A Radioactive Nightmare

As fallout from Fukushima heads our way, the government turns a blind eye By Michael Collins 06/07/2012 Millions of Southern Californians and tourists seek the region’s famous beaches to cool off in the sea breeze and frolic in the surf. Those iconic breezes, however, may be delivering something hotter than the white sands along the [...]

Fireworks Deferred: Divine Strake, Hellish Repercussions

Fireworks Deferred: Divine Strake, Hellish Repercussions By Chip Ward TomDispatch.com Thursday 29 June 2006 Shock and awe is coming home. The Bush administration is planning to conduct future preemptive wars with “mini-nukes” and, to that end, wants to set off a nuclear-sized explosion at the government’s Nevada Test Site, sixty-five miles northwest of Las Vegas. [...]

‘Downwinders’ deserve their due

‘Downwinders’ deserve their due Idaho Mountain Express June 16, 2006 Our Opinion The news out of Washington is a baffling set of contradictions. The Federal Emergency Management Agency freely and hurriedly ladled out $1.4 billion in aid to hundreds of ineligible Katrina hurricane claimants—call it fraud—and just as quickly peeled off $60,000 in compensation to [...]

Downwinders rail at government Rally participants demand cancellation of planned Nevada explosion

Downwinders rail at government Rally participants demand cancellation of planned Nevada explosion Idaho Statesman June 6, 2006 Tim Woodward EMMETT — Downwinders told their stories with tears and breaking voices at a rally in Emmett on Sunday, but the prevailing emotion was anger at the government. “We’ve been nice,” said Doris Pattenger of Eagle after [...]