Switzerland Abandons Nuclear Power
The Swiss government just voted on Wednesday to abandon nuclear power in their country; their last reactor will finally go offline in 2034. The nation's five remaining nuclear power plants will slowly...
View ArticleSolar Startup Scores a Cool $737 Million for Thermal Energy
Talk about landing the Holy Grail of solar power. Santa Monica startup SolarReserve locked in $737 million in guaranteed loans from the U.S. Department of Energy last Thursday for its highly innovative...
View ArticleRachel Maddow Bombshell Documentary: Hubris, How Bush Lied the US into War
Those of us who do not remember history are forever condemned to repeat it. Could a movie prevent our nation from waging another deadly, unnecessary war? Rachel Maddow's new MSNBC documentary, HUBRIS:...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Crumbling San Onofre Nuclear Plant Finally Closes for Good
In a huge victory for both clean energy and environmental advocates, the Edison Power Company announced on Friday that its troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant will be permanently shuttered The post...
View ArticleSay Goodbye to Nuclear Power
It's the end of the world as we know it, but that is not a bad thing. This is the dawn of a new era in which the planet's residents finally realize that nuclear energy was a really bad idea. The...
View ArticleMore Illegally Dumped Radioactive Waste Found on Somalia’s Coast
Yesterday the BBC reported that radiation levels at the crippled Fukushima reactor site are ten million times normal levels. As the oceans near the damaged nuclear plant are becoming contaminated with...
View ArticleFloating Nuclear Power Plants in Arctic? 100% Safe Russia Says
Floating nuclear power plants in the Arctic? Apparently, Russia is building them. And, luckily, there is nothing to worry about. “We can absolutely guarantee the safety of our units one hundred...
View ArticleObama State of the Union Address 2011 [VIDEO]
Obama’s 2011 State of the Union address (full text) is important to us all because it is not only a critical reflection on where we stand today, but also on where we’re going, where we need to go,...
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