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The earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan raised new concerns about the risk of another nuclear reactor disaster. The explosion of the FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT gives our citizens cause to re-examine the risk assumed by the public. At this writing, the full extent of the damage to the plant, the community, and the environment is unknown - it will take years.

At the same time concerns over the high risks associated with extracting natural gas and as noted in a Financial Times article is "energy that comes from the same place as our drinking water. Extracting it had better be safe. The political fault lines over hydraulic fracturing (hence the term fracking) have been easy to predict for anyone paying attention to the controversies over climate change and genetically modified organisms. France’s national assembly voted to ban fracking while in the US its been full steam ahead in 32 states. These are high risk alternative energy sources.

Curated by mokiethecat

300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds

Fossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. Now that we're reaching the end of cheap and abundant oil and coal supplies, we're in for an exciting ride. While there's a real risk that we'll fall off a cliff, there's still time to control our transition to a post-carbon future.

A deeper analysis of the crises we face, and possible solutions we can work on right now can be had HERE: http://j.mp/PCReader

Making A Documentary About Haynesville by Gregory Kallenberg
Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Costs Up Another $4.5B by Tom Carpenter
Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, by Professor Burleson
Haynesville Movie Trailer: Largest Natural Gas Field in the U.S.
GasLand by Josh Fox
Portland, Oregon: Train Tankers and Tar Sands Oil
Nuclear Power Plants and Global Warming by Helen Caldicott
Last of Energy Resources are in the Territories of Indigenous Peoples by Erick Gonzalez
Last U.S. Nuclear Test by Konstantin Kakaes
From Atomic Bombings to Fukushima, Japan Still Pursues a Nuclear Future
Deep Drilling Fracking, Deep Pockets by Common Cause
What is the Fracking Process by Chesapeak Energy
Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples opposed to oil development
Contamination of Ecuador's Rainforest: The Chevron Tapes
300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds
Kumi Naidoo Scales Cairn's Arctic Oil Rig
Transporting Coal through the Pacific NorthWest
How The Exxon Valdez Disaster Still Affects Victims Today
Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania: an infographic
Japanese Director A. Funahashi talks about his film Nuclear Nation
The History of Fracking by Russell Gold
Tar Sands Resistance March
My Water's On Fire Tonight
Chinese CoExist with Coal
Global Warming and Nuclear Energy by Amory Lovins
Nuclear: Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive by Kevin Kamps
A Danger on the Rails from the The New York Times
Fukushima's Ongoing Impact by Helen Caldicott
TED Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy? Brand and Jacobson
Hindsight and Foresight: 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Spill
Want the truth about Australia's coal industry?
Why is Coal So Angry?
The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons (trailer)
Promised Land (movie trailer) with Matt Damon
Ending Nuclear Weapons by Alice Slater (2019)
The Sinkhole That's Swallowing Louisiana by Ben Depp
Energy: The Next 10 Years Really Matter by Alexander Van de Putte
Trying to Create Clean Coal Technologies by Nicholas K. Akins of AEP
The Last Mountain
Frac Biocides DeepLife by Sandra Steingraber
Community Organizing at Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Conference

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