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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

They think we're fracking stupid

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The fracking safety assurances of avuncular Exxon/Mobil geologist Erik Oswald should make you wonder: If fracking is so safe, then why do...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Fukushima: Cesium is a bad thing

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The recent discovery of suspected cesium  contamination in a vent at the Fukushima nuclear plant is more bad news for Japan and the clean...
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Saturday, August 6, 2011

'Stealth donor' throws million to Mitt

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. /huffingtonpost.com image Pandora's Box is wide open. Keeping the lid on campaign ...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

Spitzer's madame and the Great Recession

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The politcal influence of big economic players has worried philosophers and economists for centuries. "Inside Job," a Sony-p...
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Cyberwar: 'We reserve the right to respond in kind'

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U.S. Marines manuever in Umm Qasr, Iraq. /Department of Defense image A war-weary nation just got another reason to go to war. Member...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Fracking with Obama's mind

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President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu tour an engineering lab at Penn State in February 2011. /whitehouse.gov image  In 200...
Friday, July 8, 2011

2008 financial meltdown perps walk

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It's best to have tough hands if you work in the financial industry nowadays. How else could you endure all the wrist slapping, handwash...
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

Fracking like there's no tomorrow

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  The world is running out of cost-effective and safe sources of fossil fuels. It's hard to imagine a more important challenge for e...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Fukushima fallout lands on Pilgrim nuclear plant

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PLYMOUTH - I live about a mile from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. Other than the occasional sound of gunfire during anti-terrorism exe...
Sunday, July 3, 2011

Fukushima: Epic tragedy simmers on back burner

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Smoke rises from Reactor 3 at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant in March 2011. A hydrogen explosion inside the reactor building r...