Tag Archives: Joschka Fischer

Energy policy and nuclear power after Fukushima

Joschka Fischer, former leader of the German Green Party and former foreign minister of Germany, writes in Project Syndicate: … political power, not the requirements of energy policy, is what makes giving up nuclear energy so difficult. As a rule, the path to nuclear-power status always begins with so-called “civilian” nuclear programs. The supposed “civilian”… Read More »

Project Syndicate

I just discovered the Project Syndicate site…. I am not yet done exploring it, but I think it promises to be interesting. The objectives, according to the home page, are: – bringing distinguished voices from across the world to local audiences everywhere; – strengthening the independence of printed media in transition and developing countries; –… Read More »