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As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group is for us to check in at, to let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wildfires,
by bigjacbigjacbigjac
on Mon Mar 04, 2024 at 10:01 PM PST
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In 1962 the United States conducted a test of a nuclear weapon in space: en.wikipedia.org/… . This was publically announced, as the explosion was to be visible from Hawaii. People took their picnic baskets and blankets to the beaches to watch the...
by Mustellus
on Sat Feb 17, 2024 at 09:48 AM PST
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One of President Joe Biden’s endeavors that can be fairly described as awesome is his “30 by 30” initiative to conserve and protect 30% of America’s land and water by 2030. Currently, just 12% falls into the protected category. The key question: Where...
by Meteor Blades
on Sun Feb 11, 2024 at 08:00 AM PST
with 192 Recommends
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Remember back in 2019, when Ohio decided to throw tons of money at FirstEnergy to bail out its coal and nuclear power operations? And then it turned out that the $1.3 billion bailout was clinched by a $60 million bribe? Well, following a 20-year...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
on Mon Dec 11, 2023 at 06:11 AM PST
with 107 Recommends
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The first fatal nuclear reactor accident in American history happened at a research station in Idaho in 1961—and is still the subject of debate and controversy. "Hidden History" is a diary ...
by Lenny Flank
on Tue Mar 19, 2024 at 01:02 PM PDT
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NOTE: Earth Matters will not appear on November 19 and 26. It will return December 3. One hundred fifteen years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Winters v. United States that American Indian tribes had an inherent right to water because treaties...
by Meteor Blades
on Sun Nov 12, 2023 at 08:00 AM PST
with 114 Recommends
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Join us Sunday at 4pm ET/1pm PT. This week's Town Hall will focus on Nuclear Matters. First we will hear about the escalated threat of nuclear Armageddon and a week of action to oppose this madness. Then we will have an update on efforts to shut down...
by Progressive Democrats of America
on Sat Sep 23, 2023 at 07:36 AM PDT
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America conducted a nuclear war. It took place in Nevada and lasted 11 years. One hundred nuclear weapons were detonated. The unwitting combatants were American citizens. This isn’t a conspiracy theory. It is well-documented historical fact. It is one...
by RDScally
on Fri Aug 18, 2023 at 11:16 AM PDT
with 38 Recommends
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What do baby teeth and nuclear weapons have in common? As a child I participated in a radiation study known as Operation Tooth, conducted by Washington University in St. Louis in conjunction with St. Louis University, that collected baby teeth and...
by RDScally
on Fri Aug 18, 2023 at 09:25 AM PDT
with 13 Recommends
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This is our nuclear crisis issue: how it feels in Ukraine to be living under a potential nuclear emergency on a daily basis. Below, in section three, we discuss how we’re personally preparing and the gear we’re using. THANK YOU for being a paid...
by Timkmak
on Sun Jul 09, 2023 at 07:26 AM PDT
with 136 Recommends
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While the Fukushima NPP suffered its meltdowns, a thread was ongoing in the ‘Physics Forum’ (www.physicsforums.com/...), I participated in those conversations under several handles (several handles were necessary because the people who ran that forum...
by sfojimbo
on Sat Jul 08, 2023 at 10:03 AM PDT
with 75 Recommends
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I amend my commentary as follows: --------------------------------------------------------------- Two views emerge from this discussion, the majority belief is that attacking Russians who are killing Ukrainian civilians will result in an uncontrollable...
by jferris
on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 09:05 AM PDT
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By: Chris Allbritton, William Glover Weiss, Ross Pelekh, and Tim Mak Editor’s note: This week we posted a story highlighting a trans activist in Ukraine; Russia cited LGBTQ+ rights as a reason for the war. We didn’t anticipate the negative reaction:...
by Timkmak
on Sun Jul 02, 2023 at 04:50 AM PDT
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On Thursday evening, a Telegram account belonging to Ukrainian military intelligence reported that Russian forces were decreasing around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant. Rosatom employees brought in from Russia were reportedly the first to depart,...
by Mark Sumner
on Fri Jun 30, 2023 at 01:30 PM PDT
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Oleksandr Selyverstov was living a terrible nightmare. He was an engineer in charge of a nuclear reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. And Russian troops were coming. In late February 2022, the Russian military was beginning to close in on...
by Timkmak
on Sun Jun 04, 2023 at 07:14 AM PDT
with 493 Recommends
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One of the ways Russia is making life for Ukraine as miserable as possible is by targeting the country’s electrical grid. The NY Times reports that there is one element that could make a difference:
by xaxnar
on Mon May 29, 2023 at 08:31 AM PDT
with 86 Recommends
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Rabbi Arnstein is about peace. Peace of the soul. This article is about pushing your fear button. Local conservative online news puts out an article about the FBI holding nuclear drills in Houston. Nuclear attack drills start in Houston under the FBI...
by iarnstein
on Wed May 03, 2023 at 05:10 PM PDT
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It’s no surprise a U.S. senator with an appalling lifetime score of 6% from the League of Conservation Voters for his environmental votes and a history of rejecting climate science would ridicule Democratic actions to address the impacts of the global...
by Meteor Blades
on Fri May 05, 2023 at 08:41 AM PDT
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On March 26, Putin made public statements indicating that preparations are being made to house Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, which will be completed by July 1. Putin’s speech laid out the following A facility for housing Russian tactical...
by RO37
on Mon Mar 27, 2023 at 11:10 AM PDT
with 177 Recommends
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Four new advanced power reactors were originally slated to come online in the United States in 2016 and 2017. When completed, they would join two 1980s models at the Alvin T. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Georgia, and one 1980s model...
by Meteor Blades
on Fri Feb 24, 2023 at 07:55 AM PST
with 190 Recommends
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