9 Times The World Was At The Brink Of Nuclear War – And Pulled Back
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 marked the end of the World War II, and the beginning of the age of nuclear weapons. During the Cold…
Utilities have a problem: the public wants 100% renewable energy, and quick
The industry is groping for ways to talk the public down. By David Roberts@drvoxdavid@vox.com Renewable energy is hot. It has incredible momentum, not only in terms of deployment and costs but…
Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant: Minnie Vaid Narrates the Less Heard Saga of a Huge Peaceful Mass Resistance with Women in Front
Koodankulam (or Kudankulam, in the official lexicon) Nuclear Power Plant is anchored in an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) signed on 20 November 1988 between India and the then USSR. This initial…
Atomic environmentalism
Nor is there much solace to be found in nuclear power, which is nowhere near as environmentally benign as its proponents claim. Studies of the life-cycle of CO2 emissions of…
Tackling the U.S. / North Korea Standoff : The Relevance of the Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan
Part Two (Click here to read Part One.) Whither Disarmament? In the early 1970s, the then ongoing U.S. war against Vietnam had a profound impact on all concerned human-beings across the…