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Shut Down, Not Meltdown: Keep Japan Nuclear-Free! — June 22

A coalition of groups – calling for a closure of California nuclear power plants – will target the Japanese Embassy in downtown Los Angeles Friday (June 22) to protest the re-opening of the nuclear power reactors in Japan.

Fracking: Corruption a Part of Pennsylvania’s Heritage

By Walter M. Brasch

Walter Brasch: Mixed into the state’s energy production is not only a symbiotic relationship of business and government, but a history of corruption and influence-peddling.

The High Cost of Freedom from Fossil Fuels

By Walter M. Brasch

Walter Brasch: For more than six decades, this nation essentially sold its soul for what it thought was cheap energy that may not be so cheap, and clean energy that is not so clean.

Intergenerational Demagoguery about Social Security

By Carl Bloice

Carl Bloice: Why is it that the richest and most powerful nation on earth cannot provide adequately for both its students and its retirees?

Reconsidering the Nuclear Power Industry Bailout

By Tracy Emblem

Tracy Emblem: the United States should consider phasing out its nuclear power plants over the next generation and begin investing in other safer renewable energy sources. We can lead the world in clean energy technology.

Nuclear Power Madness

By Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon: Like every other president since the 1940s, Barack Obama has promoted nuclear power. Now, with reactors melting down in Japan, the official stance is more disconnected from reality than ever.

Solar Peace, or Blood for Oil: The Need to Broaden the Peace Movement

By Tom Hayden

Tom Hayden: In his State of the Union address, President Obama opened a door through which the peace, labor and environmental movements should march, towards an energy future not dependent on resource wars.

Iran: Just Deal With It

By John Peeler

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s overwhelming victory in Iran’s presidential election disappointed many who had hoped for a president who is not an international embarrassment and loose cannon. That is the image portrayed in the western media, and with such an image, many find it possible to explain such a victory only by fraud and intimidation. But we [...]

E. F. Schumacher, Jerry Brown, Japan, Bees, and Wisdom

By Walter G. Moss

Walter Moss: Jerry Brown’s election as governor of California, the recent nuclear accident in Japan, and a late March episode of Bill Maher’s Real Time have all reminded me that 2011 marks the hundredth anniversary of E. F. Schumacher’s birth.