Sunday, September 13, 2026

Tag: nuclear

Searching for solace in a nuclearized world

The nightmare of Fukushima 15 years later.

85 seconds to my own midnight?

Our nuclear world, up close and personal.

Opposition of nuclear power ‘revival’ in New York holds its first...

This first forum, a webinar on Jan. 15, was titled a “Symposium for Safe and Affordable Energy in New York" as part of a series of “Forums for a Nuclear-Free New York.”

Trump family businesses rake in $4 billion after his re-election with...

With investments across sectors like real estate, hospitality, media, cryptocurrency and more, the Trumps are “increasingly integrating their business empire” into the wider U.S. economy.

Trump’s push into nuclear questions economic conflicts of interest, public safety

The Trump family’s investments in nuclear fusion live under a bad cloud that threatens us all.

3 Trump has torched atomic power’s last illusion of credible regulation

But the low-cost zero-carbon tsunami of green Solartopian technology may yet prove unstoppable in the marketplace.  

80 years after Trinity

The atomic nightmare, then, and now.

Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool

Heatwaves force European reactors offline while solar keeps the lights on.

Governor Hochul to make New York center of nuclear revival in...

Governor Kathy Hochul has also become involved in promoting nuclear power nationally.

Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran while reimposing sanctions amid nuclear tensions

U.S.-Iran tensions escalate as Trump balances threats, sanctions, and potential diplomacy.

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Cleanup at Ground Zero in May 2002. Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NYC releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air quality records held back for 25 years

The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, between Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Map: NormanEinstein / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Houthi seizure of Yemeni port pushes US diesel past $6 a gallon for first...

Saudi oil output has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 as the Iran war disrupts shipping.
Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Massachusetts. Photo: Parkerjh / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall

More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
A 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City. Photo: DHS

Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights...

We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press.
The aftermath of the glacial collapse that triggered Nepal's floods. Photo: European Space Agency

Humanitarian Needs Grow as Nepal Recovers from Catastrophic Floods

1,367 people are confirmed dead and 5,132 remain missing, including 587 foreign nationals, two weeks after a glacial collapse triggered Nepal's floods.