Owner of Japanese Nuclear Plant Confirms Additional Meltdowns The owner of Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility has confirmed there were additional meltdowns of … NewsRead more
Pollution
Posted inOil / Pollution / ToMl
Chevron must pay an $8.6 billion fine
The oil giant Chevron has been fined over $17 billion in a long-running case over environmental contamination in Ecuador. Amazonian residents have sued Chevron for … Chevron must pay an $8.6 billion fineRead more
Posted inEconomics / Politics / Pollution / ToMl
Polluters must pay
The public health costs imposed by boilers are classic “externalities” — costs of production that aren’t paid by producers, but rather “externalized” onto the general … Polluters must payRead more
Posted inOil / Pollution / Spill / ToMl
Gulf spill’s effects ‘may not be seen for a decade’
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill “devastated” life on and near the seafloor, a marine scientist has said. Studies using a submersible found a layer, … Gulf spill’s effects ‘may not be seen for a decade’Read more
Posted inLaw / Oil / Pollution / ToMl
Chevron was found guilty
An Ecuadorean judge found Chevron guilty–to the tune of more than $8 billion–of massive oil drilling contamination in the Amazon rainforest. The judgment ranks second … Chevron was found guiltyRead more
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Abandoned Uranium Mines
There’s an old uranium mine on rancher Larry Gordy’s grazing land near Cameron, Ariz. Like hundreds of other abandoned mines in the Navajo Nation, the … Abandoned Uranium MinesRead more
Posted inOil / Pollution / Spill
Underwater disaster
BP oil spill effect in deepwater [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBVpHBXcxbU]
Posted inMultimedia / Pesticide / Pollution
Whats the problem with bees?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Mrm9Y6khk] http://www.panna.org