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On this date in history: The Chernobyl disaster
On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine had an explosion and a fire that released radioactive particles into the atmosphere where they spread over several other countries in what is acknowledged to be the worst nuclear...
Tags: Nuclear Power, ABC (tv network), Russia, Ukraine, Chernobyl (Kiev Oblast, Ukraine)
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River Monsters Season 5 will include visits to Chernobyl and Loch Ness
Channel Guide Magazine“I realize there will come a point at which my searching must come to an end — once I've found every river monster and all the world's underwater mysteries are solved,” says biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade, host of Animal... -
Nuclear blows away wind
The primary motivation among environmentalists for developing wind energy is legitimate concern about the effects of climate change. Wind is alleged to provide important relief from the emission of carbon dioxide from electricity production. But without...
Tags: Conservation, Hydroelectricity, Environmental Issues, Wind Power, Science and Technology
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The danger of relying on nuclear power plants
Norman Meadow's commentary promoting nuclear power over wind energy as a solution to climate change leaves out serious unsolved problems that wind does not present ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). Huge piles of highly radioactive waste are sitting...Tags: Environmental Issues, Nuclear Accidents, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Disasters and Accidents, Alternative Energy
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PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer
Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...Tags: Tuskegee Airmen, Colleges and Universities, University of Iowa, Electronics, High Noon (movie)
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In wake of Fukushima disaster, Japan to end nuclear power by 2030s
World NowThe Japanese government announced a dramatic turn in its energy policy Friday, vowing to make the densely populated island nation nuclear-free by the 2030s. Last year's tsunami-triggered disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power complex forced evacuation of... -
17-year-old wears lace mini dress to graduation
KIAHEastern European internet is ablaze with reports of another Chernobyl-like explosion! This time, the blast was sparked by a Ukrainian honor student's graduation outfit which caused her male classmates’ rods to go into full blown melt-down!...Tags: Lady Gaga
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Mutant Butterflies Linked to Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
KTLA NewsFUKUSHIMA, Japan -- In the first sign that the Fukushima nuclear disaster may be changing life around it, scientists say they've found mutant butterflies. Some of the butterflies had abnormalities in their legs, antennae, and abdomens, and dents in their...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Japan, Science and Technology, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Nuclear Power
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Japan leaders, utility slammed for 'man-made' nuclear disaster
Los Angeles TimesAn independent parliamentary commission accused the Japanese government and the nation's leading utility of "collusion" in avoiding vital nuclear safety improvements that would have prevented the reactor meltdowns last year at the tsunami-damaged...Tags: Environmental Issues, Disasters and Accidents, National Government, Natural Resources, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Natural Perspectives: How to bring that power to the people
I would make a bad Amish person because I like electricity. So does Vic. We like it so much that we want to make sure that we keep receiving it, but we wonder where electrical power is going to come from in the future. As the population grows and we...Tags: Plant Openings, Nuclear Accidents, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy
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'Chernobyl Diaries': Horror movie and travel book depict extreme tourism
24 Frames"Chernobyl Diaries," a horror movie following a group of tourists on an excursion to the abandoned Ukrainian site of the meltdown, hits theaters just as a pollution travelogue by journalist Andrew Blackwell, "Visit Sunny Chernobyl," is arriving in book... -
News briefs for Thursday, May 3
U.S. ambassador denies blind Chinese activist's claim he was pressured to leave Embassy BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials said Thursday they are still trying to help a blind Chinese activist who says he fears for his family's safety, and denied he...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Unemployment, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Jered Weaver
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Jul 26, 2012
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Jun 12, 2012
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May 3, 2012
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