As they try to clean up what may be the worst nuclear disaster in history at Fukushima, they continue to make things worse.
More trouble for flooded nuclear reactors in Nebraska
June 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As bad news continues to come in from Japan’s nuclear meltdown at Fukushima, a similar situation may be beginning on our own shores. Two nuclear reactors in Nebraska are threatened by floodwaters… and while officials keep insisting there’s no danger and everything is under control, that’s not exactly reassuring.
Especially since one of their control systems collapsed over the weekend.
Shades of Fukushima – flooded Nebraska plant loses power
June 27, 2011 By 1 Comment
Will this be our Fukushima? It’s certainly not at the point of being a major disaster yet, but… What turned Fukushima from a crisis to a disaster was the way Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) mishandled its attempts to keep control of their nuclear power plants.
As flood waters rise in the American heartland, it’s disconcerting to see the way a similar scenario is playing out…
Oil contractor Transocean blames BP for oil spill in new report
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In a new report, oil rig owner Transocean points the finger straight at BP for the screw-ups that caused the failure of the Deepwater Horizon rig, the worst oil disaster in US history.
TEPCO says no Fukushima danger from latest quake – can we believe them?
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
“In the last three weeks, everything we knew about the accident has been turned upside down. We were told three partial meldowns, don’t worry about it. Now we know it was 100 percent core melt in all three reactors. Radiation – ‘miminal’ that was released. Now we know it was comparable to the radiation at Chernobyl….”
Congress launches new attack on Clean Water Act
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The true story on power – fossil fuels and nuclear get huge subsidies, wind power not so much
June 21, 2011 By 3 Comments
High levels of radioactive strontium found near Fukushima
June 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
More bad news from Japan – in the wake of last week’s revelation that 3 of the 4 reactors had gone into meltdown and beyond, we now learn that high levels of radioactivity – in particular, particles of strontium 89 and 90 – are being found in groundwater and sea water around the facility, and even further than 60 miles away.
Hollywood stars — Ethan Hawke, Zoe Saldana, Amy Ryan, Nadia Dajani, Mark Ruffalo, & more — fight fracking
June 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Can top talent make a difference in winning a war of wills? Let’s hope so, as fracking continues to devestate communities from Pennsylvania to Wyoming in the name of big oil (and big oil profits).
Crazy Environmental Politics News of the Week
June 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
From our sister site, Planetsave, a great rundown of some of the weirder news of the week at the crossroads of politics and the environment…
