From his California beach house at San Clemente, Richard Nixon once watched three reactors rise at nearby San Onofre. As of June 7, 2013, all three are permanently shut. Continue reading
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Think fracking is bad? Wait Until You hear about the gas industry’s ‘acid jobs’
It is a scandal how little the public knows about the 'rock melting' extraction process
Think fracking is bad? You should know about ‘acid jobs,’ environmental groups are warning. Continue reading
San Onofre at the no nukes brink: It’s time to take action & WIN!!!
In January, it seemed the restart of San Onofre Unit 2 would be a corporate cakewalk. Continue reading
The rust-bucket reactors start to fall
The US fleet of 104 deteriorating atomic reactors is starting to fall. The much-hyped “nuclear renaissance” is now definitively headed in reverse. Continue reading
The electronic couple—you and your cell phone
Recently there was a fire on the train tracks of Chicago’s metro that demonstrated how useful cell phones are in an emergency. Continue reading
The tragedy of Fukushima may be mankind’s greatest hope
The Tragedy of Fukushima is not yet fully known, at least not in terms of the long-term effects of the radiation released today and tomorrow, perhaps for mankind’s entire “half-lifetime.” Continue reading
Japan’s quake could have irradiated the entire US
Had the massive 8.9 Richter-scale earthquake that has just savaged Japan hit off the California coast, it could have ripped apart at least four coastal reactors and sent a lethal cloud of radiation across the entire United States. Continue reading
