Tag Archives: Environment

Poverty, nuclear weapons and the environment: Pope Francis at the UN via RT

Posted on 2015/09/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Saving the planet is part of helping the poor and the excluded, Pope Francis told a UN summit. The pontiff called for a ban on nuclear weapons and chastised international finance and ‘ideological colonization’ for making the world worse. Addressing … Continue reading →

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Morphological abnormalities in gall-forming aphids in a radiation-contaminated area near Fukushima Daiichi: selective impact of fallout? via Ecology and Evolution

Posted on 2014/01/18 by kojimaaiko

Morphological abnormalities in gall-forming aphids in a radiation-contaminated area near Fukushima Daiichi: selective impact of fallout? Shin-ichi Akimoto Article first published online: 13 JAN 2014 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.949 © 2014 The Author. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. … Continue reading →

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Indigenous Elders and Medicine Peoples Council Statement on Fukushima via Indigenous Action Media

Posted on 2013/11/20 by kojimaaiko

Please visit this link where you can sign to show your support and stand in solidarity with the Elders: www.caretakersofmotherearth.com View the original statement with signatures here (PDF): COUNCIL_FUKUSHIMA_STATEMENT_OCT_2013. Council Statement This statement reflects the wisdom of the Spiritual People … Continue reading →

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As Fukushima Continues Releasing Radioactive Water, Chernobyl Is Close To Getting New Casing via International Business Times

Posted on 2013/09/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] It was just a little after 1 a.m. on April 26, 1986, a quiet night like any other in the small Ukrainian city of Pripyat, near the northern border with Belarus and only 95 miles from the capital, Kiev. … Continue reading →

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International Day Agasint Nuclear Tests August 29 via UN

Posted on 2013/08/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Since nuclear weapons testing began in the mid-twentieth century, with the first test on 16 July 1945, nearly 2,000 have taken place. There has been little consideration of the devastating effects of testing on human life, let alone the understanding … Continue reading →

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Austria makes formal objection to UK nuclear plans via Newsnet Scotland.com

Posted on 2013/05/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Austrian government has lodged a formal objection to the UK’s plans to develop a new nuclear power plant at the Hinkley Point site in Somerset. According to the Austrian government’s environmental agency Umweltbundesamt, its experts believe that the plans … Continue reading →

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Fukushima forests found to be radioactive via Al Jazeera English

Posted on 2013/03/11 by kojimaaiko

Link to the movie -> http://aje.me/16iy2mh   Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan’s northeastern Pacific coast, forests that cover 70 percent of the Fukushima Prefecture have been found to contain high concentrations … Continue reading →

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Symposium: The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident l March 11-12, 2013 via The Helen Caldicott Foundation and Physicians for Social Responsibililty

Posted on 2013/03/08 by norma field

The New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on and discuss the bio-medical and ecological … Continue reading →

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Abyss of Uncertainty: Germany’s Homemade Nuclear Waste Disaster via Spiegel

Posted on 2013/02/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Some 126,000 barrels of nuclear waste have been dumped in the Asse II salt mine over the last 50 years. German politicians are pushing for a law promising their removal. But the safety, technical and financial hurdles are enormous, and … Continue reading →

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HMS Tireless returns to Plymouth after reactor leak via BBC News

Posted on 2013/02/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Devon-based submarine HMS Tireless has returned to Plymouth after a leak in its nuclear reactor. The Royal Navy said the small leak of coolant was contained within the reactor compartment of the Trafalgar-class hunter-killer vessel. The navy said that … Continue reading →

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