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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
Climate Change and Nuclear Energy by Anthony Giddens |
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens is a British sociologist who is renowned for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is a Fellow of Kings College Cambridge and Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics. Underlying foundations of climate change science and nuclear proliferation are two greatest risks in this century and we must mobilize against them. He discusses issue of energy security in a rapidly industrializing world in a world of scarce resources. We are living through the culiminating years of industrial civilization. We have to produce a transformative response to it. So far, too much emphasis on technology while social, economic, political atleast as important.
EarthSayer Anthony Giddens |
Making A Documentary About Haynesville by Gregory Kallenberg
GasLand by Josh Fox
Nuclear: Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive by Kevin Kamps
The Last Mountain
Peak Oil and Resource Wars by Daniele Ganser
Natural Gas Wells in Pennsylvania: an infographic
Energy: The Next 10 Years Really Matter by Alexander Van de Putte
SAVE THE WORLD AWARDS 2009
My Water's On Fire Tonight
Global Warming and Nuclear Energy by Amory Lovins
Hydraulic Fracturing, Natural Gas, by Professor Burleson
No Fracking in Colorado by Misha Luzov
Conditional Use? Fracking Frontline by Barbara Arrindell
Promised Land (movie trailer) with Matt Damon
The Perils of Fracking by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
TED Debate: Does the world need nuclear energy? Brand and Jacobson
Community Organizing at Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Conference
What is the Fracking Process by Chesapeak Energy
Gas Drilling (2006) : Stories From the Front Line
300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds
Haynesville Movie Trailer: Largest Natural Gas Field in the U.S.
Kumi Naidoo Scales Cairn's Arctic Oil Rig
Deep Drilling Fracking, Deep Pockets by Common Cause
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