Going Nuclear!

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Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol tells us what it’s like inside a nuclear power plant with her documentary “Indian Point.”  And S. David Freeman tells us about how activists convinced the power company PG&E to shut down the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in central California.
Listen to David’s interview at Ralph Nader Hour

Leah Parks’s interview on KDHX’s Earthworms show

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“Given the persistence of fossil fuels, it’s tough to imagine how Ready KiloWatt and his gang can power an optimistic, realistic new era. And with ever-more gizmos guzzling juice, does energy efficiency have a prayer?

YES! say former utility CEO and energy policy authority S. David Freeman and today’s Earthworms guest, energy journalist Leah Y. Parks. They are co-authors of a great new book, All-Electric America – A Climate Solution and the Hopeful Future (2016, Solar Flare Press). This book is a terrific summary of clean energy options, clearly explaining solar to storage, economics to electric cars – backed by current examples from U.S. cities, businesses, utilities and points of techno-evolution.

Dave Freeman remains optimistic after 7+ decades of energy work, as an architect of the US EPA during the Nixon era, as L.A.’s Deputy Mayor for Energy and Environment, and as CEO of utilities in Texas, California and New York. Leah Parks represents their research and writing partnership with clear enthusiasm for the many ways clean electrical technology is HERE, and how even utility evolution inertia is being overcome, in examples like Vermont’s Green Mountain Power and Oregon’s Pacific Power.

Could America’s clean energy future be plugged in and powering up right now? This Earthworms conversation says, energetically, YES!”

Interview by Jean Ponzi.

Listen to the full interview in the KHDX website.

 

Leah Parks on Jill Buck’s “Go Green Radio”

“The modern day Edisons have done their job. We need not wait any longer. We are poised to wake up to a world running completely on renewable energy. Waiting any longer is like saying we shouldn’t have used the personal computer in 1985 until the smartphone was invented. In their new book, “All-Electric America,” authors S. DAVID FREEMAN, former utility CEO, and LEAH Y PARKS, a journalist in the electricity industry, explain how making the transition to an all-electric, all renewable society by the year 2050 is necessary, practical, and achievable. An energy infrastructure powered by the sun and wind and running on electricity, for all our energy needs, will be reliable, cleaner, safer, and CHEAPER. It will be superior to the system we have today and will lead to a better future.”

Interview by Jill Buck.

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Listen to the full interview at the Go Green Radio website.

Leah Parks on KMA’s Dean & Don Show

Dean and Don on KMA 960 and KMA FM 99.1

 

Don Hansen is a native of Shenandoah and some would say he’s a native of May Broadcasting! Originally joining the staff while still in high school in 1971 as an evening announcer, Don has spent most of his adult life at May Broadcasting….Dean Adkins was born and raised on a farm in Council Bluffs, IA. Of seven children, Dean graduated from Lewis Central High School where he enjoyed participating in music and sports… For more information, check out http://www.kmaland.com/site/staff_info.html.

Listen to the full interview in the KMA website.

AMNW’s Helen Raptis interviews Leah

 

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“Leah Y Parks, co-author of All-Electric America , explained how making the transition to an all-electric, all renewable society by the year 2050 is necessary, practical, and achievable. An energy infrastructure powered by the sun and wind & running on electricity, for all our energy needs, will be reliable, cleaner, safer, and CHEAPER. It will be superior to the system we have today and will lead to a better future.”

Interview by Helen Raptis

See the full interview in the KATU AMNW website

Author Leah Y. Parks says America can be completely fueled by renewable energy by 2050

“On Radioactivity Wednesday we were joined by Leah Y. Parks, who along with  S. David Freeman authored the new book All Electric America: A Climate Solution and the Hopeful Future, which posits that cheaper and better technology will allow the United States to be completely run on renewable energy by 2050. She discussed how improvements in technology and storage capabilities, falling prices, and progress made by some US cities and other countries could make a completely clean energy infrastructure possible in the near future. “

Interview by Rob Lorei.

Listen to the full interview at WMNF’s website.

 

KFZR’s Ecotopia interviews Leah Parks

“Our guest was Leah Parks, who is co-author, with S. David Freeman, of All-Electric America: A Climate Solution and the Hopeful Future,  recently published by Solar Flare Press.  …  She and David state, “We can now power all of our energy needs with electricity generated completely by renewable energy.” In the interview, she explained how this can happen with existing and developing technology and outlined the steps that are required by the government, utilities, and above all, individuals, to make this happen. We found this to be an especially upbeat interview and were persuaded by the arguments.”

Interview by Susan and Stephen Tchudi.

More details on Ecotopia’s website (June 28th, 2016 show) or click to listen or download the full interview.