Harvey Wasserman
Harvey Wasserman's latest book, America at the Brink of Rebirth: The Organic Spiral of US History, will be published in 2016. His Solartopia Green Power & Wellness Show is at www.progressiveradionetwork.com, and he edits www.nukefree.org.
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Views Friday, September 22, 2017 Nuclear Plants Plus Hurricanes: Disasters Waiting to Happen Although the mainstream media said next to nothing about it, independent experts have made it clear that Hurricanes Harvey and Irma threatened six U.S. nuclear plants with major destruction, and therefore all of us with apocalyptic disaster. It is a danger that remains for the inevitable hurricanes... Read more |
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Views Friday, August 11, 2017 A "No Nukes" Nation to Trump: Resign! In the shadow of Santa Monica’s legendary “Chain Reaction” monument, a clear message was sent to the unelected interloper in the White House: RESIGN!!! Wednesday was the 72nd anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, and the 43rd of the resignation of Richard Nixon. Nixon was the last president to... Read more |
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Views Thursday, May 11, 2017 Tunnel Collapse at Hanford Nuclear Dump—Harbinger of the Collapse of the Entire Industry? The collapse of a tunnel at the massive nuclear waste dump at Hanford, Washington, 200 miles east of Seattle, has sent shock waves through a nuclear power industry already in the process of a global collapse. Hundreds of workers were told to "take cover," and to refrain from eating or drinking... Read more |
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Views Sunday, March 19, 2017 Trump’s Budget Assault on the Environment Packs a Wallop Donald Trump’s first budget makes his antipathy to the environment clear—and his love for fossil fuels and nuclear power even clearer. In addition to slashing funding to the Environmental Protection Agency, he also announced this week that he wants massive rollbacks in automotive fuel efficiency... Read more |
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Views Sunday, January 22, 2017 We Are Mourning…But We Are Marching And Organizing for Democracy and the Earth In the midst of a terrible national illness, we organize and march for the known and solid cures. For democracy and our natural planet. We have clear direction on both issues. This weekend's massive, powerful women's and other marches rocking the nation have dwarfed the turnout for Friday's... Read more |
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Views Monday, January 16, 2017 King CONG vs. Solartopia As you ride the Amtrak along the Pacific coast between Los Angeles and San Diego, you pass the San Onofre nuclear power plant, home to three mammoth atomic reactors shut by citizen activism. Framed by gorgeous sandy beaches and some of the best surf in California, the dead nukes stand in silent... Read more |
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Views Friday, December 16, 2016 Will There Be a 'December Surprise'? As millions of Americans desperately seek an alternative to Donald Trump , the 2016 presidential election now faces the volatile possibility of a “December Surprise”. Here are some Constitutional realities: The Electoral College is set to vote Monday, December 19. Of 538 electors, Donald Trump... Read more |
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Views Friday, October 21, 2016 Trump's Racist "Rigged Election" Attack Is as Old as America Donald Trump’s demand for “monitors” at polling places to prevent a “rigged election” is an old and ugly story. It’s obviously aimed – KKK style – at stopping black and Hispanic citizens from voting. But in fact both major parties have used such terror tactics – and updated electronic ones – since... Read more |
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Views Friday, September 23, 2016 How Nuclear Power Causes Global Warming Supporters of nuclear power like to argue that nukes are the key to combatting climate change. Here’s why they are dead wrong. Every nuclear generating station spews about two-thirds of the energy it burns inside its reactor core into the environment. Only one-third is converted into electricity... Read more |
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Views Monday, September 05, 2016 Nuclear's Last Stand? New York’s Cuomo Rushes in to Save Dying Plants New York’s “liberal” Governor Andrew Cuomo is trying to ram through a complex backdoor bailout package worth up to $11 billion to keep at least four dangerously decrepit nuclear reactors operating. To many proponents of safe energy, the move comes as a shock. Its outcome will have monumental... Read more |