America’s nuclear lobby waking up to the industry’s monumental failure?
Nuclear’s Fork in the Road Atomic Insights, August 19, 2017 By Jim Little Would you be willing to continue investing in an established business with flat revenues, increasing costs while competing...
View ArticleU.S. President Trump’s attack on science
Trump’s attack on science isn’t going very well, WP, By Robert B. Richardson August 10 2017, Robert B. Richardson is an ecological economist and an associate professor in Michigan State University’s...
View ArticleDonald Trump ready to use ‘full range of capabilities’ against North Korea,...
Robert Wood says tackling Pyongyang threat is US President’s ‘top priority’, Independent 22 Aug 17 , Ben Kentish @BenKentish Donald Trump is ready to use the “full range of US capabilities” in...
View ArticleScott Pruitt has turned America’s Environment Protection Agency into a...
turning the agency into a hollow shell by whacking its budget, overturning rules based on bogus reports and keeping employees in the dark allows Pruitt and his allies to claim publicly that all they...
View ArticleFukushima aftermath: General Electric and Tokyo Electric Power Co sued by...
Navy Families Sue Fukushima Operators for Wrongful Death, Courthouse News, BIANCA BRUNO August 22, 2017 SAN DIEGO (CN)— Families of five Navy service members who died after responding to the Fukushima...
View ArticleTrump administration announced new sanctions against China and Russia
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on China and Russia Over North Korea’s Nuclear Program, NYT, By EILEEN SULLIVAN, AUG. 22, 2017WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced new sanctions against China and...
View ArticleUSA persists with war drills with South Korea
US refuses to pause drills despite North’s vow of ‘merciless retaliation’ http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/us-refuses-pause-drills-despite-norths-vow-merciless-retaliation AUGUST 23, 2017, SEOUL —...
View ArticleLessons from Trump’s war of words with Kim Jong Un.
Here are 5 takeaways from Trump’s startling nuclear threats against North Korea, WP. By Mira Rapp-Hooper August 21 “…… some of the most basic tenets of international nuclear signaling were scorched by...
View ArticleClash between USA and North Korea, at United Nations Forum
U.S., North Korea clash at U.N. arms forum on nuclear threat, Stephanie Nebehay, GENEVA (Reuters) 22 Aug 17 – North Korea and the United States accused each other on Tuesday of posing a nuclear threat,...
View ArticlePoll shows that most Americans oppose military threats against North Korea
Poll: Most Americans oppose military threats against North Korea, Gephardt Daily, By United Press International – August 21, 2017 Aug. 21 (UPI) — The majority of Americans oppose U.S. military threats...
View ArticleHead of the U.S. military’s Pacific Command says diplomacy — not military...
U.S. Pacific Command chief says diplomacy — not military action — key to North Korea crisis, Japan Times 22 Aug 17 , REUTERS, AP OSAN, SOUTH KOREA – The head of the U.S. military’s Pacific Command said...
View ArticleThe USA- South Korea war games begin on the Korean Peninsula
US-South Korea begin wargames https://uk.news.yahoo.com/us-south-korea-begin-wargames-051130924.html, 23 Aug 17 The United States and South Korea have kicked off their annual military exercise,...
View ArticleUSA’s Dept of Energy gives Rick Perry the pro coal pro nuclear report that he...
Rick Perry gets his electricity grid study. The coal and mining industries like it. WP, By Steven Mufson August 24 A much-anticipated Energy Department report on the electricity grid made...
View ArticleHurricane Harvey: what is the role of climate change in this?
Did climate change make Hurricane Harvey worse? https://qz.com/1062574/hurricane-harvey-and-climate-change-did-rising-temperatures-and-sea-levels-make-harvey-worse/ 25 Aug 17, As climatologist...
View ArticleTrump planning to decertify Iran’s compliance with the international nuclear...
Strong indications’ Trump won’t recertify Iranian compliance with nuclear deal There are more signs the Trump administration is preparing a case to decertify Iran’s compliance with the international...
View ArticleDuke Energy Wants to Cancel Planned South Carolina Nuclear Reactors
Duke Asks to Cancel Planned South Carolina Nuclear Reactors https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-25/duke-asks-to-cancel-planned-south-carolina-nuclear-reactors By Jim Polson August 26,...
View ArticleWomen seen as powerful advocates for the nuclear lobby
American Women Step Up as Nuclear Energy Advocates VOA August 25, 2017 Michelle Quinn Women seen as powerful advocates, Industry experts say that women who work in nuclear power can be powerful...
View ArticleClimate change threat: ALASKA’S PERMAFROST IS THAWING
ALASKA’S PERMAFROST IS THAWING, Alaska’s permafrost, shown here in 2010 [on original] , is no longer permanent. It is starting to thaw. The loss of frozen ground in Arctic regions is a striking result...
View ArticleHurricane Harvey on verge of reaching Texas coast, could be ‘on par with...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-26/hurricane-harvey-forecast-to-be-on-par-with-katrina/8844584 The menacing Hurricane Harvey is on the verge of reaching Texas, bringing fierce winds and torrential...
View ArticleWill Trump pay any attention at all, if IAEA report says that Iran is abiding...
If Report Says Iran Is Abiding by Nuclear Deal, Will Trump Heed It?, NYT, By GARDINER HARRIS AUG. 27, 2017 WASHINGTON — Within days, international monitors will send an inspection report on Iran’s...
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