Blogging the End of the World™
By arevamirpal::laprimavera2 July 2011 The whole process is as follows: Take the highly contaminated water that has been stored in the Central Waste Processing Facility (about 120,000 tonnes of it) to the water treatment system; The water first goes through the oil separating system built by Toshiba; The water then goes to the system by […]
By Jake Adelstein and David McNeill 2 July 2011 It’s been one of the mysteries of Japan’s ongoing nuclear disaster: How much of the damage did the March 11 earthquake inflict on Fukushima Daiichi’s reactors in the 40 minutes before the devastating tsunami arrived? The stakes are high: If the quake alone structurally compromised the […]
By Jane Merrick, Political Editor3 July 2011 Water companies are draining the nation’s most at-risk rivers dry, causing environmental damage, death to wildlife and the build-up of chemicals that upset fragile aquatic ecosystems, all of which could result in ever-higher bills for consumers, a damning report will say tomorrow. Current abstraction by firms from rivers […]
By Chris Morris, Times & Transcript Staff2 July 2011 Derek Hatfield has always known about the loneliness of the long-distance sailor, but he’s never felt as alone as he does these days when racing over the vast, empty expanses of our dying oceans. Hatfield recently completed his second successful race around the world, sprinting to […]
By Stephen Lacey1 July 2011 Irony can be so ironic. A day after cancelling his keynote address at the Heartland climate denial conference because he felt “under the weather,” Republican Senator Jim Inhofe today insisted his sickness was due to a toxic algae bloom on the Grand Lake in Oklahoma where he has a home […]
By David Wagner29 June 2011 For those of us who reside anywhere near the Daiichi Fukushima nuclear facility, living with radiation has become an undesired way of life. It is the topic of daily conversation and for good reason. In Tokyo, we continue to face not only the threat of a sudden spike in radiation […]
By Step Vaessen 30 June 2011 Osaka (Al Jazeera) – With the current economic downturn, many of Japan’s poorest are so desperate for work that they are risking exposure to dangerous levels of radiation at the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant. The growing number of so-called nuclear gypsies, who come from across the country, are working […]
Contact: Cheryl Dybas, NSF (703) 292-7734 cdybas@nsf.gov16 June 2011 It’s summer wildflower season in the Rocky Mountains, a time when high-peaks meadows are dotted with riotous color. But for how long? Once, wildflower season in montane meadow ecosystems extended throughout the summer months. But now scientists have found a fall-off in wildflowers at mid-season. They […]
We’ve had a number of disturbing reports about the treatment of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Housed in conditions that can be described charitably as “Spartan”, thousands of workers have slept on mats in large common rooms. Workers who brave the high radiation fields inside the reactor buildings are in constant danger of […]
July 2 (Reuters) – The wildfire raging for a sixth day near the government’s Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory now ranks as New Mexico’s biggest on record, having charred more than 400 square kilometres of forest, officials said Friday. The so-called Las Conchas Fire, believed sparked by a downed power line, has been burning largely […]
