The Hightower Report

Won't Take Nuke for an Answer; Drat. Oiled Again.

"...The nuclear power boys are weaseling again, this time in Vermont...."

May 6, 2011 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Hightower Report

The Wonderland of Rudy, Mitt, and Fred; and Subsidizing Disaster

"...it's all too real. It's the return of the nuclear power industry...."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Mueller re-development is a rip-off and "affordable housing" is a sham.

"...voters had looked at available data ... " (regarding nuclear power). He never mentions the politicians and others, who,..."

July 7, 2000 Column

Postmarks

Raves for Marc Savlov's recent article on Ecstasy.

"...to the suppression of freedom by the authorities in power under apartheid." (Tom Seigfried, The Dallas Morning News, June..."

June 23, 2000 Column

Austin Stalked by NRG Energy

"...Nora Ankrum for her excellent January 21 article “AE’s Nuclear Option” [News]. However, it was horrifying to see that..."

Jan. 26, 2011 Postmarks

Why Are We Still Fighting About STNP?

"...believe that we're still fighting about the South Texas Nuclear Project [“AE's Nuclear Option,” News, Jan. 21]. (I refuse..."

Feb. 28, 2011 Postmarks

Zero Nuke Initiative Is Dangerous

"...nuke initiative. Whether or not Obama is serious about nuclear disarmament remains to be seen, but the issue deserves..."

Aug. 25, 2009 Postmarks

The Roots of the Left

The South Texas (Nuclear) Project isn't quite lost -- too bad.

"...fight with the mayor over the ever-controversial South Texas Nuclear Project...."

July 4, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

"...to make Texas home to the nation's first new nuclear power plants since the 1979 Three Mile Island disaster, NRG..."

Oct. 12, 2007 News Feature

Hey, That's Our Nuke, Too

Jackie Goodman questions the new ownership of the South Texas Nuclear Project

"...would include its 44% share of the South Texas (Nuclear) Project, and hey, that's our nuke, too...."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Meeker vs. Leffingwell

Race for City Council's Place 1 seat off to a bruising start

"...during his campaign announcement, he's depicting Leffingwell as a nuclear-power proponent, which – given Austin's liberal bona fides and..."

Feb. 15, 2008 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Letters @ 3AM

The real election is being decided in the primaries, and unless disaster intervenes, the next president will be Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama

"...the front page of The New York Times headlined, "Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama." In brief, this is..."

Feb. 15, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

UT & Lockheed Woo Los Alamos

Peace activists urge UT to take a moral stand against weapons of mass destruction by refusing to bid on Los Alamos, while supporters see an opportunity for UT to increase its recognition and prestige, and protect national security

"...run the trouble-prone lab, one of three where U.S. nuclear weapons activities take place. Peace activists are urging UT..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Nuke Waste: Get It While It's Hot!

Crony capitalism drops a dirty bomb on Texas

"..."low-level" (yet still extremely dangerous) radioactive waste, mostly from nuclear power plants, states often form compacts – agreements wherein..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Page Two: Other Shoes, Other Feet

Republicans blame it all on the Democrats, while outraged activists flirt with censorship

"...Democrats by pointing out that if they come to power, they'll raise taxes and wreck the economy...."

Aug. 8, 2008 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

Simmering Water War; and Vote and Run

"...the boneheaded executives and greed-headed investors in coal-fired and nuclear-powered plants that generate electricity...."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

"...nail in its 2008 coffin this week, naming the once-powerful and currently obsolete Talmadge Heflin to lead the state..."

Aug. 3, 2007 News Feature

The Hightower Lowdown

The media buys the Pentagon's lies, W can't keep his free-market ideology straight, and biotechnology brings us Frankenpigs.

"...The Pentagon-Media Complex What is it about the media powerhouses that make them such suckers for Pentagon fairy tales?..."

Aug. 17, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...to make a case against light rail by attacking nuclear power...."

June 30, 2000 Column

Point Austin: Another War for Sale

NPR covers 'Iran and the Bomb' – from A to B

"...efforts to prevent the state of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, such efforts proceeding despite the absence of any..."

Aug. 28, 2009 News Column by Michael King

From the Desk of ... Big Nuke

Tracing the daisy chain of nuclear PR recycling

"...median capacity factor – a measure of reliability at nuclear plants – has shown a steady, marked improvement and..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...on at least two occasions -- namely, that our nuclear power plants are not adequately protected from terrorist attack...."

May 9, 2003 Column

Naked City

Off The Desk:

"...to read someone else's mail. But if it's the nuclear industry's e-mail, there's probably a compelling public interest to..."

Sept. 11, 1998 News Feature

Postmarks

"...Mr. Hendryx's letter about city clearance of trees from power lines ["Postmarks," Vol.17, No.14], as a member and chairman..."

Dec. 12, 1997 Column

Breaking a 'Fever'

New filmmakers hope to shed light on Navajo Nation's paradox of plenty

"...yet, because it helped win the war and it powers many of our homes. We're talking about the yellow..."

Sept. 6, 2013 Screens Feature by Matthew Irwin

Letters at 3AM: The Sixth War

America is engaged in hostilities on six fronts

"...abide by the law. That law is the War Powers Act, which requires the admittedly shaky virtue of congressional..."

July 15, 2011 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

"...nuke, if plans announced last week by Illinois-based Exelon Nuclear, the nation's largest nuclear power provider, move forward. Exelon..."

July 6, 2007 News Feature

Postmarks

"Alex Jones is to patriotism ... what hot dogs are to meat."

"...elite is not satisfied with its current riches and power and is manipulating our economy to further transfer wealth..."

July 21, 2000 Column

There Goes the Sun

Austin's clean-energy industry appears poised to take off -- but city leaders seem surprisingly unenthusiastic.

"...appealing as can be imagined. The demand for clean power through Austin Energy seems inexhaustible; the prospects for the..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM

U.S. military action against Iran is not likely to be tolerated by Europe, Russia, and China

"...of Iran should have access to modern technologies, including nuclear ones'" (The New York Times, Feb. 2, p.10). Russia..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Column by Michael Ventura

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