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An Unfair Burden: Pia Eberhardt And Cecilia Olivet

An unfair burden: Pia Eberhardt and Cecilia Olivet

Twenty years ago, and without any public debate, an arcane international agreement entered into force. The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) gives sweeping powers to foreign investors in the energy sector,…

Nuclear Disaster

Nuclear disaster

The radiation dispersed into the environment by the three reactor meltdowns at Fukushima-Daiichi in Japan has exceeded that of the April 26, 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe, so we may stop calling…

A Human-made Disaster

A human-made disaster

“Nearly seven years after the triple reactor meltdowns, this unique nuclear crisis is still underway,” Greenpeace International’s Shaun Burnie wrote in a blogpost last December. The word ‘unique’ is an…

Time To Change

Time to change

A proposal by a California administrative law judge has given safe energy advocates new hope that two Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors will be shut before an earthquake on the San…

The Road To Extinction

The road to extinction

It is crystal clear – unlike the smoky skies where I live – to most of us who are willing to consider the facts: this summer’s ‘natural’ disasters have been…

The Path To Energy Security

The path to energy security

Energy security is one of the hallmarks of success for any economy in the present times. The paucity of energy has haunted the economy of Pakistan for a decade now.…

Saving Species? Or Killing Them?

Saving species? Or killing them?

Last year I read an Op-Ed in the New York Times entitled ‘Building an Ark for the Sociopocene’. No, I lied. It was entitled ‘Building an Ark for the Anthropocene‘.…

Poison In The Air

Poison in the air

Three of the six reactors at Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi complex were wrecked in March 2011 by an earthquake and tsunami. The destruction of emergency electric generators caused a ‘station blackout’ which…

Creeping Threat

Creeping threat

Donald Trump’s presidency has gotten so much attention that the latest threats to climate stability have received only passing notice. To be sure, Trump’s belief that climate change is a…

Beyond Gonorrhoea And Cholera

Beyond gonorrhoea and cholera

Comparisons have been made between Donald Trump and Narendra Modi. They may have several facets of personality and politics in common but their routes to power were entirely different. Modi’s…