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Port Security and The Nightmare Scenario
Many Americans are concerned about terrorists smuggling a nuclear device or dirty bomb into the country through one of our port facilities. Well, here's a look inside two ports - the Port of New York and New Jersey, and the Port of Virginia - and the search for clues as to just how secure our nation's sea ports are. Believe it or not, despite all of the Bush administration's homeland security rhetoric during the past 6 years, as of January 2008 it had yet to make critical policy decisions that would enable port security directors to do their jobs more effectively.
Produced by Dan Verton of Homeland Security Television. Many Americans are concerned about terrorists smuggling a nuclear device or dirty bomb into the country through one of our port facili... more -
NOT IN MY BACKYARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A Deeply Green City Confronts Its Energy Needs and Nuclear Worries
FORT COLLINS, Colo. This city takes pride in being green, from its official motto, Where renewal is a way of life, to its Climate Wise energy program, which helps local businesses reduce the carbon emissions that scientists say can contribute to global warming.
But now two proposed energy projects are exposing the hard place that communities like this across the country are likely to confront in years to come as the tangled nuances of thinking globally come back to bite.
Both projects would do exactly what the city proclaims it wants, helping to produce zero-carbon energy. But one involves crowd-pleasing, feel-good solar power, and the other is a uranium mine, which has a base of support here about as big as a pinkie. Environmentalism and local politics have collided with a broader ethical and moral debate about the good of the planet, and whether some places could or should be called upon to sacrifice for their high-minded goals.
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If the NYT is so interested in science, why do the preface global warming with a statement like this: "...that scientists say can contribute to"????????/
Is global warming still up for debate? Are we headed to hell in a hand basket?
Am I reading to much into this, or are subtleties like this important. After Iraq, the NYT should be on its best, and most objective behavior, don't you think?
I say let's error on the side of survival.
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NO NEW NUKES
We have to stop the push for nuclear power, Greenpeace can help play a big part.
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Stop The Nuclear Bailout - NukeFree.org
Very soon, Congress may approve legislation allowing the Department of Energy to approve $50 billion and more in federal loan guarantees to build new nuclear power plants. Make sure this does not happen. Very soon, Congress may approve legislation allowing the Department of Energy to approve $50 billion and more in federal loan guarante... more
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365 Reasons to Oppose Nuclear Power
"In the beginning was the will to destroy. The main motive in
developing nuclear technology was to optimise a bomb with a
destructive potential which put everything known before it in the
shade. Death and destruction have been accompanying not only the
nuclear bomb since Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but also the commercial
use of nuclear power. This technology cannot be controlled, and dozens
of accidents have again and again proven its destructive nature. Every
fire from a cable, every burst pipe, can within minutes make a nuclear
power plant into a nuclear nightmare. It was only a question of time
before this would actually happen. It finally did, at 1.23 a.m. on
26 April 1986"
Excerpt from Greenpeace's 365 Reasons to oppose nuclear Power
"In the beginning was the will to destroy. The main motive in developing nuclear technology was to optimise a bomb with a ... more
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