If You Love This Planet, Dr. Helen Caldicott

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December 28, 2012: Dr. Helen Caldicott interviewed by Bob Herbert about her latest book, “Loving This Planet”

December 21, 2012: Best of 2011: Dr. Caldicott’s speech in New Hampshire three weeks after Fukushima

December 14th, 2012: Subhankar Banerjee on how corporate resource wars and global warming are decimating native peoples and forests worldwide

December 7th, 2012: Marion Pack on the many safety risks at the San Onofre nuclear power plant and how a Fukushima-type meltdown would contaminate Southern California

November 30th, 2012: Tom Engelhardt on Washington’s increasing war focus to the exclusion of everything else and its indiscriminate use of drones

November 23rd, 2012: Holly Barker on the devastating ongoing effects of mid-century U.S. nuclear weapons testing on the Marshall Islands

November 16th, 2012: Brian D. Victoria on Buddhism’s role in Japan and on freeing societies from tribalistic thinking

November 9, 2012: Jay Harman on the enormous promise of biomimicry to create more efficient technologies

November 2, 2012: Prof. Wayne Getz on facing global warming tipping points including hurricanes and other weather catastrophes

October 26, 2012: Donna Mulhearn on her work to protect innocent Iraqi and Palestinian civilians from the ravages of war

October 19, 2012: Kathy Kelly on America’s resource domination agenda in Afghanistan and Iraq, and its increasing use of drones to kill civilians

October 12, 2012: David Freeman on the urgency of fighting the nuclear, gas and coal industries to save the Earth

October 5, 2012: Helena Norberg-Hodge on building sustainable local economies

September 28, 2012: Best of 2011: Col. Ann Wright on opposing war and U.S. military corruption

September 21, 2012: Chris Maser on the changes in thinking needed to save the environment

September 14, 2012: Dr. Wladimir Wertelecki on birth defects caused by Chernobyl and how nuclear power devastates human health

September 7, 2012: Phil Caldicott on the the science and environmental impact of wine production

August 31, 2012: Arnold Gundersen with another update on the unfolding effects of the Fukushima disaster

August 24, 2012: Ralph Nader on fighting the complete corporate takeover of the U.S. Congress and White House + Dr. Caldicott’s speech

August 17th, 2012: Best of 2011: Dr. Alan Robock on climate change and the continuing risk of nuclear war and nuclear winter

August 10th, 2012: Dr. Brian Moench on the need for doctors to speak out against global warming and radiation from nuclear weapons and cell phones

August 3rd, 2012: David Dufty on his book ‘How to Build an Android’, artificial intelligence, robots, and police states

July 27th, 2012: Arnold Gundersen with the latest on Fukushima, including the perilous worldwide consequences if reactor no. 4 collapses

July 20th, 2012: Christine Milne on the the climate crisis, carbon taxes and the need to aid refugees driven by war and global warming

July 13th, 2012: Professor Richard Falk on the status of democracy efforts in Middle Eastern nations and U.S. militarism

July 5th, 2012: Bob Herbert on the state of America in 2012

June 29th, 2012: Robert Alvarez with more on Fukushima and the enormous risks of nuclear power, weapons and waste

June 22nd, 2012: Amory Lovins on the future of renewable power and the many ways we can save energy

June 15, 2012: David Bradbury on the power of film to reveal the truth about nuclear weapons, uranium mining and other unpleasant realities

June 8th, 2012: Kristen Iversen on the devastating public health impact of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant near Denver

June 1st, 2012: Dr. Arjun Makhijani on the downsides of the proposed thorium reactors and why solar power will save money and save lives

May 25th, 2012: Kay Drey on how “routine emissions” from nuclear power plants slowly poison neighboring communities

May 18th, 2012: Arnold Gundersen with a new report on the Fukushima meltdowns and their worldwide implications

May 11th, 2012: Richard Broinowski on the U.S. stance toward North Korea and Iran, and more on Fukushima

May 4th, 2012: Hugh Gusterson on U.S. war culture, the destruction of Iraq and the psychology of weapons designers

April 27th, 2012: Best of 2012: Seymour Hersh and John Pilger on U.S. imperialism, Iran’s imaginary nuclear weapons, and media complicity in war

April 20th, 2012: Prof. Doug Brugge on the medical effects of uranium mining and how mining particularly harms Native peoples

April 13th, 2012: Glenn Carroll on the urgency of fighting new nuclear power plants in Georgia

April 6th, 2012: Mary Olson on how women are more vulnerable to atomic radiation

March 30th, 2012: Best of 2010: Natalie Wasley on how the nuclear fuel cycle harms people in Australia and worldwide

March 23rd, 2012: Prof. Lawrence Wittner on reenergizing the nuclear disarmament movement

March 15th, 2012: Dr. Margaret Flowers on demanding single-payer health care for everyone in the U.S.

March 9th, 2012: Prof. Richard Broinowski on his travels to Japan post-Fukushima and how the nuclear disaster is affecting the country

March 2nd, 2012: Prof. Michel Chossudovsky on the U.S.-NATO bombing of Libya and targeting of Iran for another oil war

February 24th, 2012: Ronnie Cummins on safeguarding healthy food against genetic engineering, pesticides and other threats

February 17th, 2012: Michael Pollok on removing corporate money from politics and creating a true U.S. democracy

February 11th, 2012: Arnold Gundersen with the first 2012 Fukushima update; more of Dr. Caldicott’s 2011 speech in Berlin

February 3rd, 2012: Father Laurence Mooney on finding one’s own spirituality and contributing to social justice

January 27th, 2012: Kono Taro on Japan’s reaction to the Fukushima nuclear disaster

January 20th, 2012: Seymour Hersh and John Pilger on U.S. imperialism, Iran’s imaginary nuclear weapons, and media complicity in war

January 13th, 2012: Dr. Jim Green on Australia’s role in the nuclear weapons and nuclear power dangers around the world

January 6, 2012: Dr. Reese Halter on global warming, and why you should care about bark beetles, forests and honeybees

December 30, 2011: Christine Milne on the failed Durban climate summit and the politics of global warming

December 23, 2011: Arnold Gundersen with a fresh report on Fukushima

December 16, 2011: Dr. Helen Caldicott’s speech in New Hampshire

December 9th, 2011: Best of 2010: Bill McKibben on global warming, green energy and localized economies

December 2, 2011: Dr. Timothy Mousseau with more about Chernobyl’s effect on wildlife / Dr. Caldicott’s speech in Berlin

November 25, 2011: Steve Omohundro on the future of artificial intelligence and its ethical implications

November 18, 2011: Robert Koehler on U.S. warmaking, the role of the media and the roots of violence

November 11, 2011: Arnold Gundersen with another Fukushima report as radiation levels rise in Japan

November 4, 2011: Robert Alvarez on the horrific hazards of spent nuclear fuel and the unprecedented Fukushima catastrophe

October 28th, 2011: Dr. Helen Caldicott’s recent speech about the medical dangers of the Nuclear Age and the Fukushima disaster

October 21, 2011: Ian Fairlie on the significance of the Fukushima disaster

October 14, 2011: Col. Ann Wright on opposing war and U.S. military corruption

October 7, 2011: Dr. Neal Palafox on the continuing health effects of nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific

September 30, 2011: Hans Kristensen on the present status of the U.S. nuclear arsenal

September 23, 2011: Dr. Anne Steinemann on toxic fragrances and other chemicals in household products

September 16, 2011: Dr. Alan Robock on climate change and the continuing risk of nuclear war and nuclear winter

September 9th, 2011: Professor Alex Rogers on urgent threats to the world’s oceans

September 2nd, 2011: Arnold Gundersen with a Fukushima update / Aileen Mioko Smith on rising radiation levels in Japan and government denial

August 26th, 2011: Bruce Gagnon with much more on U.S. plans for space supremacy, Star Wars and cyber-warfare to protect global corporate interests at all costs

August 19th, 2011: Dr. Jim Shields on new approaches to wildlife management

August 12, 2011: Bruce Gagnon on America’s ruthless military strategies for dominating the globe and weaponizing space

August 5, 2011: Robert Gilkeson and Joni Arends on the alarming risk of a Fukushima-on-steroids disaster at the Los Alamos Lab and the plans for an $80 billion plutonium pit factory

July 29, 2011: Best of 2010: Diane Curran on the legal aspects of nuclear safety and regulation

July 22, 2011: David Bradbury on the power of film to reveal the truth about nuclear weapons, uranium mining and other unpleasant realities

July 15, 2011: Michael Madsen on the staggering problem of storing the world’s nuclear waste

July 8, 2011: Dr. Arjun Makhijani on the stunning potential for solar, wind and other green power to replace fossil fuels and nuclear power right now

July 1, 2011: Dale Bridenbaugh on the numerous safety flaws in Fukushima-style reactors and the ongoing disaster in Japan

June 24, 2011: Martin Sieff on issues of global security and America’s out-of-control war-making

June 17, 2011: Arnold Gundersen with the latest on the Fukushima meltdowns; a clip of Dr. Caldicott’s speech at the Berlin Chernobyl conference

June 10, 2011: Best of 2010: Chris Hedges on the power of military culture and the consequences of war

June 3, 2011: Best of 2008-2010: Dr. Vini Khurana on the potent health hazards of cell phones and electromagnetic radiation

May 27, 2011: Martin Sheen on his antinuclear activism and the current political situation

May 20, 2011: Dr. Caldicott’s speech in New Hampshire three weeks after Fukushima

May 13, 2011: Thomas Cochran on the undisclosed radiation risks from the Fukushima accident and nuclear power plants in general

May 5, 2011: Dr. Robert Moore on the promise of algae biofuels and the environmental applications of microbiology

April 29, 2011: Miriam Pemberton on runaway American military spending, unnecessary wars and the security risks posed by global warming / Fukushima update # 5

April 22, 2011: Baroness Susan Greenfield on how technology is affecting young people’s brains / Fukushima update # 4

April 11, 2011: Subhankar Banerjee on global warming, the terminal greed of the oil and coal industries, and threats to the Arctic region / Fukushima update # 3

April 4, 2011: Lexi Shultz on Republican efforts to destroy global warming legislation and erase environmental protections / Dr. Caldicott’s Fukushima bulletin

April 1, 2011: SPECIAL FUKUSHIMA UPDATE: Arnold Gundersen and Dr. Helen Caldicott

March 28, 2011: Professor Jules Boykoff on media coverage of global warming and political activism

March 21, 2011 Best of 2010: Dr. Janette Sherman on the true magnitude of the Chernobyl meltdown and the staggering health effects of nuclear radiation

March 14, 2011: Prue Acton on how logging Australian forests contributes to global warming and kills native wildlife

March 7, 2011: Professor Gordon Edwards on the perils of nuclear technology, uranium mining, and weapons proliferation

February 28, 2011: Professor Frances Fox Piven on ensuring democracy in the United States in the face of right-wing attacks

February 21, 2011: Dr. Caldicott’s speech about the radiation danger in Port Hope, Canada

February 14, 2011: Drew Hutton on fighting coal mining and coal seam gas mining in Australia

February 7, 2011: Dr. Michel Chossudovsky on the issue of global survival and his conversations with Fidel Castro about nuclear war

January 31, 2011: Best of 2010: Daniel Ellsberg on U.S. foreign policy under Obama and the continuing risk of nuclear war

January 24, 2011: Best of 2010: Dr. John Church on how global warming will raise sea levels and bring more frequent storms

January 17, 2011: Bruce Gagnon on fighting the U.S. weaponization of space

January 10, 2011: Dr. Avner Cohen on Israel’s nuclear weapons, conditions in the Middle East and nuclear proliferation

January 3, 2011: Tad Daley on how to remove the threat of nuclear war once and for all

December 27, 2010: Antony Loewenstein on the campaign to defend WikiLeaks and the crucial importance of the Internet in exposing truth

December 20, 2010: Diane Curran on the legal aspects of nuclear safety and regulation

December 13, 2010: Best of 2009/2010: Andrew Nikiforuk on tar-sands oil-mining and its terrible global and regional environmental impacts

December 6, 2010: Best of 2010: Dr. Janette Sherman on the true magnitude of the Chernobyl meltdown and the staggering health effects of nuclear radiation

November 29, 2010: Best of 2010: Chris Hedges on the power of military culture and the consequences of war

November 22, 2010: Best of 2010: Greenpeace USA’s Phil Radford on the state of environmental activism

November 15, 2010: Storm van Leeuwen on nuclear power’s contribution to global warming; Australian senator Scott Ludlam on nuclear waste in Australia

November 8, 2010: Greg Mello with more on the Los Alamos Lab and why America is spending billions to build new nuclear bombs

November 1, 2010: Dr. Vladimir Romanovsky on melting permafrost, methane and the risk of runaway global warming

October 25, 2010: Marylia Kelley on the nuclear weapons labs rebuilding the American arsenal and citizen apathy about nuclear war

October 18, 2010: Bill McKibben on global warming, green energy and localized economies

October 11, 2010: Best of 2010: Donna Mulhearn on the Iraq war and the importance of non-violence

October 4, 2010: David Krieger on the status of nuclear abolition efforts

September 27, 2010: Jane Swanson on California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and how citizens can oppose nuclear energy

September 20, 2010: John Warner on toxic chemicals and the promise of green chemistry

September 13th, 2010: William Caldicott on bioremediation of industrial toxins

September 6th, 2010: Daniel Ellsberg on U.S. foreign policy under Obama and the continuing risk of nuclear war

August 30, 2010: Ralph Nader on the perils of nuclear power, the fight for green energy, and threats to American democracy

August 23, 2010: Diane D’Arrigo on the enormous and unending problem of nuclear and contaminated waste

August 16, 2010: Professor Timothy Mousseau on the continuing environmental and public health effects of Chernobyl

August 9, 2010: Chris Hedges on the power of military culture and the consequences of war

August 2, 2010: Best of 2008/2009: Colette Livermore, M.D. on questioning orthodox religion’s approach to helping the poor

June 26, 2010: James Carroll on war, peace and the role of religion

July 19, 2010: Dr. John Church on how global warming will raise sea levels and bring more frequent storms

July 12, 2010: Steven Starr on the overwhelming urgency of de-alerting U.S. & Russian missiles

July 5, 2010: David Kraft on the public health imperative to oppose a nuclear power “renaissance”

June 28, 2010: Best of 2008/2009: Helen Thomas on the 2008 election, the media and George W. Bush, and nuclear near-misses

June 21st, 2010: Natalie Wasley on how the nuclear fuel cycle harms people in Australia and worldwide

June 14th, 2010: Dr. Reese Halter on environmental threats to the world’s insects, animals and plants

June 7, 2010: Donna Mulhearn on the Iraq war and the importance of non-violence

May 31, 2010: Greenpeace USA’s Phil Radford on the state of environmental activism

May 24, 2010: Jacqueline Cabasso with the latest on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation efforts

May 17, 2010: Dr. Janette Sherman on the true magnitude of the Chernobyl meltdown and the staggering health effects of nuclear radiation

May 10, 2010: Greg Mello on America’s resurgent nuclear weapons program and unwavering nuclear posture

May 3, 2010: Denis Hayes on environmental activism since the first Earth Day; more from Dr. Caldicott’s March speech in Vermont

April 26, 2010: Dr. Penny Caldicott on the new frontier of integrative medicine

April 19, 2010: Prof. Michael Klare on global resource wars and overconsumption; Dr. Caldicott’s speech on the perils of nuclear power

April 12, 2010: Dr. Caldicott’s talk to medical staff about nuclear radiation, children and the fate of the planet

April 5th, 2010: Best of 2008/2009: Dr. Arjun Makhijani on a clean-energy future without nuclear power, oil or coal

March 29th, 2010: Dr. Caldicott interviewed about her latest book, If You Love This Planet

March 22nd, 2010: Dan Hirsch on the continuing hazards of nuclear radiation, and avoiding a future “drowning in CO2 and plutonium”

March 15, 2010: Graham Thomson on the carbon capture & storage fraud; William Rivers Pitt on the right-wing think tank behind the 2003 Iraq War

March 8, 2010: Best of 2008/2009: Dave Sweeney on the hazards of uranium mining and the push for nuclear power in Australia

March 1, 2010: Best of 2008/2009: Carole Gallagher on the victims of U.S. nuclear testing

February 22, 2010: Dr. Caldicott’s lecture on banning nuclear weapons; Dai Williams on the health effects of depleted uranium weapons

February 15, 2010: Best of 2008/2009: Rhett Butler on the state of the world’s rainforests and their connection to global warming

February 8, 2008: Best of 2008/2009: Lily Tomlin on the “distressing” state of America and the sport of war

February 1, 2010: Best of 2008/2009: Prof. Hugh Gusterson on the psychology of nuclear weapons designers, and U.S. nuclear hypocrisy

January 25, 2010: Vandana Shiva, Ph.D. on threats to sustainable farming and fighting corporate globalization

January 18, 2010: Best of 2008/2009: Dr. Alan Robock on what nuclear winter would mean today

January 11, 2010: Best of 2008/2009: Maude Barlow on the urgent global water situation and water as a basic human right; and Dr. Caldicott’s speech on nuclear radiation

January 4, 2010: Daniel Ellsberg on U.S. nuclear weapons command and control / Professor A.R. Ravishankara on the state of the ozone layer

December 28, 2009: Best of 2008/2009: Richard Heinberg on the crisis and opportunity of peak oil and peak coal

December 21, 2009: Best of 2008/2009: Dr. David Suzuki on putting the “eco” back in economics

December 14, 2009: Best of 2008/2009: Sally Henderson on saving African wildlife and her encounters with animals

December 7, 2009: Best of 2008/2009: Dr. Vini Khurana on the potent health hazards of cell phones and electromagnetic radiation

November 30, 2009: Bruce Blair on the continuing U.S./Russian nuclear war danger; Loretta Napoleoni on Europe’s lead in renewable energy and on nuclear proliferation

November 23, 2009: Dr. Mark Diesendorf on the disastrous economics of nuclear power and the need for sustainable energy

November 16, 2009: Linda Gunter on the culture, politics and grave dangers of nuclear power in France and worldwide

November 9, 2009: Crea Lintilhac on the aging Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant’s threat to New England

November 2, 2009: Karl Tupper on the harmful and far-reaching effects of pesticides

October 26, 2009: Bruce Gagnon on the need to stop U.S. weaponization of space and missile defense

October 19, 2009: Winfrid Eisenberg, M.D. on higher cancer rates among children near nuclear power plants

October 12, 2009: Andrew Nikiforuk on tar-sands oil-mining and its terrible global and regional environmental impacts

October 5, 2009: Dr. Vini Khurana on the potent health hazards of cell phones and electromagnetic radiation

September 28, 2009: Dr. John Wright on ways to save energy and reduce one’s carbon footprint at home

September 14, 2009: Alexandra Spieldoch on global land-grab schemes, food and water security and the power of corporate agribusiness

September 7th, 2009: Carole Gallagher on the victims of U.S. nuclear testing

August 31st, 2009: Rhett Butler on the state of the world’s rainforests and their connection to global warming

August 24th, 2009: More on Australian uranium mining with Senator Scott Ludlam of the Australian Greens

August 17th, 2009: Jo Vallentine on opposing uranium mining and U.S. militarism, and the politics of making a difference

August 10th, 2009: Dr. Caldicott’s April lecture on the perils of nuclear power and radiation

August 3rd, 2009: George Vaillant, M.D. on the global implications of human happiness and mental health; lecture clip with Dr. Caldicott

July 27th, 2009: Sally Henderson on saving African wildlife and her encounters with animals

July 20th, 2009: Ellen Augustine and Barry Hermanson on reducing U.S. military spending and reclaiming tax dollars for human needs

July 13th, 2009: Prof. Lawrence Wittner on the history of the nuclear disarmament movement, and how to engage today’s public in achieving nuclear abolition

July 6th, 2009: Dave Sweeney on the hazards of uranium mining and the push for nuclear power in Australia

June 22nd, 2009: Lester Brown on the precarious world food situation and other threats to humanity

June 15th, 2009: Dr. Bryan Brooks on how drugs and soaps are contaminating rivers, oceans and drinking water

June 8th, 2009: Dr. Richard Thompson on how out-of-control plastics are damaging life in the sea

June 1st, 2009: Lynn Eden on how firestorms would greatly intensify the effects of nuclear war

May 19th, 2009: Captain Charles Moore on the “plastic soup” engulfing the world’s oceans and how plastic harms the human body

May 11, 2009: Maude Barlow on the urgent global water situation and water as a basic human right; Dr. Caldicott’s speech on nuclear radiation

May 4, 2009: Dr. Maricel Maffini on how ubiquitous hormone-mimicking chemicals are creating a public health emergency

April 27th, 2009: Joseph Cirincione on the historic window for U.S./Russian nuclear disarmament, and how to vanquish the bomb lovers

April 20, 2009: William Hartung on how weapons makers continue to rob Americans blind with little protest

April, 13, 2009: Jacqueline Cabasso on the extraordinary and still-overwhelming nuclear capabilities of the United States

April 6, 2009: Dr. Paul Offit and Professor Robert Booy on the importance of vaccines

March 30, 2009: Journalist Robert Scheer on trillion-dollar military spending, U.S. imperialism, and nuclear war

March 23, 2009: Jeff Cohen on the U.S. media’s role in orchestrating vs. opposing war

March 16, 2009: Mary Olson on nuclear-power radiation’s enormous threat to public health

March 9, 2009: Oliver Fein, M.D. on the Need for Single-Payer National Health Insurance in the U.S.

March 2, 2009: Dr. Arjun Makhijani with an update on Obama’s energy and climate program; Paul Collins on the Australian wildfires and global warming

February 23, 2009: Craig Eisendrath, Ph.D. on America weaponizing space

February 16, 2009: Dr. Marcia Angell on the pharmaceutical industry

February 9, 2009: Jonathan Schell on nuclear weapons, the environment and the economy

February 2, 2009: Antony Loewenstein on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

January 26, 2009: Frank Rich on the Bush-era media and Obama; Senator Bob Brown on logging and global warming

January 19, 2009: Bob Herbert of The New York Times on the changing political landscape

January 12, 2009: Dr. Colette Livermore on questioning orthodox religion’s approach to helping the poor

January 5, 2009: David Suzuki on putting the “eco” back in economics

December 29, 2008: Dr. Arjun Makhijani and Dr. Caldicott on the perils of nuclear power and the opportunity of renewable energy

December 22, 2008: Reverend Ralph Hutchison on pollution at the Oak Ridge nuclear complex

December 15, 2008: Richard Fuller on how forty percent of the world’s children are heavily impacted by pollution

December 8, 2008: Dr. Caldicott on the medical implications of nuclear power and climate change, and the risk of nuclear war

December 2nd, 2008: Dr. Ted Postol on missile defense and world security

October 27th, 2008: Dr. Caldicott on the most important election in history and the three major threats facing humanity

October 20, 2008: Helen Thomas on the 2008 election, the media and George W. Bush, and nuclear near-misses

October 13th, 2008: Robert Alvarez on the global plan to “recycle” nuclear waste

October 6th, 2008: Richard Heinberg on the crisis and opportunity of peak oil and peak coal

September 29th, 2008: Professor Hugh Gusterson on the psychology of nuclear weapons designers, and U.S. nuclear hypocrisy

September 22nd, 2008: Dr. James Hansen on stopping coal emissions to reduce global warming; John Johnson on mountaintop-removal coal mining’s effect on Appalachia

September 15th, 2008: Paul Collins on religion’s role in saving the earth

September 8th, 2008: Lily Tomlin on the “distressing” state of America and the sport of war

September 1st, 2008: Dr. Kate Hudson on nuclear weapons and nuclear power in Britain

August 25th, 2008: Naomi Klein on fighting a corporate-owned planet

August 18th, 2008: Kevin Kamps on nuclear waste in our midst: a catastrophe waiting to happen

August 11th, 2008: Harvey Wasserman on renewable energy, nuclear power, and the 2008 election

August 4th, 2008: Dr. Arjun Makhijani on a clean-energy future without nuclear power, oil or coal

July 28th, 2008: Professor Alan Robock on what nuclear winter would mean today

July 21st, 2008: Paul Gunter on the hazards of U.S. nuclear power plants,
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July 14, 2008: David Lochbaum on the hazards of U.S. nuclear power plants, part 1