Taking on Big Tech’s Data Center Building Spree
Originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2026 Columbia Riverkeeper · Currents 2026, Issue 1, Page 6-7, Big Tech Data center power demand in [Oregon and Washington]could reach 35 million megawatt hours by 2029—the equivalent energy demand of...Trump’s “nuclear socialism” or just more grift?
The libertarian non-profit Cato Institute just posted a stinging critique of the Trump’s White House latest scheme to jump start new exorbitantly expensive and unreliable “advanced” nuclear reactor construction describing it as “nuclear socialism.” Trump just offered...
Mid-Year Impact Report
Originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2026 Columbia Riverkeeper · Currents 2026, Issue 1, Page 4-5, Mid-Year Impact Report Columbia Riverkeeper is powered by more than 25,000 members and supporters who invest in clean water and a healthy...
For the River
Originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2026 Columbia Riverkeeper · Currents 2026, Issue 1, Page 2-3, Director’s Letter To the energy industry, the Columbia River is a convenient fossil-fuel highway, an electricity-generating workhorse,...Radiation Trainwreck: Is NRC deregulating radiation standards?
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission released to the public yesterday its draft proposed rule (PR), allowing more radiation exposure. The PR is not published in the Federal Register (FR) as of this writing (12:15 PM ET), meaning the public must prepare comments now...
The results are in. By: Simone Anter, Senior Attorney & Hanford Program Director In 2024, Columbia Riverkeeper requested documentation about proposals related to ...
Nuclear investors see “an industry bubble that is already deflating” Guess who’s making money from the alleged small modular reactor boom? Or rather, ...
At a book talk at Busboys and Poets in DC, Friends of the Congo’s Maurice Carney, and Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter, laid ...