Japan is on course to restart its nuclear reactors, which have been off-line for safety inspections since the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which led to the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as the tsunami’s waves made it impossible for the emergency generators, intended to cool the reactors, to work. […]
Tina Gerhardt
Tina Gerhardt is a freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in Alternet, Grist, The Nation and The Progressive.
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Obama’s Climate Action Plan: The Methane Problem With ‘Clean’ Natural Gas
Last week, President Barack Obama presented his Climate Action Plan to the public. President Obama’s plan aims to 1. reduce carbon emissions from existing power plants, by using laws already on the books, such as the Clean Air Act; 2. prepare the U.S. for the impacts of climate change; and 3. lead international efforts to […]
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San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to Remain Shuttered
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued its final report investigating two units at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant located on the Pacific coast of California, which have been shut down since January 2012 after a worker noticed a leak. The findings of the NRC’s Augmented Inspection Team (AIT) state […]
