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Take Nukes off the Table
As more of the world turns to the task of creating a new economy that operates within the ecological limits of the planet, a lot of good and bad ideas are being proposed. One of the worst was just put forward by President Obama, namely that the U.S. government should go back to subsidizing the production of new nuclear power plants.
IPS Senior Scholar Bob Alvarez was a top Energy Department official in the Clinton administration, and has been working on the problems of nuclear power plants and nuclear waste disposal for over three decades. This week, he's laid out a series of cogent arguments, for policymakers and activists alike, on why the nuclear path should be avoided at all costs.
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March 9 - There are some aspects of our tech-powered reality where we should be pressing "pause" instead of "fast-forward." By John Feffer
Op-Ed
DoD: The Biggest Corporation of All
March 8 - We're in a recession. So why is Obama declaring the Pentagon budget "untouchable"? By Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes, published in The Daily Censored
Commentary
Africa: C
March 5 - The president is using carrots and sticks in Africa, but he might have gotten the two mixed up. By Tope Folarin
Op-Ed
Can Japan Say No to Washington?
March 4 - In a dispute over one insignificant base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, are we feeling early rumblings on the Asian faultline of American global power? By John Feffer, published in TomDispatch and Mother Jones and Truthout
Commentary
Sliding Backwards on Iraq?
March 2 - The military brass once again floats the idea of indefinite occupation in Iraq. By Raed Jarrar and Erik Leaver, published in Antiwar.com and The Asia Times
Op-Ed
Why I'm Breaking the Law for Health Care
March 9 - We're standing up to insurance companies and demanding the reform our country so desperately needs. By John Cavanagh, published in The Huffington Post
Op-Ed
Utah v. Women
March 8 - We must insist that legislators focus on ensuring that every child in the nation is loved and wanted. By Tamar Abrams, published in The Pocono Record
Op-Ed
Avatar's History Lesson
March 4 - The blockbuster film's storyline is far from original. By Sanho Tree, published in Common Dreams and The Vernon County Broadcaster
Op-Ed
Wall St. Bonuses Come at a Bad Time
February 28 - Why has the financial industry recovered so quickly, when the rest of America is still hurting? By Chuck Collins
Op-Ed
Supremely Wrong: The Court Promotes Corporate Rule Over Healthy Democracy
February 23 - The Supreme Court’s ruling to permit unlimited corporate financing in elections will open the floodgates of increased corporate influence over our democratic electoral process. By Chuck Collins, published in Sojourners magazine
Op-Ed
Strange Snow Patterns Consistent with Climate Change
February 28 - Think the freak snowstorms disproved climate change science? Think again. By Janet Redman, published in The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Op-Ed
Nukes Aren't the Answer
February 17 - The Obama administration is making no moves to answer the call for a new energy future. By Robert Alvarez, published in Common Dreams
Report
The U.S. Department of Energy's FY 2011 Budget Request
February 12 - A closer look at what Obama's energy priorities really are for the next fiscal year. By Robert Alvarez
Op-Ed
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February 11 - The fate of our planet is no laughing matter. By Daphne Wysham
Op-Ed
A Really Inconvenient Truth
February 5 - Al Gore didn't even touch upon what the world needs to do to avert a global warming catastrophe. By Saul Landau