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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.
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Trailer for the Save the WORLD AWARDs show. Issues addressed at this television event include: Climate, Energy, Water, Pollution, Hunger, Peace, Dignity, and health. It takes place in a nuclear power that was built but never used in Austria. EarthSayer George Kindel |
Conditional Use? Fracking Frontline by Barbara Arrindell
Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania: an infographic
Peak Oil and Resource Wars by Daniele Ganser
Community Organizing at Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Conference
The Perils of Fracking by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS 2009
Kumi Naidoo Scales Cairn's Arctic Oil Rig
No Fracking in Colorado by Misha Luzov
TED Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy? Brand and Jacobson
Climate Change and Nuclear Energy by Anthony Giddens
What is the Fracking Process by Chesapeak Energy
Nuclear: Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive by Kevin Kamps
Energy: The Next 10 Years Really Matter by Alexander Van de Putte
My Water's On Fire Tonight
The Last Mountain
Promised Land (movie trailer) with Matt Damon
Deep Drilling Fracking, Deep Pockets by Common Cause
GasLand by Josh Fox
Making A Documentary About Haynesville by Gregory Kallenberg
Haynesville Movie Trailer: Largest Natural Gas Field in the U.S.
Gas Drilling (2006) : Stories From the Front Line
300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds
Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, by Professor Burleson
Global Warming and Nuclear Energy by Amory Lovins
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