By Lawrence Wittner | CounterPunch | January 4, 2016 When Americans think about nuclear weapons, they comfort themselves with the thought that these weapons’ vast destruction of human life has not taken place since 1945—at least not yet. But, in reality, it has taken place, with shocking levels of U.S. casualties. This point is borne […]
Palestine Information Center – January 3, 2016 SALFIT – The Ariel settlement university has continued to pour its harmful chemical waste through its sewer system onto Palestinian agricultural land in al-Matwi Valley in Salfit province, local sources complained on Sunday. Residents from the area told the Palestinian Information Center that the Israeli university persists in […]
RT | December 31, 2015 Dangerous radioactive materials from a nuclear waste dump near St. Louis, Missouri have spread to neighboring areas, a new study shows. Storm water runoff from the site has also raised concerns and is being tested for radioactive pollution. According to a peer-reviewed study just published in the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, […]
JunkScience | December 23, 2015 JunkScience.com got NOAA scientist e-mails via FOIA? Why can’t Congress? Last October, the New York Times published this dire op-ed on ocean acidification, supposedly authored by NOAA chief Richard Spinrad and his UK counterpart Ian Boyd. Curious, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to NOAA for the e-mail […]
By Bjorn Hilt | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War | December 8, 2015 Besides the terrible effects of the burst of light that causes eye damage, the heat that sets everything flammable on fire, the electromagnetic pulse that knocks out all electronic devices, and the blast that produces winds with ten times […]
corbettreport – December 6, 2015 SHOW NOTES: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=17182
By James Hansen, Kerry Emanuel, Ken Caldeira and Tom Wigley | The Guardian | December 3, 2015 … We have become so concerned about humanity’s slow response to this challenge that we have decided we must clearly set out what we see as the only viable path forward. As scientists we do not take advocacy […]
November 30, 2015 SHOW NOTES: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=17113
RT | November 23, 2015 Thousands of American military personnel are expected to arrive in the Mariana Islands over the next several years, as part of the US strategic “pivot” to East Asia. Many will come from Okinawa, Japan, where many local residents want US bases closed. Military facilities in Guam, the archipelago’s largest island […]
