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Karl Grossman, a long-time investigative reporter, is a professor of journalism at the State University of New York Old Westbury. He is the host of the nationally aired TV program "Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman" (www.envirovideo.com). He is the author seven books.
SHARE Sunday, July 21, 2024 Biden Signs ADVANCE Act
President Joe Biden has signed the ADVANCE Act, a measure passed overwhelmingly by both houses of the U.S. Congress which promotes nuclear power.
"I signed the ADVANCE Act, a bipartisan win for American energy security, innovation and achieving economy-wide, net-zero emissions by 2050. Clean nuclear power and good union jobs. That's what the ADVANCE Act will help deliver," declared Biden on his Facebook page.
(6 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 27, 2024 ADVANCE Act Pushing Nuclear Power Passes U.S. Congress by Lopsided Margins
The "ADVANCE Act," a bill to promote nuclear power, was passed 88-to-2 in the U.S. Senate last week. The ADVANCE stands for "Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy." The only senators voting against it were Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
It was approved in the House of Representatives in May, also by a lopsided margin: 393-13. And has gone to President Biden.
SHARE Thursday, July 6, 2023 The Fukushima Disaster, The Hidden Side of the Story
"The Fukushima Disaster, The Hidden Side of the Story" is a just-released film documentary, a powerful, moving, information-full film that is superbly made. Directed and edited by Philippe Carillo, it is among the strongest ever made on the deadly dangers of nuclear technology.
SHARE Monday, May 15, 2023 Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island -- a Masterpiece of a Documentary Film
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island is the title of a newly-released documentary feature film directed, written and produced by award-winning filmmaker Heidi Hutner, a professor of environmental humanities at Stony Brook University. With greatly compelling facts and interviews, she and her also highly talented production team have put together a masterpiece of a documentary film.
SHARE Monday, December 19, 2022 Fusion -- and Its Radioactive Constituent
There was great hoopla -- largely unquestioned by media -- over the just-announced claim by the U.S. Department of energy of a "major scientific breakthrough" in the development of fusion energy. But as a long-time researcher on fusion, Dr. Daniel Jassby, has written, fusion power "is something to be shunned." A key radioactive in fusion when attempted on Earth is tritium, a radioactive variant of hydrogen.