Record High Radiation at Crippled Japan Nuke Plant (Agence France-Presse)

Aug. 1, 2011 -- TOKYO (Agence France-Presse) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Monday it had monitored record high radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March ...

House panel approves bill forcing ISPs to log users’ web history (Eric W. Dolan)

July 28, 2011 (Raw Story) -- The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to collect and retain records about Internet users' activity. CNET ...

Scientists Create 'Hole In Space' In Demonstration Of Time Cloaking

'This approach is based on accelerating and slowing down the front and rear parts, respectively, of the probe beam to create a well-controlled temporal gap,' scientists write. July 14, 2011 (World Ne ...

Fukushima Spews, Los Alamos Burns, Vermont Rages and We’ve Almost Lost Nebraska (Harvey Wasserman)

June 29, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- Humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, explosion, incineration, courtroom contempt and drowning of its most lethal industry. We know only two t ...

'Know Your Digital Rights' Guide -- Full Version (EFF)

By Hanni Fakhoury -- EFF Staff Attorney June 2011 Know Your Rights Whitepaper (pdf) EFF Police Tips (pdf) Your computer, your phone, and your other digital devices hold vast amounts of personal infor ...

Know Your Digital Rights -- Tips For Talking To The Police -- Summary (EFF)

June 27, 2011 (EFF) -- The police want to search my server, my personal computer, or my phone. What do I do now? Don’t consent to a search. • Say “No,” and tell the police to come back with a warrant ...

Deus ex Machina: Will economic collapse save us from climate catastrophe? (Dan Allen)

June 17, 2011 (Energy Bulletin) -- “I don’t think the American public has gripped in its gut what could happen.... We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.” --Stev ...

US Nuke Regulators Weaken Safety Rules (Jeff Donn)

June 20, 2011 -- LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- Federal regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by rep ...

Confessions of a Nuclear Power Safety Expert (John Perlin)

June 14, 2011 (Miller-McCune) -- When Italy decided in the mid-’70s to add nuclear power to its power portfolio, young mechanical and nuclear engineer Cesare Silvi was among those attracted to the op ...

IMF Computer System Said to Be Targeted by Foreign Government Cyber-Attack (Michael Riley and Sandrine Rastello)

June 13, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- The data theft from International Monetary Fund computers by hackers said to be linked to a foreign government follows incidents against companies and governments that il ...

America's Nuclear Spent-Fuel Time Bombs (Robert Alvarez)

Japan's nuclear disaster should serve as a wake-up call for the United States June 6, 2011 (OtherWords) -- Now that many Americans have stopped paying attention to Japan's nuclear catastrophe, shocki ...