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Japan to spend up to $500 million to fix Fukushima nuclear crisis
2013-09-03 03:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan is set to pledge up to $500 million to contain leaks of radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with the government stepping up its intervention in the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter of a century. Trade and Economy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said late on Monday the government would fund "tens of billions" of yen to address the water crisis after the embattled operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co, said it had found another radiation hot spot at the...
Fukushima crisis 'has not ended'
2013-09-02 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The crisis at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant "has not ended", the country's nuclear watchdog has warned, saying the situation there is "unstable". Watchdog chief Shunichi Tanaka also accused the plan's operator of careless management during the crisis. He added that it may not be possible to avoid dumping some contaminated water into the ocean. The comments come a day before the Japanese government is due to unveil plans to rescue the clean-up operation. Mr Tanaka's comments come after Fukushima's...
Climate action: Never let a good crisis go to waste
2013-09-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The publication on 27 September of the first of a series of four reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be a major event. It will of course be significant in that it will provide the latest in-depth scientific review of our understanding of climate change, with the series of reports covering some 3,000 pages and involving well over 800 authors. However, it's fair to say that the environmental and economic case for urgently tackling climate change has already compellingly...
Teen Essay: Industry giants to blame for obesity crisis
2013-09-02 00:54:19| Agriculture - Topix.net
Today, 26.2 percent of Americans are considered obese and 30 percent have high blood pressure.
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Today's oil prices rally over Syrian crisis, Middle East supply worry
2013-08-28 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Oil prices increased again today amid fears that possible military action by Western nations against Syria could disrupt crude supplies from the Middle East.
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