On AlterNet: meltdown

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "meltdown"

Why a Likely Natural Event Could Cause Nuclear Reactors to Melt Down and Our Grid to Crash

Matthew Stein, AlterNet. January 20, 2012.

Unless we take significant protective measures, this apocalyptic scenario is actually possible.

Is New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman the One to Finally Fight Big Money's Power in Politics?

Nina Burleigh, Salon. September 25, 2011.

Schneiderman is the best and probably last hope for some kind of public retribution against the banksters, some righting of wrongs--rolling of heads--as far as the Great Recession.

4 Desperate Ways the Hardest Hit Are Coping with Economic Crisis

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. August 18, 2011.

People have to make difficult choices during tough economic times. Here are four frightening ways people are coping with the ongoing recession.

Is Bank of America Headed Toward Collapse?

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 14, 2011.

The nation's largest bank has only gotten bigger since the financial crisis and the government bailouts. But is big trouble ahead for the big bank?

Are We Heading For A Second Global Financial Crisis?

Richard Murphy, Comment Is Free. August 4, 2011.

The only way to avoid another meltdown is to get feral finance--the out of control banking industry--under control.

Full Meltdown: Fukushima Called the 'Biggest Industrial Catastrophe in the History of Mankind'

Dahr Jamail, Al Jazeera. June 16, 2011.

Scientific experts believe Japan's nuclear disaster to be far worse than governments are revealing to the public.

Update: Nuclear Fuel Rods Exposed; Nuclear Plant Rocked by Second Blast in Japan

AFPMarch 13, 2011.

An explosion rocked an earthquake-hit nuclear plant Monday, as Japan struggled to avert a catastrophic reactor meltdown.

Down Goes Another Bubble: A Conversation With Doug Henwood

Christian Parenti, The Brooklyn Rail. July 18, 2009.

Henwood, who publishes The Left Business Observer, discusses the global economic crisis with Christian Parenti.

John McCain: Economic Disaster

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Election 2008. September 30, 2008.

McCain can't fix the economic crisis he helped cause.

Pain on Main Street

Staff, American News Project AlterNet: Video. September 26, 2008.

No relief in sight for homeowners facing foreclosure.

Nancy Pelosi Doesn't Need a Timeout to Fix the Economy

ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. September 25, 2008.

Speaker Pelosi keeps the public informed while negotiating terms of the bailout.

What Caused the Financial Crisis?

Kathy G, The G-Spot AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2008.

Could the problem have been that there is actually too much money?

Here's Why Congress Should Reject Bush's Bailout

Brad, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2008.

I just called my Congressman and urged him to give Big Hank Paulson the finger on his insane $700 billion bailout, you should do the same.

Bush Backs Unlimited Compensation For Wall Street CEOs

Amanda, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. September 22, 2008.

Bush wants zero punishment for those reckless CEOs who lost shareholder money and are now costing each person in the U.S. $2,000.