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Chernobyl: A monument to folly that may outlast human civilization

In Causes, Commentary, Human Interest, Illnesses, Important Articles, Main, Nuclear disaster, Radiation, Recovery
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In addition to the sixth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon spill, this month marked another grim environmental anniversary — 30 years since the April 24, 1986 nuclear accident at the Chernobyl plant in what was then the Soviet Union and is now the Ukraine. In a strange way, the fact that the accident occurred well behind the Iron Curtain of the 20th Century has left much of the Western...

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Is fracking our countryside a good way to make American foreign policy?

In Commentary, Fracking, Main, Politics, Response, Safety
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There are many, many arguments to be made against the process of hydraulic fracturing. Fracking is usurping billions of gallons of water in a time of drought, its main disposal method for wastewater has been linked to earthquakes, its rigs spew toxic air pollution as well as methane, which contributes greatly to global warming. That’s in addition to polluting local wells and the occasional...

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Stuart H. Smith is an attorney based in New Orleans fighting major oil companies and other polluters.
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