Michael Bryan

So you think impeaching Bush and Cheney is a waste of time? That it would provoke a backlash, as did the impeachment of Clinton? Do you really think those are equivalent? Really? Sometimes something has to be done simply because it is the right thing to do. Impeaching the tyrants inhabiting our White House is … Read more

Russel Pearce is challenging Jeff Flake for the the Republican nomination in Arizona’s 6th District. He outlines in detail on his website how much he intends to raise and what he’s going to do with it. He’s practically a model of candor and transparency. "Our first goal is to raise $25,000 to pay for critical … Read more

Freedom of speech is a given in America, right? Not if you’re Muslim hip-hop poet Amir Sulaiman, who spoke his mind on national television, and then found the FBI on his doorstep. Or groups of protesters at the Democratic and Republican national conventions who were relegated to "free speech" zones far from the politicians with … Read more

There is a good deal of controversy in the environmental movement regarding how to continue generating energy to maintain our economic well-being while cutting or eliminating the energy industry’s heavy carbon footprint (roughly 40% of carbon emissions are related to energy generation). There are some in the environmental movement, not to mention those in the nuclear industry, who point to nuclear power as a way to reduce carbon emission from the energy sector.

It is true that nuclear generation of electricity itself is not a significant source of carbon emissions, but there are serious economic feasibility, safety, and environmental issues, in addition to carbon emissions associated with the entire life-cycles of nuclear fuels and generation plants.

Southern Arizona is blessed with a number of experts on the industry and its environmental impacts. MyCommentary, records the viewpoints of local activists and concerned citizens. The project brings us the video commentaries of two local nuclear activists, Russell Lowes, and Jack Cohen-Joppa. I share those commentaries with you here:

Commentary by Mr. Cohen-Joppa

Commentary by Mr. Lowes

In addition, the local public affairs program, Political Perspectives with Cynthia Dickstein, covered the nuclear issue recently with Jack Cohen-Joppa and Russell Lowes as her guests. They were joined by Arizona environmental justice advocate Steve Brittle for a panel discussion that constitutes an excellent primer on this topic.

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