Huffpo Recognizes Fairewinds

Fukushima – One Step Forward and Four Steps Back as Each Unit Challenged by New Problems from Fairewinds Associates on Vimeo.

Arnie Gundersen, and GMD’s own Maggie Gundersen, both of Fairewinds Assoc., have served above-and-beyond the call,  since the three-fold disaster of March 11 hit Japan and the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Yes, it was three whole months ago, and the slowly spreading environmental catastrophe just goes on and on.

Fairewinds intelligent and clear analysis of the underlying science, provided in small digestible video “lessons,” has been invaluable for anyone attempting to keep up with the complex situation over there. It’s nice to see them get some of the credit they so richy deserve for excellence in analysis.   Maintaining the ongoing series of video links depends on contributions from visitors to their site, as the Gundersens are working without a financial “net” to provide this as a free information service.

Now Huffington Post has identified Fairewinds Associates as the “best site” for Fukushima analysis, observing that Gundersen

“analyzes the information … in a calm and scientific way”.

The overarching point of the Huffpo piece, penned by Vivian Norris, is to comment on the remarkable lack of information being provided officially from Japan and the equally remarkable lack of initiative on the part of the press to ask questions and demand answers.


Why is this not on the front page of every single newspaper in the world? Why are official agencies not measuring from many places around the world and reporting on what is going on in terms of contamination every single day since this disaster happened?

We couldn’t agree more.

Despite the bitter circumstances, congratulations are long overdue for Arnie and Maggie Gundersen!

About Sue Prent

Artist/Writer/Activist living in St. Albans, Vermont with my husband since 1983. I was born in Chicago; moved to Montreal in 1969; lived there and in Berlin, W. Germany until we finally settled in St. Albans.

2 thoughts on “Huffpo Recognizes Fairewinds

  1. Arnie & Maggie are providing a very valuable service

    a wonderful reminder of what it means to work “in the public interest”

    thank you Fairewinds

  2. when I read of Huffington Post’s recognition of Fairewinds. Great job Sue!

    “The overarching point of the Huffpo piece, penned by Vivian Norris, is to comment on the remarkable lack of information being provided officially from Japan and the equally remarkable lack of initiative on the part of the press to ask questions and demand answers.”

    Since the last three diaries I posted, there has been a steady stream of news but as far as I know, next to nothing being reported by US MSM that I know of though I stopped monitoring it closely when it fell back. Seems to be primarily bloggers doing the digging & posting them from MSM overseas & in Japan.

    Occasionally, I will hear a news story booming some little ‘aside’ or a quick comment here & there but nothing of any substance.

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