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“Give Us the Names”: Strange Days at the Department of Energy
The Trump team's request for climate scientists' names echoes some ominous chapters of history.
Nuclear Power Is as 21st Century as the Chevy Corvair
The renewable energy revolution is on a march toward rendering not only nuclear, but coal and natural gas, dinosaurs of a past age.
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On the Precipice: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Lead Fight for Energy Independence
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe members are counting on an experimental new technology to slow the advance of climate disruption.
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An American Fukushima May Be Closer Than You Think
A catastrophic nuclear incident has the potential to displace millions of people from an area nearly as large as New Jersey.
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Chernobyl, 30 Years On
Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe began, the public health crisis is still underway and still worsening.
Energy Department Seeks Public Process for Nuclear Waste Storage
Illinois has the most reactors and waste sites of any state, with the decommissioning Zion reactor and six operating plants.
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St. Louis’ West Lake Landfill: A Runaway, Ticking, Nuclear Time Bomb That Has Residents Terrified
The following news piece represents the third in a 15-part mini-series titled, “Nuclear Power in Our World Today.”
A Fukushima on the Hudson? The Growing Dangers of Indian Point
According to one nuclear engineer, the risk of a pipeline explosion in proximity to the Indian Point nuclear plant is one in 1,000 — odds he believes are too …
The Dirty, Deadly Front End of Nuclear Power — 15,000 Abandoned Uranium Mines
Arnie Gundersen's life, for a good amount of time, was ruined by the nuclear industry after he exposed radioactive safety violations.
On Forgetting Fukushima
There is good reason to fixate on the clusterf**k that is the remediation of the Fukushima site.