15 November 2010
America's eggshell nukes
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Harvey Wasserman
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made it clear that America's 104 licensed atomic power reactors are not accidents waiting to happen.

They are accidents in progress.

And proposals to...
27 October 2010
An ocean full of oil
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David Swanson
Earlier this year, we put millions of barrels of oil, billions of cubic feet of gas, and 1.5 million gallons of chemical dispersants into the Gulf of Mexico. Of those dispersants, designed for use on the surface, 800,000 gallons were...
12 October 2010
Reactor "renaissance" flies off another cliff
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Harvey Wasserman
Maryland's Calvert Cliffs nuke project is on the brink of cancellation. It's potentially one of the most critical atomic failures in decades.

But financial markets love the nuke's demise. The stock of its American partner...
06 October 2010
A solar victory & military defeat at the White House
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Harvey Wasserman
Five things are certain about solar panels going back on the White House roof:
  • They won't generate nuclear waste;
  • They won't be targets for terrorists hoping cause an atomic holocaust;
  • They'll be working many...
24 September 2010
Another feeble-headed nuke drops dead
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Harvey Wasserman
As the "reactor renaissance" desperately demands new billions from a lame duck Congress, one of its shining stars has dropped dead. Other much-hyped "new generation" plans may soon die with it.

For years "expert" reactor...
17 September 2010
Not crying over spilt soymilk
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Mark Kastel
CORNUCOPIA, WI – It's not often that family-scale farmers can go toe-to-toe with a $12 billion agribusiness and come out victors. But organic soybean producers, and a modestly scaled but powerful ally, The Cornucopia Institute, are...

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