Solartopia

Is the Climate Bill Being Fossil-Nuked?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

If you think pushing nukes, oil wells and coal mines to "prevent global warming" is counter-intuitive, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

Tom Friedman's Idiocy Atomique

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

"Real men" -- and women -- know we will never get to a green-powered Earth by trying to ride a dead radioactive horse -- even if it's French.

Obama Has Fed His Green Jones to King CONG

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

As an informed, exciting and compelling presenter, Van Jones made clear that the "green collar economy" is tangible and terrific. With Jones gone we have to worry that Obama might now repeat history.

Walter Cronkite, 3 Mile Island & "Lamar's Folly" in the Climate Bill

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 08.21.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

It is critical that calls start pouring into Congress. The nation -- the world -- cannot afford more Three Mile Islands, especially now that Walter Cronkite is no longer around to report on them.

A Green-Powered Trip to Eco-Solartopia

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

once we've wiped the Earth clean of fossil and nuclear generators, we could install sufficient renewable resources to run the planet without a blink in the lights.

The New York Times Finally Reports the Economic Disaster of New Nukes

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 06.29.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Areva hopes to build similar reactors in the US. Its boosters have promised cheaper, cleaner, faster nuke construction with standardized designs.

The 8 Green Steps to Solartopia

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

The Four Great Green Truths: we have a global crisis, it has a solution, the solution is winnable, and winning requires a "middle path" of action that is both non-violent and non-stop.

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.

Cracking the Corporate Media's Iron Curtain Around Death at Three Mile Island

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

But people did die at Three Mile Island. And it's the "alternative" media that now brings reality to the mainstream.

Is This the End of the Age of the Automobile?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 04.16.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Mother Earth can't sustain the old four-wheeled carry-one-person-around-the-block paradigm, be it hybrid, electric or otherwise.

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.

John "Nuke Bailout" Bryson Must Not Be Secretary of Energy

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 01.08.2009 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Long gone from Southern California Edison, John Bryson's ascent to head the Department of Energy would send a disastrous signal to those who are committed to a post fossil/nuclear future.

Will Obama-Mania Lead Us to Solartopia? Yes We Will!

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Rebirthing Detroit as a clean, lean, green machine with union labor making carbon free cars and the New Solartopian mass transit network we really need... Yes We Can!

GM Must Re-Make the Mass Transit System it Murdered

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

GM's special role in history must now evolve into using its infrastructure to restore the mass transit system -- and ecological balance -- it has helped destroy.

A Chicago-Area Electoral Victory Says "No We Won't" to Nuke Power

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Wall Street has given thumbs down to a technology that can't compete with Solartopian sources like wind, solar, tidal, geothermal and other green energies.

A Towering (if Temporary) Triumph Over Nuke Power

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.21.2008 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

Since last fall the new nuke builders have been badgering Congress to vote them gargantuan subsidies and guarantees.

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.

Al Gore Inches Toward Solartopia

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

I am told that Gore opposes atomic energy. But if so, his public silence -- and lack of action -- is deafening. If he really wants to have a lasting impact, he must join us in publicly opposing nuclear power.

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.

King Fossil Loves Global Warming & Removes McCain's Mountaintop

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green


Harvey Wasserman

King Fossil Fuel has ruled: there will be no Senate debate on global warming this year. And Joe Lieberman's greenwashed campaign gift for John McCain is a no-go.