Environment

Hiroshima to Fukushima Hiroshima to Fukushima

The problem with mankind wielding nuclear power isn’t about backup generators or safety rules—it’s our essential human fallibility.

Mar 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell

A Warning From Japan

A Warning From Japan A Warning From Japan

The message out of Fukushima is clear: our own fleet of leaky old nuclear plants should be decommissioned now.

Mar 17, 2011 / Editorial / Christian Parenti

From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take? From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take?

There are no effective “safeguards” against nuclear disasters, and Japan’s crisis is only the latest display of the overwhelming risks involved in splitting atoms for energy.

Mar 17, 2011 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America?

Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America? Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America?

America's nuclear power plants are poorly managed and regulated, and it's time they were taken out of commission.

Mar 17, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Rockefeller Bill Would Gut the EPA Rockefeller Bill Would Gut the EPA

Implore your Senators to vote against any legislation that would block the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide.

Mar 16, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America?

Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America? Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America?

America's nuclear power plants are poorly managed and regulated, and it's time they were taken out of commission.

Mar 16, 2011 / Video / The Ed Show

No Nukes Is Good Nukes

No Nukes Is Good Nukes No Nukes Is Good Nukes

Sorry, President Obama, but there is a dimension of fear properly associated with the word nuclear that is not matched by any oil spill.

Mar 16, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Burying Our Heads in Radioactive Sand Burying Our Heads in Radioactive Sand

Is Earth becoming Easter Island?

Mar 15, 2011 / The Notion / Leslie Savan

After Disaster in Japan, GOP Pushes For Emergency Services Cuts After Disaster in Japan, GOP Pushes For Emergency Services Cuts

If the GOP succeeds in cutting back funding for agencies that regulate building standards and facilitate emergency evacuation, how will the US fare in the next unanticipated disa...

Mar 15, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

From Hiroshima to Fukushima

From Hiroshima to Fukushima From Hiroshima to Fukushima

The problem with mankind wielding nuclear power isn’t about backup generators or safety rules—it’s our essential human fallibility.

Mar 15, 2011 / Jonathan Schell

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