Trinidad and Tobago— Almost three weeks after discussing his concerns with several top Government Ministers, including Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, about the proposed construction of a US$430 million CariSal Unlimited chlor-alkali/calcium chloride plant, environmental activist, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh, together with a […]
By Bill Savadove A major anti-pollution protest has forced the Chinese government to take swift action for the second time in as many months, spurred by a rising environment movement that is spreading online. More than 500 residents living near a plant […]
cross-posted from The Hill by Andrew Restuccia Virginia’s largest earthquake in more than a century shook the East Coast on Tuesday and is likely to revive a long-standing debate about the safety of the country’s nuclear power plants. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake […]
By Katy Yan and Grace Mang Cross-posted from here Kachins protest at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco Last Friday, hundreds of people in the US, Denmark, United Kingdom, Malaysia, and elsewhere gathered to protest the recent deadly clashes between Burmese authorities and […]
Smoke was spotted at another nuclear plant in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The company said smoke was detected in the turbine building of reactor No. 1 at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant around 6 p.m. (5 […]
Japan’s prime minister says the country is on “maximum alert” over its nuclear crisis as radiation continues to seep out of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant and traces of plutonium have been found in the soil. Radiation has been detected in the […]
Vernon, Vermont – March 21, 2011 Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant Sunday to show support for victims in Japan and to renew their call to shut the Vernon plant down. “Nuclear power isn’t cheap and it […]