Tag: Energy
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Coal Kills
INDIA BEYOND COAL — The emissions are a result of India’s growing dependence on coal for growth. With plans to dramatically increase power capacity generation through coal, the number of premature deaths is …
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Where Has All the Ice Gone?
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE — The race is on between disappearing ice, which is melting faster than predicted, and reductions in carbon emissions, which is happening slower than hoped. The world will need a World War II–type mobilization to shift from climate-disrupting fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy if we are to …
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HOT WATER: ‘Erin Brockovich of Uranium’ Exposes the Toxic Legacy of Nuclear Power
HOT WATER — The film follows the investigative journey of Liz Rogers, the “Erin Brockovich of Uranium,” as she travels around the nation examining the legacy of uranium mining, atomic testing and the creeping danger of contaminated waste in the drinking water of …
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Hickenlooper Not the Only Government Official Trying to Frack Colorado
GARY WOCKNER — The Colorado BLM has stirred up a hornet’s nest of controversy over the past year proposing fracking in three areas of the state …
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Thyroid Abnormalities Found in Children Downwind from Fukushima
HARVEY WASSERMAN — Thyroid abnormalities have now been confirmed among tens of thousands of children downwind from Fukushima. They are the first clear sign of an unfolding …