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.
Category Archives: 2011
Gwyneth Cravens: Power To Save the World, the Truth about Nuclear Energy
- Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:09
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Orielle Lake: Uprisings for the Earth
- Wednesday, 16 March 2011 18:01
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Osprey Orielle Lake, author of Uprisings for the earth (2010), explains how to reconnect culture with nature.
Arnold Schwarzenegger: speech at the Energy Innovation Summit
- Friday, 04 March 2011 06:55
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Source: Energy Information Summit
Anna Cummins: 5 Gyres Institute, the problem with plastics: “made to last forever, designed to throw away”
- Wednesday, 02 March 2011 14:07
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Plastic sushi anyone? Not likely on the menu at your favorite sushi spot but our first guest has seen it and has made it her life's work to stop plastic pollution in the ocean. Anna Cummins, who along with her partner Dr. Marcus Erickson, started the 5 Gyres Institute, is about to set sail for Gyre Number 5 to bring worldwide attention to the plight of marine life, and ultimately humans, posed by the plethora of plastic pollution. One of the stops will be Easter Island, perhaps ironic, notes Cummins?
Michelle Chan, Friends Of the Earth: Big Oil doesn’t need tens of billions in taxpayer giveaways
- Wednesday, 02 March 2011 14:05
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Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill) endorsed slashing subsidies to oil companies during an interview with C-SPAN, noting they are “doing just fine on their own” and calling many corporate welfare programs “misplaced.”
Michelle Chan, Director of Economic Policy with Friends Of the Earth, agrees and comments about the shortsightedness of legislators about to cut spending on environmental initiatives, including provisions under the Clean Air and Water Acts!