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U.S. Energy Policy Creating a New Generation of Dr. Strangeloves

By Alice Slater, June 8, 2010 Reposted from Foreign Policy in Focus President Eisenhower is well-remembered for warning the public in his final address to the nation to “guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence . . . by the military-industrial complex.” But it is little known that Eisenhower, in that same speech further cautioned [...]

New International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Doubles Its Membership in One Year

by  Alice Slater Since 1995, at the Conference to Extend the Non-Proliferation Treaty, civil society has been calling for the establishment of an International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).  Recognizing the “inextricable link” between nuclear weapons and nuclear power, and urging a phase out of nuclear power, the Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of [...]