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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 Tuesday, April 26, 2016 30 Ways Chernobyl and the Dying Nuke Industry Are Killing Us All April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It comes as Germany, which is phasing out all its reactors, has asked Belgium to shut two of its nukes because of the threat of terrorism. It also comes as advancing efficiencies and plunging... Read more |
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Views Thursday, March 17, 2016 Run, Bernie, Please Keep Running We all win when Bernie Sanders runs. We need him to continue through the Democratic Convention and beyond. You can pardon my enthusiasm, but I’ll now be sending him my $27. That Bernie came in second in this past Tuesday’s primaries doesn’t mean much. He got more than enough votes to justify an... Read more |
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Views Thursday, March 10, 2016 7 Top NRC Experts Break Ranks to Warn of Critical Danger at Aging Nuke Plants Seven top Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) experts have taken the brave rare step of publicly filing an independent finding warning that nearly every U.S. atomic reactor has a generic safety flaw that could spark a disaster. The warning mocks the latest industry push to keep America’s remaining... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 04, 2015 Corporate Pot Goes Down in Ohio Official vote counts in Ohio indicate a major defeat for the nation’s first corporate-sponsored marijuana legalization referendum. But it’s complicated. And the ultimate issue is far from settled, as cannabis supporters are looking to 2016 to finally make pot legal here. Amidst the usual “glitches... Read more |
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Views Sunday, November 01, 2015 Will Ohio Legalize Pot on Tuesday? Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders now says he’d end it, and would vote for legalization. He joins Rand Paul. Hillary says she’s thinking about it. On Tuesday, Ohio will vote directly on whether to take pot off the state's Drug War agenda. But the vote is not so simple. It’s actually opposed by... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, October 14, 2015 Another US Nuke Bites the Dust The chain reactor operator Entergy has announced it will close the Pilgrim nuke south of Boston. The shut-down will bring U.S. reactor fleet to 98, though numerous other reactors are likely to face abandonment in the coming months. But Entergy says it may not take Pilgrim down until June 1, 2019—... Read more |
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Views Monday, October 05, 2015 Why Bernie and Hillary Must Address America’s Dying Nuke Reactors But as a nation we must now focus on the 99 dying U.S. reactors that threaten us all every day. In terms of our national survival, this is what Sanders and Clinton really must discuss. In the biggest picture, Fukushima and Germany ‘s transition to renewables have escalated the energy debate to a... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, August 18, 2015 Grassroots Pressure Escalates to Shut Down Diablo Canyon Nuke Plant The two reactors at Diablo Canyon are the last ones still operating in California. And the grassroots pressure to shut them down is escalating. Together grassroots activists have shut three California reactors at San Onofre , between Los Angeles and San Diego and one each at Rancho Seco, near... Read more |
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Views Sunday, July 26, 2015 Will Ohio Gov. Kasich’s Anti-Green Resume Kill His Presidential Hopes? The latest politician to leap toward the GOP nomination is widely known as America’s most anti-green governor. But he has a critical decision coming up that could help change that. Ohio Gov. John Kasich has established a national reputation as a leading enemy of renewable energy and enhanced energy... Read more |
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Views Saturday, June 06, 2015 'San Andreas' Blockbuster Has Huge Radioactive Omissions Ok. So we don’t expect much from these mega-blockbuster disaster films. But maybe just a hint about reality could spice things up. At least maybe a passing acknowledgement that the actual San Andreas could turn the Diablo Canyon nukes into a seething heap of radioactive rubble and permanently... Read more |