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Harvey Wasserman : Let’s Join Japan in Junking New Nukes
Workers cycle past a nuclear power plant on a tricycle cart in Changchun, in northeast China’s Jilin province, Dec. 17, 2010. Japan and Germany are limiting or phasing out reliance on nuclear power after the Fukushima accident. Photo from AP.We’re … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Harvey Wasserman, Japan Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Nuclear Power
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Harvey Wasserman : After Fukushima: A Nuclear Industry Meltdown?
A home in Glen Rose, Texas, with the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant hovering behind. Photo from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.After the Fukushima nightmare:Will the nuclear power industry melt down? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 2, … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Environment, Fukushima, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Power
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Marc Estrin : Sweeping the Elephant Under the Rug
Sweeping it under the rug. Graffiti by Banksy.Sweeping the elephantunder the fiery rug The fact is, Mr. President and others, nuclear energy is not clean. It is filthy. And lethal. Even without an accident. By Marc Estrin / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Marc Estrin, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Contamination, Nuclear Power
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Harvey Wasserman : End Nuclear Power Before It Ends Us
Environmental activists, wearing ghost masks to symbolize victims of a nuclear meltdown, demonstrate near the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday March 15, 2011. Photo from AP.End nuclear power before it ends us For 25 years the nuclear industry has … Continue reading
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Tagged Chernobyl, Energy, Harvey Wasserman, Japan Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Power, World History
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Ted McLaughlin : The Japan Quake and Nuclear Power
Explosion at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi No 1 plant following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. Image from Reuters.After the Japan quake:We must rethink nuclear power By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / March 13, 2011 By now everyone knows about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Environment, Japan Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Nuclear Power, Peak Oil, Ted McLaughlin
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Harvey Wasserman : California Quake Hit Could Irradiate Entire Country
The Fukushima No. 1 power plant of Tokyo Electric Power at Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, shown in a photograph from October 2008. Japan has issued a state of emergency at the nuclear power plant after its cooling system failed. … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Harvey Wasserman, Japan Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Nuclear Contamination, Nuclear Power
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Harvey Wasserman : $7 Billion Nuke Attack
Graphic from Southern Energy NetworkRadioactive boondoggle:$7 billion new nuke attack By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / December 9, 2010 Journalist and environmental activist Harvey Wasserman will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, 2-3 … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Congress, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power
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Harvey Wasserman : ‘Pebble Bed’ Nuke Bites the Dust
The “Pebble Bed” design. Graphic from Anthonares.No go for ‘Pebble Bed’ nukes:South Africa ditches much-hyped technology By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / September 27, 2010 As the “reactor renaissance” desperately demands new billions from a lame duck Congress, … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power, South Africa, Technology
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Harvey Wasserman : Big Hurt Hits ‘Nuclear Renaissance’
Plant Vogle, nuclear power plant in Burke County, Georgia: $108 million in overcharges — and counting. Image from Georgia Country Blog.Lab report:Is the ‘nuclear renaissance’ dead yet? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / September 13, 2010 America’s much … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecology, Energy, Environment, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Contamination, Nuclear Power, Social Action
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Harvey Wasserman : Why Stewart Brand is Wrong on Nukes
Image from Greenopolis.Reinventing the Brand:Whole Earth icon isDead wrong on nukesBy Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / July 25, 2010 Stewart Brand has become a poster boy for a “nuclear renaissance” that has just suffered a quiet but stunning … Continue reading
Harvey Wasserman : Corporate Apocalypse Cometh
Coming your way soon: Horsemen of the corporate apocalypse. Image from TheDailyBite.Survival means change now:Stop the corporate apocalypse By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June 16, 2010 BP’s apocalyptic Gulf gusher has put our ability to survive in … Continue reading
Harvey Wasserman: Apocalypse Now : Nukes Next?
Steam plumes rise from cooling tower at Fermi2 Nuclear Power Plant on the shore Lake Erie. Photo by Alexander Cohn / Bay City Times.Will nukes be next?Apocalypse (in the Gulf) Now By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Energy Policy, Environment, Gulf Coast, Harvey Wasserman, Nuclear Power, Oil Spill
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