http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 25 May 2013 16:44:24 Sat, 25 May 2013 16:44:24 [div class="excerpt"] http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/12/111205-solar-power-from-space

Beam It Down: A Drive to Launch Space-Based Solar
Disaster relief may make sense as an early application, given the costs

Victoria Jaggard
For National Geographic News
Published Decemb... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1514 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:36:40 [div class="excerpt"] http://www.freemumia.com/?p=777

Philly D.A. Forfeits Death Penalty for Mumia. Desmond Tutu Demands his Release

PRESS RELEASE
RESPONSE TO DA SETH WILLIAMS’ DECISION ON THE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL CASE

For Interview Contact
Dr. Johanna Fernandez, 917.930.0804
Dr. Suzanne Ross... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1513 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:12:15 Source: [b]ABC7/KGO/AP[/b]

The district attorney announced Wednesday that prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in prison for gunning down a white police officer nearly 30 years ago.

The decisi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1512 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:52:37 [div class="excerpt"] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/evangelicals-rethink-nuclear-weapons/2011/11/22/gIQAn27g8N_blog.html

Posted at 09:42 AM ET, 11/29/2011
Evangelicals rethink nuclear weapons
By Leith Anderson, Dennis Hollinger, John Jenkins and Jo Anne Lyon

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... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1511 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:37:30 From LBN:
[div class="excerpt"] http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x5077089

EU agrees co-ordinated withdrawal of ambassadors from Iran
Source: RT

Iran may lose all EU ambassadors from its soil as European countries agree to recall their ambassado... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1510 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:00:29 Source: [b]Haaretz[/b]

A mysterious blast which reportedly rocked Isfahan in western Iran on Monday damaged a key nuclear facility in the city, the Times of London reported on Wednesday.
...
However, a report in the Times on Wednesday alleged that the blast had not been a military accident, and t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1509 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:11:59 "So what’s driving the world’s nuclear suppliers to service such nuclear pariahs?
First and foremost: cash."

"avoiding another Fukushima-like accident will be an ever greater challenge. But this challenge will be minor compared with the test of preventing a nuclear-arms race in the Middle and Fa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1508 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:30:29 Wesley Clark comes on in the middle and at the end.
The whole show is worth listening to.
Here are his comments at the end:
[div class="excerpt"] Kudlow: wes clark, the last word. this is a military dictatorship, the mullahs are front men. this is a military dictatorship. shouldn't we reckon with... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1507 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:28:00 From LBN:
[div class="excerpt"] http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x5072107

Iran threatens to hit Turkey if US, Israel attack
Source: AP

Iran will target NATO's missile defense installations in Turkey if the U.S. or Israel attacks the Islamic Re... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1506 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:34:35 [div class="excerpt"] http://www.universetoday.com/91283/first-amateur-image-of-another-solar-system/

First Amateur Image of Another Solar System
by Nancy Atkinson on November 25, 2011

http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Beta-Pictoris-presentation-16112011.jpg

Amateur a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1503 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:21:51 Not sure if this has been posted yet - it's from last month:
[div class="excerpt"] http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_top-indian-scientists-to-launch-nation-wide-protest-for-ban-on-nuclear-plants_1600845

Top Indian scientists to launch nation-wide protest for ban on nuclear plants
Published: ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1505 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:54:26 Anti-science Republicans who complained about Solyndra are pushing for this nuclear boondoggle.
[div class="excerpt"] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/25/business/loan-request-by-uranium-enrichment-concern-shakes-up-political-sides.html

Loan Request by Uranium-Enrichment Firm Upends Politics as Us... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1502 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:48:35 [div class="excerpt"] http://antinuclear.net/2011/11/26/anti-nuclear-movement-succeeding-in-india/

Anti nuclear movement succeeding in India

Anti-nuke lobby seems to be winning the battle in India:Expert, IBN Live , Bangalore, Nov 25 (PTI) A key member of the Indian nuclear establishment today... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1501 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:24:47 ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1500 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:22:47 "Economically viable Solar Power Satellites appear achievable during the next 1-3 decades."

272 page 50 MB pdf report: http://iaaweb.org/iaa/Studies/sg311_finalreport_solarpower.pdf

I posted the 90-minute press conference in the video forum: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1499 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:22:31 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2300882

Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Sun Nov-13-11 05:44 PM
Original message

The Killing of Karen Silkwood is an updated edition of the groundbreaking book

http://commerce2.pair.com/unionist/ccp7/index.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1498 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:24:07 [div class="excerpt"] http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/11/will-fukushima-bankrupt-japan.html

Will Fukushima Bankrupt Japan?
Posted on November 10, 2011 by WashingtonsBlog

Nuclear Accident May Bankrupt Japan

I noted in April that a nuclear catastrophe could cost ten trillion dollars or m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1497 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:16:35 I saw this on tv, it was a good interview, definitely worth watching.
[div class="excerpt"] http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/11/10/365454/bill-clinton-clean-energy-daily-show/

Bill Clinton Talks Clean Energy on the Daily Show: “We Have Got To Be Competitive in These Areas”
By Stephen Lacey on... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1496 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:46:46 "The IAA's three-year, ten-nation study, Green Energy from Space Solar Power, confirms the feasibility of using space solar power technology [b]within the decade[/b]."

[div class="excerpt"] http://www.parabolicarc.com/2011/11/08/nss-to-announce-ground-breaking-wireless-space-solar-power-findings/... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1494 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:24:49 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x5057009

Mystery Radiation Detected 'Across Europe'
Source: ABC News

The hunt is on for the source of low level radiation detected in the atmosphere "across Europe" over the past several days, nuclear officials s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1493 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:27:43 Which of these things would Obama NEVER do?
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1492 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:21:11 Here's a letter at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NucNews/message/33604
[div class="excerpt"] Dear friend,

This fall, students around the country returned to schools that are woefully underfunded and sometimes literally falling apart. As Washington debates how to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trill... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1491 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:20:31 [div class="excerpt"] http://www.enn.com/energy/article/43502

From: David A Gabel, ENN
Published November 2, 2011 09:19 AM
Belgium to Completely Phase Out Nuclear Power by 2025

The small western-European country of Belgium currently has two commercial nuclear sites and a total of seven react... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1490 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:49:57 [div class="excerpt"] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/02/uk-military-iran-attack-nuclear

UK military steps up plans for Iran attack amid fresh nuclear fears
[i]Nick Hopkins
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 2 November 2011 [/i]

Britain's armed forces are stepping up their contingency plann... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1488 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:32:33 [div class="excerpt"] "Given the signs, it is certain that fission is occurring," Junichi Matsumoto, a general manager at Tepco, told reporters.
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That's from the article in the OP: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/02/fukushima-setback-signs-nuclear-fission

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/bananas/1489 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:38:03