Japan’s top spokesman said Saturday that elevated levels of radiation have been found in milk and spinach near the crippled nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture. The government has worked hard to play down rising fears. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano told […]
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Mapping Human Vulnerability to Climate Change
First global map suggests climate change will have greatest impact on the populations least responsible for causing the problem Researchers already study how various species of plants and animals migrate in response to climate change. Now, Jason Samson, a PhD candidate in […]
Continue readingStates Consider Bans on Farm Photos with penalty of Felony
In the past decade, modern industrial agriculture has experienced a stream of negative media attention, a significant departure from the typical pastoral image of American farming. The livestock industry in particular has come under fire with the release of undercover videos exposing […]
Continue readingFood from Cloned Animals Debated in Europe
European Union governments and lawmakers remained deadlocked on how to regulate the production and sale of food from cloned animals, following all-night talks in Brussels that ended on Thursday morning. EU sources said the remaining sticking point was a demand by lawmakers […]
Continue readingEnvironmental Groups to Appeal on Central California Landfill
By LEWIS GRISWOLD McClatchy Newspapers FRESNO, Calif. — Environmental activists fighting a hazardous waste dump near Kettleman City, Calif. – which has been hit by a rash of birth defects – announced Thursday they will appeal an adverse ruling in a lawsuit […]
Continue readingWorried about the Japanese Nuclear Meltdown? Get to know your radiation units and measurements
The Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) has put together this handy little “Questions and Answers on Radiation” document. With all the news coming out of Japan and what the nuke industry cheerleaders have called the “Nuclear Renaissance” of new nuclear expansion […]
Continue readingGroups successful in raising concerns with proposed FPL new nuclear reactors in Florida: Federal licensing board admits arguments
Miami, Fla. – The future of new nuclear reactors in Florida hit another stumbling block as concerned citizens and public interest organizations in Florida had a significant, initial victory in their legal effort to prevent two more costly new nuclear reactors from […]
Continue readingPew Environmental Study Finds Boreal Forest is ‘Earth’s Water Keeper.’
A U.S.-based conservation group has concluded that the great ribbon of green that stretches across northern Canada is one of the world’s great storehouses of fresh water and influences the environment of the entire planet. Pew Environment Group researchers, whose study […]
Continue readingVideo of One Month Anniversary of Florida Tree Sit
A group of protesters gathered outside of FAU in Jupiter Monday to help save one of the last forests in eastern Palm Beach County. The protesters have positioned multiple tree sit-sites with hopes it will stop Scripps Research Institute from clearing the […]
Continue readingTurkish Villagers Fight to Keep Gold Mining, Cyanide Out of Sahinli
Residents of a northwestern Turkish district on Monday protested a mining company for its alleged practices of leaching gold out of rock with cyanide. Environmentalists and locals gathered in the Şahinli village of Lapseki district in front of the village teahouse, where […]
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