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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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Kumi Naidoo Scales Cairn's Arctic Oil Rig |
| Watch this amazing video of Kumi Naidoo
- the global head of Greenpeace - braving freezing water fired from
water cannon to scale a massive Arctic oil rig. See the action and hear
from Kumi about why he chose to make a brave personal stand against the
madness of Arctic oil drilling. Right now, Kumi remains in custody in a
Greenlandic jail. EarthSayer Kumi Naidoo |
GasLand by Josh Fox
Nuclear: Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive by Kevin Kamps
The Last Mountain
Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania: an infographic
Climate Change and Nuclear Energy by Anthony Giddens
Global Warming and Nuclear Energy by Amory Lovins
Promised Land (movie trailer) with Matt Damon
TED Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy? Brand and Jacobson
Gas Drilling (2006) : Stories From the Front Line
Deep Drilling Fracking, Deep Pockets by Common Cause
No Fracking in Colorado by Misha Luzov
Community Organizing at Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Conference
Energy: The Next 10 Years Really Matter by Alexander Van de Putte
Peak Oil and Resource Wars by Daniele Ganser
Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, by Professor Burleson
Haynesville Movie Trailer: Largest Natural Gas Field in the U.S.
The Perils of Fracking by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
What is the Fracking Process by Chesapeak Energy
300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds
My Water's On Fire Tonight
SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS 2009
Conditional Use? Fracking Frontline by Barbara Arrindell
Making A Documentary About Haynesville by Gregory Kallenberg
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