This Week at TheNation.com: Intervention in Libya? Plus: Rethinking Nuclear Power This Week at TheNation.com: Intervention in Libya? Plus: Rethinking Nuclear Power
This week, we bring you coverage of Libya and discuss the dilemma of intervention. Plus, Jonathan Schell and Christian Parenti on the nuclear crisis in Japan. Could Fukushima&rsquo...
Mar 18, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jonathan Schell: Using Nuclear Energy Is ‘Playing With Fire’ Jonathan Schell: Using Nuclear Energy Is ‘Playing With Fire’
Joining Charlie Rose, Schell explains that nuclear power has no place in a world so vulnerable to widespread disaster.
Mar 18, 2011 / Press Room
The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket The Nuke Lobby has the US Regulatory Commission in Their Pocket
According to Christian Parenti, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "culture" of bowing to industry demands prevents it from keeping plants truly safe.
Mar 17, 2011 / Press Room
Hiroshima to Fukushima Hiroshima to Fukushima
The problem with mankind wielding nuclear power isn’t about backup generators or safety rules—it’s our essential human fallibility.
Mar 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
A Warning From Japan A Warning From Japan
The message out of Fukushima is clear: our own fleet of leaky old nuclear plants should be decommissioned now.
Mar 17, 2011 / Christian Parenti
From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take? From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take?
There are no effective “safeguards” against nuclear disasters, and Japan’s crisis is only the latest display of the overwhelming risks involved in splitting atoms for energy.
Mar 17, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America? Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America?
America's nuclear power plants are poorly managed and regulated, and it's time they were taken out of commission.
Mar 17, 2011 / Press Room
Rockefeller Bill Would Gut the EPA Rockefeller Bill Would Gut the EPA
Implore your Senators to vote against any legislation that would block the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide.
Mar 16, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America? Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America?
America's nuclear power plants are poorly managed and regulated, and it's time they were taken out of commission.
Mar 16, 2011 / The Ed Show
No Nukes Is Good Nukes No Nukes Is Good Nukes
Sorry, President Obama, but there is a dimension of fear properly associated with the word nuclear that is not matched by any oil spill.
Mar 16, 2011 / Robert Scheer