U.S. and Japan Equally Shameless in Shuttling Officials From Regulatory Agencies to Nuclear Energy Industry
Both American and Japanese officials typically leave the government for cushy jobs in the nuclear-energy industry.
Both American and Japanese officials typically leave the government for cushy jobs in the nuclear-energy industry.
Nuclear energy is just another U.S. industry that requires federal subsidies.
A recent government decision callously put thousands of kids in harm’s way.
Footage from press conference at the National Press Club on April 26, 2011.
Tepco’s reluctance to vent any radiation led to an explosion at Fukushima.
Wishful thinking about energy generation has apparently induced both temporary blindness and long-term amnesia.
Earthbeat Radio is filling a gap with continuing independent coverage of the climate change crisis. During the National Conference for Media Reform, we sat down with Free Speech TV to talk about our work.
As radioactivity levels continue to spike in Fukushima, Obama’s support for nuclear power is unwavering.
As radioactivity levels continue to spike in Fukushima, Obama’s support for nuclear power is unwavering.
The best way to protect ourselves from deadly radioactivity is to get rid of the stuff altogether.
As Japan’s government gets set to expand a nuclear evacuation area, the mayor of a city inside the radioactive zone speaks about his fears.
Officially, Fukushima is now in the same class of accident as Chernobyl.
Paul Jacobs A poignant and potent political documentary that exposes the government’s suppression of the health hazards of low-level radiation. Paul Jacobs is himself a victim of lung cancer, that would kill him before this picture was finished and which his doctors believe he contracted while he was investigating nuclear policies in 1957. He interviews civilians and soldiers, survivors of nuclear experiments in the 50s and 60s, testing the effects of radiation. By the time this film was made, a lot of them had died from the radiation.
In nuclear energy, as in economics and security issues, Japan has engaged in some seriously risky business.
During this ongoing nuclear disaster, Japanese leaders should do a great deal more to safeguard the children of the country.