Japan backtracked on an ambitious plan to shut all of its nuclear reactors but Germany is blasting forward with an effort to do just that by 2022.
Tag: Nuclear Power
A Nuclear Strike on States’ Rights
Vermont's Yankee reactor would have closed this year had a power company kept a decade-old promise.
Green Scissors for Congress
The United States can't afford giveaways for mining and oil companies anymore.
A Radioactive Conflict of Interest
Having the Energy Department manage radiation health research makes as much sense as giving tobacco companies the authority to see if smoking is bad for you.
Broken Planet
Is there intelligent life on Earth?
No Nuclear Nirvana on the Horizon
Nearly a year after the Fukushima disaster and more than three decades after the Three Mile Island accident, nuclear power remains expensive, dangerous, and too radioactive for Wall Street.
Fukushima Is So Yesterday
The United States is awaiting its own nuclear catastrophe before changing course.
Our Non-Nuclear Future
All we need is the political will to fight for serious public investment in sustainable energy.