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
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?
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?
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
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
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