By Hisae Sato and Fumikazu Asai12 May 2011 The total area contaminated with radiation from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is estimated at about 800 square kilometers, or about 40 percent the size of Tokyo, according to a...
By Emily Flitter 28 May 2018 (The New York Times) – Starting three years ago, the largest American banks vowed to cut back on lending to the coal industry. “The bank has a responsibility to help mitigate climate change by...
MELBOURNE, 21 Jan 2011 (AFP) — Australia's flood crisis deepened Saturday with a giant "inland sea" threatening more communities in the southeast, as officials continued the grim search for bodies in worst-hit Queensland. Sandbagging was underway in some villages in...