To Renew or Not To Renew

This week I wanted to shed some light on the different forms of energy sources the government utilizes that are then converted into electricity—a driving force of our country. There are three main types of energy sources: nuclear energy, fossil energy (fossil fuels) and renewable energy.

3/11 - Some of the politics of nuclear power, Japan

In trying to understand the situation in Japan I have started reading Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan edited by Jeff Kingston. It is a compilation of essays published in 2012 in a quick response to the disaster at Fukushima. On March 3, 2011 a 9.0 Mw earthquake hit Japan off of the northeast coast near the Iwate prefecture.