, 2014
The U.N. nuclear agency is confirming that Iran has halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment work as part of a... |
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US sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program produced no positive outcomes, and if hardline lawmakers manage... |
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President Obama says that the United States -- together with close allies and partners -- has taken an important... |
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