What is the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons? How will we protect the planet going forward? Tweets from @ChrisDiehl
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In the environmental history of the nuclear weapons complex, Hanford is one of the most consequential sites in our nation. A shining example of our inability to remediate ecosystems we've pushed so far outside of the norm by creating substances with incredible levels of toxicity.
A tragic example of how nuclear weapons and environmental issues intersect. ow.ly/vTnR50uxfyW
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"Science is simply the word we use to describe a method of organizing our curiosity."
-Tim Minchin
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In Opinon
Morgan Knibbe writes, “I realized that my own generation seems to have become numb to what nuclear war could do to humanity. The accounts of the atomic soldiers can help us understand that horror.” nyti.ms/2DvKTIp
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But wait there’s more. :] We’ve got the lovely Farallon marine sanctuary, that is also an undersea nuclear waste dump. ~40k barrels of ‘low-level’ #OperationCrossroads waste. Plus a radioactive aircraft carrier #USSIndependence.
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The Bay Area, and California more broadly, has been ravaged by military contamination.
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An Irish company called Orcem is attempting to add a cement plant to the mix. (Photo from @NoCementFactory)
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South Vallejo has some of the worst health outcomes in the state. Prevailing winds are out of the southwest.
