Greenpeace launched ‘Shadowlands’ on Feb. 20, a presentation of haunting photographs depicting the impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the plight of people displaced by the crisis, and a warning to others that…
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If passed, Amendment 133 would prevent the protection of the Grand Canyon, flanking the park with new roads, mines, exploration drilling, power lines and truck traffic. This activity would damage wildlife habitat and…
President Obama is about to make major decisions about why the U.S. still has nuclear weapons and how many we need. Join us and sign a petition urging the president to move us closer to a world free of nuclear weapons…
Feds Approve Unsafe Nuclear Reactor Construction Requiring Billions of Taxpayer Dollars
Friends of the Earth
02-14-2012
In a shocking dissent by NRC Chairman Gregory B. Jazcko against the four other commissioners who approved the decision, Jazcko said that the approved designs did not take the lessons of Fukushima into account…
As the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves a construction/operating license for two new reactors in Georgia, alarming reports from Japan indicate the Fukushima catastrophe is far from over…
Surfing for Change: J Bay Nuclear Plant is a new short film exploring the dangers of a planned nuclear power plant in the pristine shores of Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa. Made by youth environmental activist…
Friends of the Earth called the radioactive release of steam from the San Onofre nuclear plant on Feb. 1 near San Diego a sharp reminder that a Fukushima could happen here. The organization has called on California…
Announced Jan. 26, the Southern Environmental Law Center’s (SELC) 4th annual list of the Top 10 Endangered Places of the Southeast targets areas of exceptional ecological, scenic, or cultural value that are facing immediate…
Blue Ribbon Commission to Release Final Report on Commercial Nuclear Waste
Union of Concerned Scientists
01-26-2012
The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, created by the Obama administration after it abandoned plans to establish a nuclear waste repository in Nevada, is expected to release its final report…
A federal judge has told the people of Vermont that a solemn contract between them and the reactor owner Entergy need not be honored…
When I began editing Harvey Wasserman’s Insights article for the EcoWatch.org site, I had great difficulty getting past the first sentence…
The year 2012 has opened with news that Fukushima’s radioactive cloud may already have killed some 14,000 Americans, according to a major study just published in the International Journal of Health Services…
A panel investigating the causes of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster released a 506-page highly critical interim report on Dec. 26, saying that Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) and the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) directly contributed to the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant…
With Republicans Bashing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 2012 Could Be a Turning Point for Environmental Regulation. House Republicans and Republican presidential candidates have…
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Incompetent Decontamination Effort Risking Health of Fukushima Residents
Greenpeace International
12-07-2011
Nine months after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Greenpeace renewed its demand Dec. 7 for urgent relocation of pregnant women and children living in contaminated areas of…
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IEA Warns Bold Policy Changes Needed to Prevent Energy Crisis
International Energy Agency
11-09-2011
Without a bold change of policy direction, the world will lock itself into an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon energy system, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned as it launched the…
A wide range of safer, cleaner energy options are available to replace Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y., if the nuclear plant is not relicensed in 2015, according to…
Yukio Edano, head of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced that for the first time, critics of the nuclear industry would be included on the nation’s long-term energy policy panel. There are no representatives from the nuclear industry…
