Author Archives: Betsy Rosenberg

Alan Lockwood: Physicians for Social Responsibility

Alan-Lockwood-crop As the Japanese nuclear crisis continues to unfold we’ll hear from an organization that is calling for a moratorium on all nuclear reactors in the permitting or planning stages. Dr. Alan Lockwood is a Board Member of Physicians For Social Responsibility who says there is no safe level of radiation contamination and the perfect storm of a disaster in Japan should be a wake up call to anyone believing nuclear power to be a safe and viable form of energy production.

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Mat Stein: When Technology Fails

Mat-steinMatthew Stein, is an MIT graduate and the author of When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability and Surviving The Long Emergency. He believes we need an Egypt-like popular uprising to turn the eco-tide and what’s needed to survive catastrophe.

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Gwyneth Cravens: Power To Save the World, the Truth about Nuclear Energy

Gwyneth Cravens In the wake of the still escalating nuclear disaster in Japan it would be easy to find anti nuclear activists calling for the need to stop production and permitting of nuclear plants. While that may be needed, we'll hear from a former nuclear opponent turned advocate and hear why she is not overly concerned about the fallout from this catastrophe. Gwyneth Cravens is the author of Power To Save the World, The Truth About Nuclear Energy (2007). She explains why the events of the past week have not changed her view that nuclear power is needed to meet energy demands and avoid further climate change, despite mounting safety concerns.

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Orielle Lake: Uprisings for the Earth

DroppedImageOsprey Orielle Lake, author of Uprisings for the earth (2010), explains how to reconnect culture with nature.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger: speech at the Energy Innovation Summit


Source: Energy Information Summit

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