Since Nevada has balked at storing nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, spent fuel rods are piling up in U.S. nuclear plants.
Arab League Walks a Tightrope With Libya Intervention
Arab leaders are concerned about criticism for green-lighting Western military action in Libya, should it backfire.
Thanks to Fukushima Light Shed on U.S. Nuclear Facility Located on a Volcano
Like the Fukushima reactors, U.S. nuclear labs lie on faults.
Is There a Cause and Effect Between Fukushima and Attacking Libya?
As Japan’s nuclear crisis deepened, Gaddafi revealed that he would cancel oil contracts with Europe and sign up instead the BRIC countries.
Fukushima: Which Is It? “Certain level of success” or “crisis still not resolved”?
Would the United States have handled Fukushima better?
In the End, Fukushima a Gift to the Nuclear Energy Industry?
The Fukushima reactors survival of both an earthquake and tsunami with minimal radiation release can be a powerful selling point for nuclear power plants.
Will Libya Become a Second Iraq?
However different the two, Libya could still end up like Iraq today: a nation deeply divided not by sect and language but by geography and tribe.
Chevron’s Outlandish Fraud Charges Deprive Ecuadorians of Justice
Chevron’s claim that it didn’t get a fair shake from the Ecuadoran legal system is laughable since it was the one that insisted on moving the case from U.S. jurisdiction to South America.
For Clue to How U.S. Would Respond to Its Own Fukushima, Look at Financial Crisis
The U.S. response to the financial crisis showed scant evidence that we learned from our mistakes.
Free Trade’s Winners and Losers in Latin America
Scrapping tariffs can hurt poor farmers, and a deal with Colombia might boost coca production.