environmental disaster
Japan nuclear crisis still a serious concern
Environment
March 23, 2011
Japan nuclear crisis still a serious concern
Tokyo residents have been warned not to give babies tap water because of radiation leaking from a nuclear plant crippled…
Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe
Environment
March 15, 2011
Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe
Japan faced a potential catastrophe on Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation…
Japan nuclear crisis could be environmentally devastating
Environment
March 12, 2011
Japan nuclear crisis could be environmentally devastating
Environmental group Greenpeace warned Saturday that quake damage to two atomic plants means "Japan is in the middle of a…
BP spill panel urges big reform
Environment
January 12, 2011
BP spill panel urges big reform
Washington--A presidential commission probing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill said Tuesday that industry practices must be overhauled and a…
The forgotten coast part III: The Future
Environment
September 29, 2010
The forgotten coast part III: The Future
We already know that the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) has designated the Nile Delta one region of the world…
BP’s broken well in Gulf of Mexico is ‘dead’
Environment
September 20, 2010
BP’s broken well in Gulf of Mexico is ‘dead’
Washington--US officials have finally declared BP's broken well in the Gulf of Mexico "dead", five months after a deadly oil…
BP and partners say most victims not yet entitled to sue
Environment
September 15, 2010
BP and partners say most victims not yet entitled to sue
BP and its partners in the blown-out Gulf well said on Monday that thousands of fishermen, seafood processors, restaurants, hotel…
Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
Environment
September 2, 2010
Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off
New Orleans--The image of thick crude gushing from a blown-out oil well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico was…