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A bright idea takes one phone call

The wave of price caps on electric utility rates that swept seven distribution companies early this year is about to hit the remaining four. Citizens Electric, Duquesne Light, Pennsylvania Power Co.,...

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Nuclear Power is Still Pennsylvania’s Best Bet

(By John Costlow, Special Op-Ed for Rock The Capital) I write today to support nuclear power, not to weaken it. As a former reactor operator, I know firsthand the benefits and dangers of nuclear power....

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Colonial Shale Policy

As often as I can I take my family down to Colonial Williamsburg and the historic triangle. Being a colossal nerd, I am in my element talking to period re-enactors and discussing the life and times of...

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Japan’s Prime Minister tells Nuclear Operator to Stop Operating

Japan’s embattled Prime Minister Naoto Kan ordered the Hamaoka Nuclear Plant temporarily to cease operation. Kan has grown overly concerned that another powerful earthquake could set off yet a second...

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Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Will Pull the Plug

Owners of the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant have agreed temporarily to suspend operating three nuclear reactors. The announcement comes a few days after Prime Minister Naoto Kan suggested such a move...

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Protecting Workers at a Dangerous Nuclear Complex

Workers trying to restore cooling systems at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant are not making too much progress, not when working conditions mean literally taking their life into their hands every day....

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Rock The Capital Minute

In this edition of Rock The Capital Minute; Osama Bin Laden used computer disks to avoid being detected. In Japan, a plan is almost in place to start compensating thousands of people forced to evacuate...

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