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Waters: Cloud of fear mongering mushrooms after tsunami
“After whatever disaster befalls us, being intelligent humans, we can almost always learn from it and do better in the future,” said physicist Steven C. Barrowes, Ph.D., of Radcliff.
The purveyors of fear among us should heed that advice when...Tags: Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Natural Disasters, James Joyce
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Out of the Blue: Speak up against San Onofre
Amid a spate of promising economic news, home values are climbing. Now for the bad news. For the first time in human history, the concentration of climate-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is nearing the milestone level of 400 parts per million....Tags: Genetic Engineering, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Nuclear Power, The New York Times, Southern California Edison Company
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Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up
Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Sushi and Sashimi, Japan, Environmental Issues, Long Island
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Annapolis man to head FEMA grant program
President Barack Obama has named an Annapolis man to head the multibillion-dollar grant program through which the Federal Emergency Management Agency helps local governments prepare for disasters. Brian Kamoie, 41, will oversee a vast portfolio of...
Tags: Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, Government Aid, U.S. Senate, Education
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ECONOMISTS PREDICT STEADY JOB GAINS The Labor Department is set to release employment numbers later this morning, and many analysts think they'...Tags: Google Inc., Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Mumbai (India), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Iran
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Fukushima nuclear disaster adds only small health risks, WHO says
The 9.0-magnitude Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami that triggered a meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station has resulted in only a small increase in lifetime cancer risks for people living nearby, and an even smaller...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Japan, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Birth Defects
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From disaster comes knowledge
Beverly Findlay-Kaneko has used her memories of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan two years ago to start making a change in her new home of Huntington Beach. Findlay-Kaneko was in Japan when those natural disasters led to three...Tags: Japan, Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Apple iPod, Nuclear Accidents
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On Japanese tsunami anniversary, recalling Fukushima effects on ocean
It’s been exactly two years since Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The magnitude 9.0 shaker resulted when a portion of the Pacific plate was pushed into and underneath the North American plate, shifting the position of Earth's axis...
Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan, Natural Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Health Organizations
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8 U.S. sailors sue Japanese firm over radiation from nuclear meltdown
L.A. NOWEight sailors from the Coronado-based carrier Ronald Reagan are suing the Tokyo Electric Power Co. for allegedly lying about the danger from radiation caused by the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plant, according to Bloomberg News. The ship was... -
Major Quake Hits Off Japan, Sets Off Small Tsunami
CNNTOKYO -- A powerful earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday evening, rattling buildings in Tokyo and setting off a small tsunami. It also jarred nerves in a nation still recovering from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March...Tags: Japan, Natural Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquakes
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Tsunami warning lifted for strong Japan earthquake
TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake Friday struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami, generating small waves but no immediate reports of heavy damage. Several people along the northeastern coast were...
Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan, Natural Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Earthquakes
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Safety first for man who represented the U.S. in Japan during its nuclear disaster
Tribune staff reporterThe flight attendant spied the Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo on Chuck Casto's T-shirt and escorted him to first class. Three days after the Pacific Ocean had risen and shattered the northern Japanese coast March 11, 2011, Casto's plane headed...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Tennessee Valley Authority, FedEx Corporation, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Nuclear Power
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