US population grew by 8.6m, and increased its gross domestic product by the worth of the economy of China, Mr Connaughton said.For more from the CEQ, click here.

Apparently, it's only a matter of time before we get some significant news out of the U.K. on new nuclear build:Sizewell could be put at the heart of a revived British nuclear power industry as the Government moves to secure Britain's future energy needs and meet its obligations to cut carbon emissions.

An expectation that a fundamental energy review will start imminently, and that it will lead to the go-ahead for a new generation of nuclear power stations, hardened yesterday when the Prime Minister's official spokesman confirmed that a major announcement on the issue would be made "fairly shortly".Technorati tags: Nuclear Energy,be made in the next year or two.

Mr Blair should continue to encourage renewable sources. The potential of wave power and tidal waters should be explored…

Unfortunately, most of the anti-nukes don't do much more than obscure honest public debate with bad science and outlandish claims (many of which are easily debunked).

To get a better understanding of the sort of challenge we're taking on, read the following passage from Back of the Envelope -- a blog written by an ex-pat New Zealander now living in Scotland. New Zealand has been a "nuclear free zone," since late Prime Minister David Lange banned nuclear arms and nuclear powered ships from the country in 1985.

I’ve spent the past week at the American Nuclear Society's (ANS) 2005 Winter Meeting. The theme of the