Atomic Energy

Big Nuke's Desperate Ohio Reactor Hoax

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.21.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Job-starved southern Ohioans are being promised a shiny new nuclear plant. But the announcement has come with a cruel reminder, and the scent of a desperate hoax.

How Chernobyl Could Happen Here

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Chernobyl "can't happen here" only if the reactors are turned off before they kill again.

Jet Crashes into Nuke Reactors to be Addressed Tomorrow but not Today

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics


Harvey Wasserman

As you read this, jets hitting the nuclear reactors licensed to operate right now could kill untold thousands of us and render entire regions of our nation permanently uninhabitable.

A $50 Billion Nuke Power Bomb is Dropping Toward Obama's Stimulus Package

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

The desperate, dangerous nuclear power industry has dropped a $50 billion stealth bomb meant to irradiate the Obama Stimulus Package.

Obama's Stimulus Money Must Not Be Wasted on Nuke Reactors

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Cut off from Wall Street, hordes of nuke lobbyists will descend like radioactive locusts on this gargantuan stimulus package. They must be stopped.

Feds Say Nuke Reactor Revival NOT Ready for Prime Time

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Despite millions of dollars of high-priced hype, the "new generation" of "standardized design" power plants actually does not exist. All cost estimates are completely up for grabs.

Cockroaches Inherit the Earth? What Wall E Gets Wrong About The Apocalypse

Slate | Daniel Riley | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green


Pixar's post-apocalyptic love story Wall-E finished No. 2 at the box office over the Fourth of July weekend after hauling in $65 million the weekend b...

Bush/McCain's Gas Price Scam is an Enron Re-Run

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.01.2008 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Today, despite years of grassroots advocacy, Bush has done everything in his power to squelch the conversion to a green-powered economy.