Tell Facebook to Unfriend Coal Tell Facebook to Unfriend Coal
Facebook burns more fossil fuel each day than numerous nations.
Mar 29, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Unpacking for a Disaster Unpacking for a Disaster
The catastrophes in Japan remain that country’s tragedy, so we need to keep our own anxieties here in the US in check—or harness them to make constructive changes in ...
Mar 28, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit
Obama Loves Nukes Obama Loves Nukes
Even as Fukushima threatens to unleash the greatest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl, the president champions nuclear power in the United States.
Mar 24, 2011 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard
Nuclear Power Loses Its Alibi Nuclear Power Loses Its Alibi
When nuclear reactors blow, the first thing that melts down is the truth.
Mar 24, 2011 / Chip Ward
Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time
Already, eighteen countries are overpumping their aquifers, and few realize that in the event of a crisis, the US food supply would run out in three days.
Mar 22, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture After Three Mile Island: The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Safety Culture
The 1979 partial meltdown prompted more regulations and greater enforcement. Then in the 1990s, a Republican Congress took aim.
Mar 22, 2011 / Christian Parenti
Missing in the Japan Catastrophe: Thinking the Unthinkable Missing in the Japan Catastrophe: Thinking the Unthinkable
Why we can’t bring ourselves to discuss the worst that could happen at the Fukushima nuclear complex?
Mar 22, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
This Week at TheNation.com: Intervention in Libya? Plus: Rethinking Nuclear Power This Week at TheNation.com: Intervention in Libya? Plus: Rethinking Nuclear Power
This week, we bring you coverage of Libya and discuss the dilemma of intervention. Plus, Jonathan Schell and Christian Parenti on the nuclear crisis in Japan. Could Fukushima&rsquo...
Mar 18, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jonathan Schell: Using Nuclear Energy Is ‘Playing With Fire’ Jonathan Schell: Using Nuclear Energy Is ‘Playing With Fire’
Joining Charlie Rose, Schell explains that nuclear power has no place in a world so vulnerable to widespread disaster.
Mar 18, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket
According to Christian Parenti, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "culture" of bowing to industry demands prevents it from keeping plants truly safe.
Mar 17, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room