Nuclear Power Nightmare | Weekly Top Ten

Week ending Friday March 18, 2011 "Nuclear Power Nightmare" Special Coverage See our continuing coverage of the fallout from the Earthquake in Japan. We have references, factsheets and background materials, as well as the news and views Common Dreams has published related to this situation, compiled here. ACTION ALERT:  from our Partners at Roots Action: Sign this letter to President Obama demanding an energy future that puts an end to nuclear power. Nuclear power is a dangerous dead end. The reactors melting down in Japan prove that “safe nuclear power” is an oxymoron. President Obama’s continuing support for nuclear energy -- even as Japan faces environmental devastation -- is appalling. Technologically, no country is more advanced than Japan. Nuclear power is not safe there, and it is not safe anywhere. See the full letter here. Become a sustaining member of the Common Dreams community today! The only way to build a powerful movement is by coming together to raise our voices louder and stronger. Your support sustains our work giving voice to those who might not be heard, providing the real story behind the corporate media headlines. No corporate influences distort our coverage. We report to you. Our Top Ten Headlines... Japan Frantic to Avert Multiple Nuclear Meltdowns Bank Of America Anonymous Leak Alleges 'Corruption And Fraud' Greetings From Fitzwalkerstan: Wisconsin GOP Denies Legislative Democrats Voting Rights Revealed: Afghan Chief Accused of Campaign of Terror Is on US Payroll Scott Fitzgerald and Wisconsin GOP Pull Back From the Brink UN Security Council Backs No-Fly Zone and Air Strikes Nuclear Rods Melting Inside Three Fukushima Reactors, Japan Admits Japan Contemplates 'Chernobyl Solution' for Nuclear Disaster Promises, Promises: Obama Rebuffs Invites to Stand with Workers State Department's P.J. Crowley Forced Out by Obama White House for Speaking Up on Bradley Manning's Torture Our Top Ten Views... Harvey Wasserman: An 8.9 Quake Could Have Irradiated the Entire US Chris Hedges: Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand Karl Grossman: Behind the Hydrogen Explosion at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant Ralph Nader: Our Right-Leaning Public Media Norman Solomon: Nuclear Power Madness John Nichols: Tractors Roll Into Madison, As Wisconsin Readies For The Biggest Protest Yet Richard Wolff: What's Left of the American Left? John Hallinan: The Crisis is Our Unwillingness to Make Rich Pay Their Share Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: In Defense of NPR John Nichols: Wisconsin Senators "Sell Out" to Corporate Interests as DC Crowds Pick Up the Chant: "Recall!" Home About Us Donate Sign Up Archives Videos... Phyllis Bennis on Libya and No-Fly Zones Rachel Maddow Talks with Arnie Gundersen: Understanding the Threat of Nuclear Radiation Explosion at Fukushima Nuclear Plant Foreign Troops in Bahrain Understanding the Concern About Spent Fuel Pools Founded in 1997, CommonDreams.org is an Internet-based progressive news and grassroots activism organization. We are nonprofit, independent and nonpartisan. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. © Copyright 1997-2011 You are subscribed to Common Dreams as . Click here to unsubscribe