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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.

Curated by mokiethecat

300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds

Fossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. Now that we're reaching the end of cheap and abundant oil and coal supplies, we're in for an exciting ride. While there's a real risk that we'll fall off a cliff, there's still time to control our transition to a post-carbon future.

A deeper analysis of the crises we face, and possible solutions we can work on right now can be had HERE: http://j.mp/PCReader

Transporting Coal through the Pacific NorthWest
Ending Nuclear Weapons by Alice Slater (2019)
Fukushima's Ongoing Impact by Helen Caldicott
Last of Energy Resources are in the Territories of Indigenous Peoples by Erick Gonzalez
Making A Documentary About Haynesville by Gregory Kallenberg
Frac Biocides DeepLife by Sandra Steingraber
Deep Drilling Fracking, Deep Pockets by Common Cause
Energy: The Next 10 Years Really Matter by Alexander Van de Putte
A Danger on the Rails from the The New York Times
Hindsight and Foresight: 20 Years After the Exxon Valdez Spill
Tar Sands Resistance March
Last U.S. Nuclear Test by Konstantin Kakaes
Chinese CoExist with Coal
Portland, Oregon: Train Tankers and Tar Sands Oil
Nuclear Power Plants and Global Warming by Helen Caldicott
Promised Land (movie trailer) with Matt Damon
The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons (trailer)
What is the Fracking Process by Chesapeak Energy
Nuclear: Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive by Kevin Kamps
Community Organizing at Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Conference
No Fracking in Colorado by Misha Luzov
Trying to Create Clean Coal Technologies by Nicholas K. Akins of AEP
Hanford Waste Treatment Plant Costs Up Another $4.5B by Tom Carpenter
Japanese Director A. Funahashi talks about his film Nuclear Nation
How The Exxon Valdez Disaster Still Affects Victims Today
Why is Coal So Angry?
Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania: an infographic
The Perils of Fracking by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
GasLand by Josh Fox
The Sinkhole That's Swallowing Louisiana by Ben Depp
Kumi Naidoo Scales Cairn's Arctic Oil Rig
Global Warming and Nuclear Energy by Amory Lovins
From Atomic Bombings to Fukushima, Japan Still Pursues a Nuclear Future
Want the truth about Australia's coal industry?
TED Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy? Brand and Jacobson
Ecuadorian Indigenous Peoples opposed to oil development
My Water's On Fire Tonight
The Last Mountain
Contamination of Ecuador's Rainforest: The Chevron Tapes
Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, by Professor Burleson
Haynesville Movie Trailer: Largest Natural Gas Field in the U.S.
The History of Fracking by Russell Gold
300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds

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