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AGelbert:
Is Ending Nuclear Power The Best Way To End Nuclear Waste? 1,316 views•Jan 17, 2020

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Is the most environmentally friendly way to stop Nuclear waste, to stop using nuclear power at all?
 
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Nuclear power is reeking havoc on the planet, and for some reason, it is still thought of as green, even with the high cost of mining, production and the extremely dangerous nuclear waste.

AGelbert:

--- Quote ---One senior officer said to me, “We’re afraid that if we present 🦀 Donald Trump with a hundred options of what to do in a certain crisis, and only one of them is a nuclear option, that he might go down the list and choose the one that is the most catastrophic.” And that officer said, “In 35 years of my being in the military, I’ve never thought before that I had to think of the personality of the president in presenting military options.”
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February 7, 2020

AMY GOODMAN, DEMOCRACY NOW!

Risk of Nuclear War Rises as U.S. Deploys New Nuke for First Time Since Cold War
In late 2019, the U.S. Navy quietly deployed a submarine armed with a low-yield nuclear warhead from Kings Bay Submarine Base in Georgia. In this interview, reporter William Arkin discusses the danger of putting this weapon in the hands of 🦀 Trump while the U.S. faces serious crises with Iran and North Korea, and the need for Democratic candidates to speak up about nuclear weapons.

WILLIAM ARKIN: So, “low-yield” is merely the title. It’s like saying that a Hummer is a small truck. I think that what’s important for people to take away from this development is that the United States has a new usable 😨 nuclear weapon, what the military itself considers to be more usable. That’s the change. And it’s also a weapon that can be stealthily and covertly deployed in the oceans. And that’s a change.

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