Nuclear Myth Melts Down

SUBHEAD: Replacing coal and oil with nuclear power is like trading heroin for crack.By Chip Ward on 24March 2011 in TomDispatch - (http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175371/tomgram%3A_chip_ward%2C_the_nuclear_myth_melts_down)Image above: "Buster Jangle" Atom bomb test at Nevada Proving grounds in 1951 that sought to determine effect of exposure on US fighting forces. Were these soldiers told of any

Limits to Debt

SUBHEAD: Debt will have to be written off in enormous amounts—by the trillions of dollars.By Richard Heinberg on 20 January 2011 in Post Carbon Institute - (http://www.postcarbon.org/article/221391-limits-to-debt)Image above: Painting from series called "Dismayland" by Jeff Gillette. From (http://www.ufunk.net/artistes/dismayland-entre-favelas-et-disneyland).[This article is an excerpt from

BP Spill Dangers Underestimated

SUBHEAD: FDA underestimating Gulf residents' carcinogen exposure from eating seafood.By Matthew McDermott on 9 December 2010 for TreeHugger -(http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/fda-underestimating-gulf-residents-carcinogen-exposure-seafood-gulf-oil-spill.php)Image above: Photo of Gulf shrimp and crushed red peppers. From original article.Something to bring the horror of the Gulf oil spill