The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released fatal traffic crash data for calendar year 2016. According to NHTSA data, which was … Car accidents killed 37,000 people in USRead more
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John Kiriakou, CIA Officer in Torture Leak Case, Injured in Serious Traffic Accident
John Kiriakou, a prominent ex-CIA officer who was among the first to reveal the agency’s torture program, was seriously injured in a scooter accident earlier … John Kiriakou, CIA Officer in Torture Leak Case, Injured in Serious Traffic AccidentRead more
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Austerity & Neglect Blamed as 79 Die in U.K. Apartment Fire Housing Immigrants & Low-Income Workers
Protests are continuing in London over last week’s devastating apartment fire that killed 79 people. On Wednesday, around 200 protesters, including survivors of the fire, … Austerity & Neglect Blamed as 79 Die in U.K. Apartment Fire Housing Immigrants & Low-Income WorkersRead more
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Lead-lined glove tied to New Mexico radiation leak
A radiation leak that indefinitely shut down a nuclear waste dump in New Mexico was likely caused by a container of radioactive materials improperly packaged … Lead-lined glove tied to New Mexico radiation leakRead more
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Japanese Government Guilty Of Destroying Pacific Ocean
The Japanese Government has been ordered to pay tens of millions in compensation after it was found guilty of negligence causing the Fukushima nuclear disaster. … Japanese Government Guilty Of Destroying Pacific OceanRead more
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Ongoing emergency at the largest nuclear waste storage site in the U.S.
Around 8:30 a.m. PT on Tuesday, 400 square feet of soil caved in at the juncture of two several hundred foot–long tunnels housing radioactive material … Ongoing emergency at the largest nuclear waste storage site in the U.S.Read more
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Bhopal must never be forgotten, indeed must be fixed
It was on the night of December 2, 1984, when Bhopal died a million deaths. The chemical, methyl isocyanate (MIC), that spilled out from Union … Bhopal must never be forgotten, indeed must be fixedRead more
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Nuclear accident in New Mexico ranks among the costliest in U.S. history
When a drum containing radioactive waste blew up in an underground nuclear dump in New Mexico two years ago, the Energy Department rushed to quell … Nuclear accident in New Mexico ranks among the costliest in U.S. historyRead more
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Nuclear waste accident 2 years ago may cost more than $2 billion to clean up
The Los Angeles Times is estimating that an explosion that occurred at a New Mexico nuclear waste dumping facility in 2014 could cost upwards of … Nuclear waste accident 2 years ago may cost more than $2 billion to clean upRead more
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More driving means more dying
New data from the national traffic safety administration shows an ominous trend: traffic related deaths are up 11.3 percent for the first nine months of … More driving means more dyingRead more