Posts Under ‘Japanese earthquake’ Category

Time to Stop Being Eco(Nuclear)centric

If you’re a fan of Time’s Ecocentric blog, as I am, you may have noticed that all 12 of their posts last week focused exclusively on Japan’s nuclear crisis. This from a site whose tagline claims A blog about all things green, from conservation to Capitol Hill The narrow nuclear-centric focus continues into this week,…Continue Reading…

Scoring Cheap Political Points

Rush Limbaugh is so indisputably noxious on a daily basis that one hardly needs to take anything he says out of context. Yet Christopher Mims at Grist has managed to do just that in this post, when he writes: Rush Limbaugh is laughing at Japan’s earthquake refugees. Actually, Limbaugh started out mocking a Diane Sawyer…Continue Reading…

Japan's Quake & the Future of Nuclear Power

The news out of Japan keeps getting worse, and the images are heartrending. The situation with the nuclear reactors continue to unfold in an alarming manner. For those trying to grasp the technical side of that story, I found this write-up in Nature quite helpful. Most of the news media coverage right now is understandably…Continue Reading…