Fiscal Woes May Sink Clearwater
Clearwater, the venerable environmental organization that was a driving force behind the passage of the 1972 Clean Water Act may have to
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Roger Witherspoon
Feb 18, 20184 min read
Falcon Heavy, Dad, and the Kid
It was 3 AM on a clear, crisp October morning in 1957 when Dad gently shook me awake and said simply, “It’s time.”
Roger Witherspoon
Apr 7, 20174 min read
Morality, Race, and Chemical Assaults in Syria
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article Tomahawk Launch from USS Ross In 2013, President Assad launched a massive gas attack...
Roger Witherspoon
May 28, 201612 min read
Degradation of Indian Point Reactor Triggers NRC Investigation
The unprecedented degradation of critical baffle bolts in the Indian Point 2 reactor has triggered an extensive investigation by federal...
Roger Witherspoon
Apr 15, 20168 min read
23 Years of Radioactive Rainfall at Indian Point
For the past 23 years, Entergy engineers have tried unsuccessfully to ignore, live with, and then stop radioactive rain from Indian Point.
Roger Witherspoon
Mar 31, 20167 min read
Critical Nuclear Reactor Bolts Fail at Indian Point 2
By Roger Witherspoon A special inspection of the Indian Point 2 nuclear reactor found that more than a quarter of the stainless steel...
Roger Witherspoon
Mar 4, 20167 min read
Dangerous Flaw Threatens to Close Nation’s Nuclear Fleet
Byron Nuclear Power Plant By Roger Witherspoon After four years of increasingly tense internal discussion, seven Nuclear Regulatory...
Roger Witherspoon
Feb 13, 20166 min read
Indian Point Contaminates the Hudson River With Uncontrollable Radioactive Flow
By Roger Witherspoon For more than a decade, it has been impossible for operators of the Indian Point nuclear power plant to stop highly...
Roger Witherspoon
Feb 4, 20164 min read
Black History Lost and Found
On Feb. 1, the New York Times started a Black History Month series of photographs of black life in America, “Unpublished Black History."
Roger Witherspoon
Jan 18, 20166 min read
Fiscal Woes Drowning Clearwater: Iconic Festival may be Doomed
By Roger Witherspoon January 18, 2016 Download and/or Print Article Clearwater, the groundbreaking environmental organization founded by...
Roger Witherspoon
Apr 3, 20156 min read
Electric Flash: Green Cars are Getting Stylish
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article A car doesn’t have to be dull and plodding to be green. One wouldn’t know that from...
Roger Witherspoon
Jan 1, 20156 min read
Drawing for the Future and Putting Pizzazz in GM Cars
Ed Welburn was as cool as ever. A soft-spoken man with a quiet air, he moved through the centerpiece GM exhibit at the NY International Auto
Roger Witherspoon
Aug 17, 20145 min read
Rep. Leonard Lance: Climate Defender to Climate Change Denier
By Roger Witherspoon August 17, 2014 Download and/or Print Article To environmental activists, their dramatically changing relationship...
Roger Witherspoon
Jul 19, 20146 min read
Nuke Plant May Shut to Spare Spawning Fish
By Roger Witherspoon New York State is prepared to close 40 years of intermittent and costly legal wrangling over the annual destruction...
Roger Witherspoon
Jul 19, 20146 min read
NY Alters Course on Indian Point Water Usage
By Roger Witherspoon July 19, 2014 Download and/or Print Article New York State is prepared to close 40 years of intermittent and costly...
Roger Witherspoon
Jan 16, 20143 min read
Wide Gulf and Angry Words in Indian Point Labor Talks
By Roger Witherspoon January 16, 2014 Download and/or Print Article Rye, N.Y. – Two days of contract talks with federal mediators ended...
Roger Witherspoon
Jan 15, 20145 min read
Strike Threat Looms at Indian Point
By Roger Witherspoon January 15, 2014 Download and/or Print Article Representatives of Entergy Nuclear and the union representing control...
Roger Witherspoon
Jan 10, 20145 min read
Chris Christie’s Pity Party
By Roger Witherspoon Download and/or Print Article “I’m Stunned.” “I’m Incredulous.” “I’m a sad guy.” “I’m humiliated.” “What did I do...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 22, 20137 min read
NRC Probes Indian Point Security
By Roger Witherspoon The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating possibly major lapses in security at the Indian Point nuclear...
Roger Witherspoon
Nov 21, 20137 min read
Are Terrorists Training at Nuclear Plant? NRC Probes Indian Point Security
By Roger Witherspoon November 21, 2013 Download and/or Print Article The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is investigating possibly major...
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