Fukushima

Germany's Solar Success and Fukushima's Crisis: Intelligent Energy Priorities

Vivian Norris | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Italy, Grid Electricity, Europe, Germany, Tepco, Fukushima, Tunisia, Meltdown, Who, Earthquake, Nuclear, Japan, Radiation, Till Stenzel, Fuel Pools, Tsunami, Norbet Allnoch, Reactor, Bellona, Renewables, Nils Boehmer, Chernobyl, Iaea, Tunur, Green Party, Solar Power, Iwr, Business News

Last weekend, events took place which should make us think about the future of energy on this planet.

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CO2 Emissions for 2011

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Energy, Fracking, Fukushima, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, European Union, United States, Weather, Nuclear, China, Coal, Japan, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Energy Use, Statistically Speaking, Oil, Carbon Dioxide, Hydrofracking, India, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydraulic Fracturing, Nuclear Power, International Energy Agency, Global Warming, Natural Gas, Global Temperatures, Green News

Sobering numbers from the International Energy Agency. IEA's estimates for global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2011 are in. Draw your own conclusions.

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Does Radioactive Tuna Mean Fukushima Was Worse Than Expected?

Posted 05.31.2012

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By Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer: Radioactive isotopes from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster turned up in bluefin tuna ...

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Knocking on Heaven's Shore: Bluefin Tuna Carrying Safe Fukushima Nuclear Radiation

Carl Safina | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Tsunami, Tuna, Radiation, Yellowfin, Albatross, Fukushima, Sushi, Sea Turtle, Sashimi, Bluefin, Tuna Mercury, Tuna Radiation, Green News

We know the whole world is connected, but we didn't quite think about how some of the connectors travel awfully far awfully fast. Long before tsunami debris arrives on shore, some California sport fishermen are catching radiation packages.

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Nuclear Rubberstamp Commission

Karl Grossman | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Chernobyl, Allison Macfarlane, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fukushima, Nuclear Energy, Nrc, Clean Energy, Gregory Jaczko, Green News

The nuclear industry and promoters of nuclear power in government would have us believe that Fukushima means nothing. In reality, the consequences -- in Japan and all over the world -- are expected to be enormous.

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Chernobyl 2012: People, Places, and Photos

Glen Browder | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Larisa Yacoubet, Larisa Kovalchu, Belarus, Nuclear Disaster, Oksana Derkach, Green Cross International, Ukraine, Russia, Chernobyl, Alexander Zabirchenko, Kiev, Pakul, Lokotkiv, Slavutich, Chernigov, Fukushima, Ikuko Hebiishi, World News

My purpose in writing this post was not to present another horrific portrait of devastation but to present, as best I could, a picture of day-to-day life in still-impacted communities.

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Radioactive Bluefin Tuna: Is There A Health Risk?

The Huffington Post | Meredith Melnick | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Fukushima Tuna, Blue Fin Tuna, Diet and Nutrition, Tuna Radiation, Fukushima, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Bluefin Tuna, Healthy Living News

Bluefin Tuna, caught in California last August, showed radiation levels that were ten times the norm, according to a new paper from the Proceedings of...

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Japan Unlikely To Exit Nuclear Power

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2012

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By Linda Sieg TOKYO, May 25 (Reuters) - Japan is leaning toward a policy of halving nuclear power's share of electricity ...

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Exit Jackzo: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Free Fall

Richard Brodsky | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Fukushima, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Indian Point, Gregory Jaczko, Nrc, Nuclear Power, Obama Nuclear Power, Politics News

The resignation of NRC Chairman Gregory Jackzo puts the issue of nuclear safety smack on the middle of Obama's desk, and then into the presidential race. That's a good thing.

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UN: Radiation Didn't Kill Fukushima Workers

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 05.23.2012

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VIENNA -- A year after an earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima disaster, a United Nations agency preparing a report on the health effects sa...

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Fukushima Tour de Force: New Book Chronicles Nuclear Devil's Tango

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, President Obama, Fukushima, Books, Nuclear Power, Cecile Pineda, Nuclear Energy, Green Energy, Gregory Jaczko, Japan, Cecile Pineda Devil's Tango, Books News

In Devil's Tango, Pineda brings together a refreshingly bold command of the facts and myths of the nuclear industry with her extraordinary prose to offer a rare look into many of the overlooked implications of the Fukushima tragedy.

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Under A Withering Industry Assault, Nuclear Safety Chief Resigns

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Under a withering assault from the industry, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko is stepping down, effective upon the ...

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San Onofre: We Can't Ignore the Warning Signs

Erich Pica | Posted 05.21.2012

San Onofre's reactors have already released radioactive steam and are literally shaking themselves apart. Instead of keeping the reactors shut down, Southern Edison is rushing to restart the reactors and running them as hard as possible.

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Tough Talk From Environmental Activist Dr. Helen Caldicott

Marianne Schnall | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Environment, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Helen-Caldicott, Fukushima, Green Energy, Green News

Dr. Helen Caldicott has passionately devoted the last 40 years to educating the global community about the inherent risks and dangers of nuclear energy and weapons and the critical changes needed to restore and help save our embattled Earth.

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Fearing Fear Itself

Marian Salzman | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Obama Hope, Google, Subprime Crisis, Gmos, Fear, Fukushima, France, 9/11, French Jews, Elections 2012, The Economy, Palestinians, Mad Cow Disease, Bernie Madoff, France Elections, Politics, Students Loans, Advertising, College, Martin Luther King Jr., Public Relations, Fearless, Japan, Israel, Generation Y, South Sudan, Becoming Fearless, Becoming-Fearless, Politics News

In this election year, I've been on fear watch. Folks are fearful of everything from 2012 theories to GMOs to student loans taking over as the number one source of pain for college grads everywhere.

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Atomic Rate Rigging and the New China Syndrome

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Peaceful Atom, Solartopia, Ussr, Fukushima, Vogtle, V.C. Summer, China Syndrome, Japan, Atomic Power, Rate Rape, Atomic Energy, Nuclear Renaissance, Green Power, Georgia, South Carolina, Russia, India, Chernobyl, Koodankulam, Green News

Small wonder the death knell of new U.S. nukes may be upon us. Two reactors proposed for Florida will now, say its would-be builders, cost $24 billio...

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The French Presidential Election: the Roles of Fascism and Fukushima

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Nuclear Waste, Marine Le Pen, May Day, Sarkozy, France, Areva, Collaboration, Jobs, Immigration, Nuclear, Wikileaks, Paris, Dsk, Nuclear Industy, Politics, Nato, Unemployment, Regulations, Germany, George W. Bush, Jewish, Assange, Socialist, Fukushima, Hollande, Petain, Francois Pinault, Ump, Election, Japan, Fn, Matthieu Kassowitz, Laval, Entrepreneurship, Unions, Le Pen, World News

In general, the French President does not appear to be respected as a statesman. The French do not recognize Sarkozy's way of doing things as being familiar, as representing who they are, whether it be on the left or the right.

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The Climate Post: Arctic Oil Drilling Opens as Pitfalls Pondered Miles Away

Jan Mazurek | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Chernobyl, Gas Prices, Fukushima, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Environment, Oil, Climate Change, BP Oil Spill, Solar Power, Barack Obama, Arctic, Alternative Energy, Corn Production, Green News

As pump prices ease, federal prosecutors are turning up the heat in the BP oil spill case, arresting an ex-engineer accused of obstructing justice by deleting potentially damaging emails.

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Two Meltdowns: Fukushima and the US Economy

Bob Burnett | Posted 04.27.2012

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The United States is not facing a nuclear crisis, but we are struggling with an economic crisis. The meltdown at Fukushima helps clarify our own meltdown.

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The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Is Far From Over

Robert Alvarez | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Chernobyl, Japan Radiation, Ron Wyden, Japan Nuclear Plant, Ichiro Fujusaki, Fukushima, Nuclear Contamination, Green News

Despite the enormous destruction from the earthquake and tsunami, little attention was paid to the fact that the nine dry spent fuel casks at the Fukushima Da-Ichi site were unscathed. This is an important lesson we cannot afford to ignore.

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Poetry Helps the Healing After the Fukushima Disaster

John Lundberg | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Our Words From Children in Fukushima, Poetry Therapy, Fukushima, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Akihiro Takahashi, Poetry, World News

People as old as 90 contributed, as did a four-year-old, who heartbreakingly wrote: "I love kindergarten. I love flowers. I love slides... I won't give in to radiation."

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Robots and Disasters: Why Didn't I Think of That?

Christal Smith | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Emergencies, Fukushima, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, DARPA Contest, Disaster Response, Robots, Darpa, Fukushima Disaster, Good News News

You don't have to speak scientific-ese to understand just how important it is to develop robots that can do what no mere human can do in times of crisis.

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Atomic Titanics

Karl Grossman | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Fukushima, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Titanic Anniversary, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Plant Accidents, Green News

Indeed, human error is a big part of what can go wrong at a nuclear power plant. However, even without human error, nuclear power is fraught with the potential for immense catastrophe.

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Fukushima's Nuclear Nightmare Is Far From Over (or the Disturbingly Deadly Act of Placing Profits Before People)

Vivian Norris | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Nuclear Waste, Sarkozy, Fukushima, Cesium, Mitsuhei Marata, Mox, Hydrogen, Earthquake, Daichi, Fuel Pool, Fire, Radiation, Explosion, Npr, Mikhail Gorbachev, Solar Energy, Tsunami, Reactor, Fission, Plutonium, Reactor 4, Uranium, Areva, Strontium, Cancer, Japan, Arnie Gunderson, Chernobyl Gorbachevnuclear Energy, Soviet Union, Business News

Why does Fukushima still matter? Because no matter what TEPCO or the authorities have claimed, the reactors and the fuel pools are unstable.

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'Green News Report' - April 10, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Green Energy, Radiation, Climate Scientists, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Heat Wave, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Overfishing, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Nuclear Power, War, Carbon Dioxide, Bats, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, White Nose Syndrome, BRAD BLOG, Water, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Oceans, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Japan, Republicans, Extreme Weather Fossil Fuels, Noaa, Wildfires, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: It's offi...

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