Gwyneth Cravens
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Gwyneth Cravens is an American novelist and journalist. To date, she has published five novels. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, where she also worked as a fiction editor, and in Harper’s Magazine, where she was an associate editor. She has contributed articles and editorials on science and other topics to Harper’s Magazine, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
At a September, 2007 seminar given by the Long Now Foundation
, Cravens outlined the message of her newest book, Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy. Released in October 2007, it argues for nuclear power
as a safe energy
source and an essential preventive of global warming
.
Since then she has given presentations to members of the technical and academic communities around the U.S., including the Brookings
Institution, the Progressive Policy Institute, the University of Hartford, and Sandia National Laboratories. She has often
shared the podium with Dr. D. Richard ("Rip") Anderson, a chemist, oceanographer, and international expert in nuclear risk assessment.
These talks emphasize the need for the environmental and technical communities to work together to reduce the anthropogenic causes of
catastrophic climate change.
Cravens has contributed articles on nuclear power as a low-carbon alternative energy source to The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gwyneth-cravens/the-truth-about-nuclear-e_b_71193.html
and Discover. In 2002 she wrote "Terrorism and Nuclear Energy: Understanding the Risks"
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2002/spring_weapons_cravens.aspx for The Brookings Review.
Gwyneth Cravens is married to the author Henry Beard
and has a daughter, the artist Astrid Cravens.
At a September, 2007 seminar given by the Long Now Foundation
Long Now Foundation
The Long Now Foundation, established in 1996, is a private organization that seeks to become the seed of a very long-term cultural institution. It aims to provide a counterpoint to what it views as today's "faster/cheaper" mindset and to promote "slower/better" thinking...
, Cravens outlined the message of her newest book, Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy. Released in October 2007, it argues for nuclear power
Nuclear power
Nuclear power is the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity. Nuclear power plants provide about 6% of the world's energy and 13–14% of the world's electricity, with the U.S., France, and Japan together accounting for about 50% of nuclear generated electricity...
as a safe energy
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
source and an essential preventive of global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
.
Since then she has given presentations to members of the technical and academic communities around the U.S., including the Brookings
Institution, the Progressive Policy Institute, the University of Hartford, and Sandia National Laboratories. She has often
shared the podium with Dr. D. Richard ("Rip") Anderson, a chemist, oceanographer, and international expert in nuclear risk assessment.
These talks emphasize the need for the environmental and technical communities to work together to reduce the anthropogenic causes of
catastrophic climate change.
Cravens has contributed articles on nuclear power as a low-carbon alternative energy source to The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post
The Huffington Post is an American news website and content-aggregating blog founded by Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, featuring liberal minded columnists and various news sources. The site offers coverage of politics, theology, media, business, entertainment, living, style,...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gwyneth-cravens/the-truth-about-nuclear-e_b_71193.html
and Discover. In 2002 she wrote "Terrorism and Nuclear Energy: Understanding the Risks"
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2002/spring_weapons_cravens.aspx for The Brookings Review.
Gwyneth Cravens is married to the author Henry Beard
Henry Beard
Henry N. Beard is an American humorist, one of the founders of the magazine National Lampoon and the author of several best-selling books.-Biography:...
and has a daughter, the artist Astrid Cravens.