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Harvey Wasserman : The BP Dead Zone

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Before the Spill: Gulf of Mexico, 2009, from Destin, Florida. Photo ©2009 Mark Meyer.While our military rots in the wrong gulf:BP blows an apocalyptic gusher By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 12, 2010 See ‘Ripple in still … Continue reading →

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A Triple Curse : The Corporate Climate Bill

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Climatico.Devil’s brew:Curse of the climate bill By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 4, 2010 Legend says curses come in threes. Let’s pray that doesn’t happen with the unholy trinity of the Corporate Climate Bill It … Continue reading →

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Lethal Denial : Chernobyl and the Climate Bill

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Composite photo. Image by Vivo (Ben) / Village of Joy. After the explosion at Reactor 4 [at Chernobyl] the people of Pripyat flocked to the railway bridge just outside the city to get a good view of the reactor to … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Will Climate Bill Nuke Earth Day?

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Art from 1946 atmospheric nuclear weapons tests at Bikini Atoll. “Plus 3 Seconds,” watercolor by Grant Powers, 1946 / Naval Historical Center.Earth Day 2010:Will climate bill be a nuclear bomb? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / April 18, … Continue reading →

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Next Nuke Nightmare? Paid for with Your Taxes

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

In 1979, roughly 25,000 people lived within five miles of the giant cooling towers at Three Mile Island that became symbols of the nation’s worst commercial nuclear accident. Photo by Martha Cooper / AP.We are now payingFor the next Three … Continue reading →

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Nuke Pushers to Vermont : ‘Drop Dead’

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic from Symon Sez.Nuclear industry tells Vermont(And everybody else): Drop dead! By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / March 18, 2010 The nuclear power industry is sending a clear and forceful message to the citizens of Vermont: “Drop Dead.” … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Putting Lipstick on a Radioactive Pig

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Texas Vox / Public Citizen.High dollar nuclear makeover:$645 million in lipstick for a radioactive pig By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / February 24, 2010 The mystery has been solved. Where is this “new reactor renaissance” coming … Continue reading →

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Nuke Loan Guarantees : Obama’s Atomic Blunder

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Simpsons nuclear plant mogul Mr. Burns likes it!8.3 billion in nuclear guarantees:Obama throws good money after bad By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / February 17, 2010 As Vermont seethes with radioactive contamination and the Democratic Party crumbles, Barack … Continue reading →

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The Christian Right : Our Founding Fathers Would be Appalled

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

George Washington, the Father of our Country, is memorialized in marble — totally ready to toga — on the U.S. Capitol grounds (circa 1899). The statue is now in the Smithsonian. Photo from the Library of Congress / Boston College Magazine.Today’s … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Vermont’s Radioactive Nightmare

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from This Week in Nuclear.Radioactive fallout:Vermont Yankee one of 27 U.S. reactorsKnown to leak carcinogenic tritium By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / February 11, 2010 Like a decayed flotilla of rickety steamers, at least 27 of America’s … Continue reading →

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Nuke Industry Chaos : Obama and the Reactor Wars

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Follow the Money.Trials of the nuclear ‘renaissance’:Will Obama guarantee a new reactor war? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / February 4, 2010 Amidst utter chaos in the atomic reactor industry, Team Obama is poised to vastly … Continue reading →

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People’s Historian : The Singular Legacy of Howard Zinn

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Historian and activist Howard Zinn, 1922-2010.How the great Howard ZinnMade all our lives better No American historian has had a more lasting positive impact on our understanding of the true nature of our country… By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag … Continue reading →

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