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Never Underestimate the Power of a Small Group of Committed People
by Robert Alvarez | Dec 18, 2023 | Environment…g at the Environmental Policy Institute, Robert Alvarez was among the first to document the extreme hazards of managing high concentrations of nuclear waste derived from nuclear weapons production, and as a senior appointee at the Department of Energy…
Shuttering the Nuclear Weapons Sites: There’s Gold in Those Warheads but the Scrap Metal is Radioactive
by Robert Alvarez | Dec 18, 2023 | Environment…Policy Advisor, where I was tasked among other things to end the “hot scrap” recycling scam. A senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Robert Alvarez served as senior policy adviser to the Energy Department’s secretary and deputy assist…
Study Confirms Waste From Industrial Hog Farms Creates Life-Threatening Hazards for Nearby Residents
by Robert Alvarez | Sep 17, 2021 | Climate, Health…s.” His contributions to public health and environmental justice endure and grow in importance. A senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Robert Alvarez served as senior policy adviser to the Energy Department’s secretary and deputy assist…
Why Government Secrecy Is More Damaging to Public Health Than Nuclear Fallout
by Robert Alvarez | Sep 11, 2019 | Environment, Foreign Policy…lar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Robert Alvarez served as senior policy adviser to the Energy Department’s secretary and deputy assistant secretary for national security and the environment from 1993 to 1999. During this tenure, he coordinated…
North Korea, One More Time
by Robert Alvarez | Mar 18, 2019 | Foreign Policy, Politics…in May 2018, the nuclear policy veteran Robert Alvarez wrote with skepticism in The Spectator about the prospects for meaningful achievements from the summit process. A former senior policy advisor to the Secretary of the Energy Department who led DO…