Dawn Stover
BulletinOfTheAtomic
White Salmon, WA, United States
Contact Dawn
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Dawn:
New report paints gloomy picture of the world’s nuclear industry
Nuclear electricity generation is not keeping pace with the growth of other energy sources, and the war in Ukraine has exposed the special vulnerabilities of nuclear reactors in wartime. → Read More
Deteriorating situation at Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant
Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of planning an imminent attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. → Read More
Ukraine forges ahead with nuclear power
Despite the Russian occupation of its largest nuclear power plant, Ukraine is forging ahead with plans to build new reactors and store its own spent nuclear fuel. → Read More
From guns to climate, America keeps proving it doesn’t really care about kids
Americans are incensed that authorities failed to act quickly to save children from a shooter. Kids see a similar failure with climate change. → Read More
California governor warms up to nuclear reactors
California’s governor says he will seek to keep his state’s last two nuclear reactors operating longer than planned. → Read More
A $6 billion bailout for US nuclear power plants?
The bipartisan infrastructure bill allocated $6 billion to keep money-losing commercial nuclear reactors running, but it’s not clear whether the funding will actually prevent any closures. → Read More
The 10-minute interview: Katharine Hayhoe on Science Moms fighting climate change
Katharine Hayhoe, one of the founding mothers of Science Moms, talks about why moms are key players in the fight against climate change. → Read More
Broken record: The planet is getting hotter. And hotter. And hotter.
Winter is entering its coldest stretch, but global warming continues unabated. Last year tied with 2016 as the hottest on record. → Read More
How to ignore the CDC's new coronavirus guidelines, in six official White House photos
The CDC is recommending ways to avoid the airborne spread of COVID-19. Here’s a satirical guide to the new guidance. → Read More
Jan Eliasberg: Fiction as a window into the ethics of testing the Bomb
On the eve of the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bomb test, a spy thriller explores the ethical dilemmas faced by scientists splitting the atom in Nazi Germany and New Mexico. → Read More
US courts accept climate science. Can Trump and McConnell undo that?
Courts in recent years have reached a consensus that humans are warming the climate, but Trump’s effort to appoint a record number of judges may threaten that. → Read More
No, we don't need a "Manhattan Project" to fight the coronavirus pandemic
Comparing today’s coronavirus response with a 75-year-old secret government project probably won’t be a call to action for young people. → Read More
Coronavirus and climate change: 6 ways the Trump administration has botched responses to both
Deny. Dismiss. Delay. Sound familiar? → Read More
Australia’s “firenadoes” summon images of Hiroshima, atomic bombs
Are Australia’s massive, devastating bushfires akin to an atomic bombing? Some officials think so. → Read More
White nationalism’s solution to climate change: fewer brown people
The far right is increasingly linking immigration with fears of environmental degradation. → Read More
The 10-minute interview: Arielle Martinez Cohen on the Youth Climate Summit
A short conversation with 17-year-old singer/songwriter/activist Arielle Martinez Cohen, one of the organizers of the recent Youth Climate Summit in Miami. → Read More
Cover the climate crisis like it is one
Simply changing the terminology and calling climate change an “emergency” is a meager solution to a much bigger problem: media neglect. → Read More
A warming Arctic, another exhausted polar bear
Polar bear habitat is disappearing as the Arctic warms, and the bears’ prey are also threatened. → Read More
A short-lived White House climate “victory”
In the runup to the 2020 election, the Trump campaign plans to tout a reduction in greenhouse gases as one of its “climate change victories.” But emissions went up last year. → Read More
Hot takes on the Hanoi Summit
Why did the US-North Korea talks break down? And where do we go from here? → Read More