Sacrificing safety on the altar of nuclear preparedness
An interview with Kate Brown, the author of "Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters."
Oil and gas companies still enjoying 1920 royalty rates
When it comes to onshore production on federal land, that is.
A prescription for Long Island: fixing the sins of privately owned utility operators with more privatization
National Grid, which operates the electrical system for LIPA, is a for-profit company, yet Gov. Cuomo's Moreland Commission wants to double down. Is its initial recommendation the best way?
Nuclear power plant flood risk: Sandy was just a warm-up
The Northeast seaboard is chock-full of nuclear power plants. Sandy, for all its wrath, was only a Category 1 hurricane. Climate change will drive more severe storms, raise sea levels, and increase flood risks. To what extent has the industry and its regulator taken these projected climate change consequences into account?
