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What Humpty Dumpty doesn’t want you to know: Davis-Besse’s cracked containment snow job
On October 10, 2011, news broke at Davis-Besse that cracking in the concrete containment shield building had been discovered, during breaching operations to install the third lid in a decade atop the problem-plagued reactor. As revealed much more…
Ohio’s crumbling hunk of radioactive junk: Who will pay for it?
As the world’s nuke reactors begin to fall, none crumbles faster than FirstEnergy’s infamous Davis-Besse, near Toledo. But Ohio citizens now have a good chance to shut it down---if we act quickly. You can start by contacting the…
Bob Bites Back: U.S. Elections: Worst among established democracies
Over fourteen hundred international election experts gathered data last year and pronounced the United States last in election integrity among long-standing democracies. On a 100-point scale, the U.S. received an integrity rating of 69.3 percent…
Good news: Your action now can help stop the algae blooms!
The Ohio legislature knows that you're concerned about the algae blooms that threaten our state's drinking water sources, so they're rushing to pass legislation to address solutions. But until they recognize a major culprit to our water pollution…