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Why Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer to Global Warming

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Christian Parenti - Apr. 05 (Opinion) - back in the real world, nukes face nearly insurmountable economichurdles. Never mind the issue of safety, economic factors—capital costs, construction cost, availability and prices of special metals and engineering expertise, and profitability—are the real issue. Economics will determine the future of atomic power—or rather, already have. And here is the takeaway: there will be no nuclear future.

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Green Politics

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Green Party Newsletter - Mar. 09 (Opinion) - The article on the Riverview Gardens School District in St. Louis, along with the discussion of recent events in Wisconsin, form a pattern on how public employees are scapegoats for the ills of the present economic system. Unions are notably pressured to give up more of workers' benefits and rights. This is discussed in the interview with Paul Pechter, where he feared that the attacks on unions would be successful, and lamented the failed strategy and tactics of the unions in the past.

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The Earthquake and North Anna

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Writing Corner - By Beth Wellington - Aug. 24 (Opinion) - I already knew that nuclear power presented problems with waste disposal and potential terrorism. Now I know about earthquakes.

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Confronting the Nuclear Industry

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

resistinc.org - By Janet Greenwald - Jul. 01 (Opinion) - As we receive dire reports from our friends in Japan and watch the levels of radiation in our rain and drinking water creep up, many progressive-thinking people feel frustrated that the Obama administration still considers nuclear power a necessary part of the “mix” of energy sources for our future—and the nuclear bomb a necessary part of our weapons reparatory. Neither should be part of our future.

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Three energy developments that are changing your life—and not in a good way

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Grist - By Michael T. Klare - Jun. 08 (Opinion) - Here’s the good news about energy: Thanks to rising oil prices and deteriorating economic conditions worldwide, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reports that global oil demand will not grow this year as much as once assumed, which may provide some temporary price relief at the gas pump .... Keep in mind that this is the good news. As for the bad news: The world faces an array of intractable energy problems.

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America's Nuclear Spent-Fuel Time Bombs

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Robert Alvarez - Jun. 07 (Opinion) - 'The Fukushima accident should be a wakeup call for the United States to address the hazards posed by our own dangerous spent fuel pools at nuclear reactors. They are a time bomb. America's reactors have generated about 65,000 metric tons of spent fuel, of which 75 percent is stored in pools, according to Nuclear Energy Institute data. No other nation has generated this much radioactivity from either nuclear power or nuclear weapons production.' Robert Alvarez, Other Words

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Fukushima's Apocalyptic Threat

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Harvey Wasserman - May. 20 (Opinion) - 'Fukushima may be in an apocalyptic downward spiral. Forget the corporate-induced media coma that says otherwise…or nothing at all. Lethal radiation is spewing unabated. Emission levels could seriously escalate. There is no end in sight. The potential is many times worse than Chernobyl. Containing this disaster may be beyond the abilities of Tokyo Electric or the Japanese government.' Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News

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America's New Nuke Showdown Starts Now!

Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

readersupportednews.org - By Harvey Wasserman - May. 17 (Opinion) - So now we are engaged in what may be the final, definitive battle over the future of atomic power in the United States. Over the next few months, millions of dollars will pour from the industry's lobby into the coffers of Congresspeople willing to vote them billions. The White House shows no signs of turning away from that particular tsunami. But against all odds, a grassroots green-powered citizens movement has been holding its own. If it does so again this year, a sustainable future may finally be within reach.' Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News

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Japanese government announces cancellation of all new nuclear reactor builds

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

greenpeace.org - By Michelle Frey - May. 10 (Comment) - “Instead of waiting for disaster to strike, governments around the world should now follow Japan’s lead, and adopt energy policies based on clean and renewable energy sources.”

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Are Most Nuclear Power Plants Vulnerable?

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

washingtonsblog.com - Apr. 09 (Editorial) - Whenever there is a disaster, those responsible claim it was "unforeseeable" so as to escape blame...The big boys gamble with our lives and our livelihoods, because they make a killing by taking huge risks and cutting costs. And when things inevitably go South, they aren't held responsible (other than a slap on the wrist), and may even be bailed out by the government.

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“Prescription for Survival”: A Debate on the Future of Nuclear Energy Between Anti-Coal Advocate George Monbiot and Anti-Nuclear Activist Dr. Helen Caldicott

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman - Mar. 30 (Interview) - The crisis in Japan has refueled the rigorous global debate about the viability of nuclear power. Japan remains in a "state of maximum alert" as the experts scramble to contain radiation that is leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. Nuclear energy remains a controversial topic in climate change discourse, as environmental activists argue how to best reduce the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere—often the debate pits one non-renewable energy against another as renewable energy technology and research remains underfunded. Democracy Now! hosts a debate today about the future of nuclear energy between British journalist George Monbiot and Dr. Helen Caldicott.

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Interview - Dr. Alexey Yablokov - Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Talking Stick TV - Mar. 30 (Interview) - Dr. Alexey Yablokov is a prominent Russian scientist, environmentalist, former member of the USSR parliament, and environmental advisor to former Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the Gorbachev administration. Dr. Yablokov has been a leader in efforts to reveal conservation and pollution challenges in Russia such as illegal whaling and radiation

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'Theater of the Absurd' Comes to Life

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Danny Schechter - Mar. 26 (Opinion) - It's one thing to oppose a policy that seems to have a rational logic behind it, however disguised, deceptive, and misguided. It’s another to find policies built around a politician’s desire to deflect criticism, look good or act for the sake of acting. That’s the essence of absurd. We would like to think that our “leaders” know what they are doing and behave within some calculus of civilized norms. More often they act in a rushed manner on bad intelligence, or no intelligence at all, “defending” what they do with folksy aphorisms and unverified or unverifiable claims.

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Preventing the Next Nuclear Meltdown

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

foreignaffairs.com - By Victor Gilinsky - Mar. 21 (Comment) - A state government cannot reject a nuclear facility within its borders on grounds of safety; only the NRC can do so. In the wake of the Japanese nuclear crisis, it is time for Washington to reconsider this arrangement and allow states to decide for themselves.

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Ann Coulter: 'Radiation is Actually Good For You' (Video)

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Talking Points Memo - By Meena Rupani - Mar. 18 (Opinion) - According to conservative columnist Ann Coulter, this whole Japanese nuclear crisis is overblown and "radiation is actually good for you" and the media isn't reporting its benefits enough. On The O'Reilly Factor last night, Coulter spoke about her recent column...

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Nuclear Planning for the Worst Not Enough

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

aolnews.com - By Andrew Schneider - Mar. 16 (Opinion) - As hopes dim for controlling the explosive self-destruction of six decomposing nuclear plants on Japan's northeast coast, safety experts around the world want to know what was missing in the tens of thousands of pages of repeatedly tested emergency drills crafted to cover every eventuality.

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Tokyo Electric to Build US Nuclear Plants: The No BS Info on Japan's Disastrous Nuclear Operators

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

TruthOut - By Greg Palast - Mar. 15 (Opinion) - The failure of emergency systems at Japan's nuclear plants comes as no surprise to those of us who have worked in the field.

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Nuclear Power Madness

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Common Dreams - By Norman Solomon - Mar. 14 (Opinion) - Like every other president since the 1940s, Barack Obama has promoted nuclear power. Now, with reactors melting down in Japan, the official stance is more disconnected from reality than ever. Political elites are still clinging to the oxymoron of “safe nuclear power.” It’s up to us -- people around the world -- to peacefully and insistently shut those plants down.

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Some Perspective On The Japan Earthquake

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

kalzumeus.com - By Patrick McKenzie - Mar. 14 (Opinion) - I run a small software business in central Japan. Over the years, I’ve worked both in the local Japanese government (as a translator) and in Japanese industry (as a systems engineer), and have some minor knowledge of how things are done here. English-language reporting on the matter has been so bad that my mother is worried for my safety, so in the interests of clearing the air I thought I would write up a bit of what I know.

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Nuclear expert: “50-50 chance of a catastrophic radiation” from Japan

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

GlobalPost - By David Case - Mar. 14 (Interview) - To get independent answers about the risks faced by people, GlobalPost turned to Arnold Gundersen, a 39-year veteran of the nuclear industry. Now chief engineer at Fairwinds Associates, he has worked as a nuclear plant operator and he served as an expert witness in the investigation into the Three Mile Island accident.

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Washington State Utility Contemplating Use of Same Dangerous Plutonium Fuel that Threatens Japan

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

foe.org - Mar. 14 (Press Release) - Fukushima Daiichi reactor number 3 – one of the reactors in Japan that has suffered a partial meltdown and that remains endangered – is using an unusual, highly volatile form of reactor fuel that is not yet used in the U.S. but that has been proposed for use at the Columbia Generating Station near Richland, Washington.

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Henry Red Cloud of Oglala Lakota Tribe on Native American Anti-Nuclear Activism, Uranium Mining, and the Recession's Toll on Reservations

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Henry Red Cloud - Sep. 30 (Interview) - The Nuclear-Free Future Awards are being awarded tonight at New York's historic Cooper Union. The prize has been described as the most important anti-nuclear award in the world. We speak to one of this year's winners, Henry Red Cloud, the great-great grandson of Chief Red Cloud. Henry Red Cloud is a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe and founder of Lakota Solar Enterprises, one of the nation's first Native American-owned and -operated renewable energy companies.

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Elementary Particles, Complex Challenges

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

breakthroughgen.org - By Mark Caine - Jul. 01 (Opinion) - Environmentalists have long couched their opposition to nuclear power in the argument that tinkering with elementary particles to produce energy is inherently unsafe. But advances in climate and nuclear sciences suggest that the dangers posed by today's nuclear technology are far less serious than the risks of tinkering with global climate systems.

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Experts Consider Radioactive Contamination At Vt. Yankee

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

wptz.com - By Stewart Ledbetter - Jun. 08 () - It is unclear how all of that contamination got there, whether from the failure in an underground pipe discovered last winter, or from an unrelated incident back in the 70s. Irwin said new groundwater testing suggests the most recent leak of radioactive tritium had gone undetected for the last two years.

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Think nuclear is clean energy? Ask the Nigerians

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Ecologist - By Carolyn Lebel - Jun. 01 (Opinion) - As the new nuclear renaissance grows, so too does uranium extraction. In Niger, which boasts some of the world's richest deposits, NGOs say that the poor are being exploited for the West's 'clean energy'

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