Environmental Issues

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

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

Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Rods Pose Grave Danger

Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Rods Pose Grave Danger Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Rods Pose Grave Danger

Even if reactor containment vessels hold, pools of spent fuel rods could combust and release clouds of radioactive cesium into the air—a calamity that could happen at US nucl...

Mar 15, 2011 / Christian Parenti

Naomi Klein: Environmental Destruction Thrives in a Free-Trade World Naomi Klein: Environmental Destruction Thrives in a Free-Trade World

To confront climate change we need to completely restructure our economic system.

Mar 9, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Naomi Klein: Environmental Destruction Thrives in a Free-Trade World Naomi Klein: Environmental Destruction Thrives in a Free-Trade World

To confront climate change we need to completely restructure our economic system.

Mar 9, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!

Jean Laherrère: Why Cheap Energy Is a Bad Thing Jean Laherrère: Why Cheap Energy Is a Bad Thing

Many European countries have responded to the impending fuel crisis with taxes on energy, driving down consumption with higher prices. But the US hasn't followed their lead,...

Mar 9, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Thom Hartmann: Corporations Are Fueling Our Peak Oil Crisis Thom Hartmann: Corporations Are Fueling Our Peak Oil Crisis

We have to to fight back against the corporate capture of government because the companies profiting off our addiction to oil are doing everything in their power to keep us on our...

Mar 2, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

Climate Change Deniers Aren’t ‘Skeptics,’ They’re Cranks Climate Change Deniers Aren’t ‘Skeptics,’ They’re Cranks

Climate change is happening and it's dangerous, so at this point, science deniers should have no say in the discussion.

Feb 28, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Climate Change Deniers Aren’t ‘Skeptics,’ They’re Cranks Climate Change Deniers Aren’t ‘Skeptics,’ They’re Cranks

Climate change is happening and it's dangerous, so at this point, science deniers should have no say in the discussion.

Feb 28, 2011 / Video / The Real News Network

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