Zombie Nuke Plants
Christian Parenti : Radioactive Waste/Contamination
Our crumbling atomic power stations and the government agency that loves them.
Energy
2009
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Green Jobs for Recovery
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins : U.S. Economy
Clean-energy sectors, which hold the promise of being major engines of job growth, are creating opportunities for those communities hit hardest by the recession: low-income communities and communities of color.
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Huge Hurdles to Nuclear and Energy Reform
Barbara Crossette : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
At the UN this week, Barack Obama told the world to stop complaining about US hegemony and start working with Washington on big global problems. He should take his own advice.
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The Bagua Movement
Kelly Hearn : Peru
Indigenous activists in Peru are challenging their government and its partners in the biofuels industry--and winning.
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It's Official--The Era of Cheap Oil Is Over
Michael T. Klare : Oil
For the first time, the US Energy Department has conceded that peak oil is the new norm.
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Can China's Wind Save the World?
Brett Story
The Nation's Christian Parenti explains how the growing industry of wind turbines can reduce harmful pollution and ultimately wean China off its coal addiction.
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The Upside of Piracy
Nicholas von Hoffman : Somalia
The rise of blue-water criminals may not be anything to cheer about, but it just might force us to consume less foreign oil.
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Three Mile Island, the NRC and Obama
Christian Parenti : Radioactive Waste/Contamination
Thirty years after the Three Mile Island partial meltdown, the real nuclear power threat is the relicensing of old plants.
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Say No to Nukes in the Stimulus Package
Harvey Wasserman : U.S. Economy
The nuclear power industry has dropped a $50 billion bomb into the Senate version of Obama's stimulus package for projects Wall Street wouldn't finance when it was flush.
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Think Solar, Think Small
Craig D. Rose : Environment
The greening of America's power grid is a challenge to reject mega-projects in favor of local ones that harness renewable resources.
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A Green Stimulus for the People
Lisa Margonelli : Environment
Obama's environmental agenda can empower working people to take control of their energy use.
2008
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Nation's Youth Go Green
Brett Story & VideoNation : Environment
Now that they've shown their power at the polls, young voters are channeling their energy into a green economy.
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Obama's Energy Challenge
Michael T. Klare : Barack Obama
Of all the challenges Barack Obama faces, none is more daunting, or more important to our collective future, as energy.
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Palin: Energy Expert or Billy Madison?
Air America : Presidential Election 2008
Palin makes a bizarre statement reminiscent of the Adam Sandler buffoon: 'They don't flag the molecules, where it's going and where it's not'
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Palin's Petropolitics
Palin's opposition to government-supported renewable energy makes her stupendously ill equipped for national office.
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Happy Oil Dependence Day
We're drowning in pretended patriotism used to cover the lies that got us into Iraq, the defense of torture and violation of our basic liberties.
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Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence
Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves--all we need to do is extract it and turn it into fuel.
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