Fighting Our Fossil-Nuke Extinction

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from truthdig:


Fighting Our Fossil-Nuke Extinction

Posted on Apr 8, 2014
By Harvey Wasserman


The 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster has brought critical new evidence that petro-pollution is destroying our global ecosystem.

The third anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown in Japan confirms that radioactive reactor fallout is doing the same.

How the two mega-poisons interact remains largely unstudied, but the answers can’t be good. And it’s clearer than ever that we won’t survive without ridding our planet of both.

To oppose atomic power with fossil fuels is to treat cancer by burning down the house.

To oppose petro-pollution with nukes is to stoke that fire with radiation. ..........................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/fighting_our_fossil-nuke_extinction_20140408

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