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Obama’s Dirty Energy Fixation
Just days after a 9.0 earthquake and tsunami unleashed a nuclear disaster in Fukushima, President Barack Obama signed a nuclear power cooperation agreement with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera. Like Japan, Chile is seismically active. It suffered the sixth-most powerful earthquake–8.8–ever recorded on a seismograph only last year.
Learning from the BP Oil Disaster
The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana one year ago, killing 11 crewmembers and causing the release of some 210 million gallons of oil that did not stop flowing until August. It became the largest oil disaster in American history. It could happen again.
Volunteer Writers May Be Part of Journalism’s Future
Last month, a group of Huffington Post volunteer bloggers told Arianna Huffington that they want to be paid, or at least talk about being paid.
A Year after Arizona’s Debacle, Congress Considers a Better Immigration Law
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s signature authorized SB 1070 a year ago, imposing a set of harsh immigration enforcement laws that purportedly sought to reduce the state’s undocumented immigrant population through officially sanctioned racial profiling.
Finally, Obama Leads on the Deficit
Wow. A president of the United States being partisan. Imagine that. I can see why the Republicans were so upset. They’re such gentle, kind, cooperative people whose first instinct is to compromise. Always.
Gubernatorial Goofiness in Maine
LePage’s rampage includes busting unions, rolling back child labor laws, gutting programs for the middle class and poor, and raising the retirement age for Maine workers–all in his first few weeks in office.
Obama’s Nuclear GPS
Nukes: You Can Never Turn Your Back
Supporters of nuclear power and nuclear weapons enjoy a number of intrinsic advantages over their opponents. The first is money. Atoms make for high stakes gambling. Anyone who wins a contract for bombs or electricity can make zillions. This means there’s lots of cash available for lobbying, bribes, and campaign contributions.
The Lineup: Week of April 11-17, 2011
John Feffer argues that the war on Libya shouldn’t translate into yet another budget increase for the Pentagon.
Libya War Is No Pentagon Lifeline
The United States is fighting another war–of unknown scope and length–in Libya. At a time of budget-cutting fever on Capitol Hill, the war represents a potential lifeline for the Pentagon. If you believe the Libya operation justifies current U.S. military spending levels–or even an increase–think again.
