Yucca Mountain

Radioactive Pigs

Carl Pope | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green


Carl Pope

More evidence of the hard-wired sloppiness that has plagued Yucca from the start popped up a week after DOE filed for its NRC permit. So how does this play out politically?

McCain, Obama & the Trojan Horse of Nuclear Energy

Steven Crandell | Posted 06.18.2008 | Green


Steven Crandell

Under the guise of concern over climate change, some ask us to re-consider our aversion to new nuclear power, ignoring the same old problems that have stopped any plants from being commissioned since 1979.

Yucca Casts Short Shadow On Nevada Presidential Politics

Amanda Becker | Posted 06.10.2008 | Home


Amanda Becker

The candidates talk about the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear storage facility, but people in Nevada are concerned about the economy. In fact, it's McCain's flip-flopping on Yucca that may cost him votes.

Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 06.06.2008 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

General Electric remains skeptical about the role of C02 in driving climate change, a NASA report confirms political censorship of climate data, and the VA Secretary says concerns about PTSD 'overblown.'

Clinton UNLV Roundtable Reveals Strategy Shift

Las Vegas Gleaner | Hugh Jackson | Posted 01.17.2008 | Home


Breaking sharply from her Nevada campaign strategy in an apparent effort to appeal to a broader segment of the electorate, Sen. Hillary Clinton held a...

Pink Slip Alert: Have You Lost Your Job Today?

Huffington Post | Posted 01.09.2008 | Business


Th-th-th-that's All Folks: Warner Bros announced that because of the WGA Strike, up to 1,000 employees would be getting WARN mailings, which are essen...

Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.14.2007 | Politics


Harry Shearer

If the same technology, embodied in the same infrastructure, can be used either (or both) for peace and war, one's ability to detect preparations for war is seriously, if not fatally, compromised.


 

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