Environment

Japan’s Plan to Dump Fukushima Waste Meets Protests Across Pacific

Peter Boyle / Green Left Jun 28, 2023 Protests erupt across the Asia Pacific, in response to Japan’s plan to dump radioactive Fukushima waste. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Our Greatest Threat Is the Hardest to Act Upon

Meara Sharma Apr 20, 2018 The new book "No Immediate Danger" tussles with the comprehension-defying nature of climate change. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How to Stop Capitalism’s Deadly War With Nature

Paul Street / Truthdig Sep 14, 2016 It's not humanity alone that threatens life on earth. The bigger culprit is an economic and political system that relies on endless global appropriation of cheap food, energy, raw materials and labor. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Diablo Shutdown Marks End of Atomic Era

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Jun 24, 2016 On a global scale, in many important ways, this marks the highest-profile step yet toward the death of U.S. nuclear power and a national transition to a "solartopian," green-powered planet. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

30 Ways Chernobyl and Dying Nuke Industry Threaten Our Survival

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Apr 26, 2016 April 26 marks the 30th anniversary of the catastrophic explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Fukushima on the Hudson? The Growing Dangers of Indian Point

By Ellen Cantarow and Alison Rose Levy / TomDispatch Apr 1, 2016 The Indian Point plant in New York sits astride two seismic faults, and if a nuclear disaster of a Fukushima magnitude were to strike there, it would necessitate the evacuation of at least 5.6 million people. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

A Critical Look at ‘Uranium: Twisting the Dragon’s Tail’

By Stanley Heller Aug 9, 2015 This PBS documentary can’t seem to make up its mind about whether nuclear power is a manageable risk or an untamable beast. It really shouldn’t be that confusing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Fukushima: The Story of a Nuclear Disaster

Louise Rubacky / Truthdig Jun 12, 2015 A team of scientists and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist recount, in the new book "Fukushima," what happens when a catastrophe strikes that no one imagines. Early and often comes the warning: Hubris Ahead. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Wind Supplied 98 Percent of Scotland’s 2014 Household Power and Other Amazing Green Energy Stories

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 6, 2015 Scotland is well on its way to getting 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2022. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Is Diablo Canyon California’s Fukushima-in-Waiting?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2014 The Diablo Canyon Power Plant sits on the edge of the Pacific Ocean between Los Angeles and San Francisco. More significantly, it is nestled in a thicket of fault lines, some only recently discovered. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Blame Russia All You Want: The Ukraine Crisis Was Caused by the West

Staff / Truthdig Sep 2, 2014 The Western media blame the Kremlin for the current battles in Ukraine, but the West holds more blame for them than it may seem; Seattle's leading a "wage revolution" throughout the United States with its $15 minimum wage; meanwhile, a power plant in California is deemed "a Fukushima in waiting." These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

News Flash: Fukushima Is Still a Disaster

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Jun 3, 2014 The corporate media silence on Fukushima has been deafening even though the melted-down nuclear power plant's seaborne radiation is now washing up on American beaches. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )