Almost six years after Nova Scotia imposed a moratorium on 13 surface coal mining projects in Cape Breton, the province is about to release a report that can reopen operations. Next month, the ministers of environment and natural resources will be handed […]
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Thousands of protesters surround White House in opposition to TransCanada Pipeline
By Katarzyna Klimasinska Environmentalists opposed to TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline encircled the White House, urging President Barack Obama to reject the project even if it means overruling his own State Department. “It will be the real test of his character, you […]
Continue readingProtests Rising on Environmental Concern in China
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 […]
Continue readingEarthquake reignites debate over safety of nuclear power
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 […]
Continue readingCanadian Tar Sands Pipeline Still Opposed by EPA
Landowners, agriculture group keeping up the fight against eminent domain and the Keystone XL pipeline. Is the State Department listening? By Kate Schwab, 6-23-11 As the third phase of work on the international Keystone XL pipeline looms, the foreign corporation behind the […]
Continue readingCourt sets aside land allotment for Andhra power project
Hyderabad, June 23 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Thursday set aside a government order, allotting land to a thermal power project in Srikakulam district of north coastal Andhra [India]. Dealing with a petition filed by some environmentalists challenging the land allotment, […]
Continue readingAnother Evacuation as Smoke Rises from Another Japanese Nuke Plant, Japanese Protest
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 […]
Continue readingJapan on “Maximum Alert” as radiation increases, New stong earthquake increases fears
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 […]
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