March 15th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Fear of nuclear power is vastly overrated as an issue among pro-nuclear advocates. Like conservatives in the USA up to the Secretary of the Interior blaming non-existent eco-terrorists for west coast wildfires, it's a strawman, a convenient fiction that the nuclear advocates share among themselves to avoid the harsh truth
December 11th, 2015 | by Cynthia Shahan
“Unless we wake up and do things that really matter, we might run out of time.” Radu Motisan found that his [&hellip
March 4th, 2015 | by Jake Richardson
Researchers at Iowa State University are experimenting with the use of solar-powered robots in work situations that would be unsafe for humans
January 15th, 2014 | by Sandy Dechert
Fukushima nuclear power station as unit 4 operations commenced (screen shot from euronews broadcast, November 11, 2013.) TEPCO announced 10% [&hellip
September 2nd, 2013 | by James Ayre
The first radioactive ocean plume released by the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster will finally be reaching the shores of [&hellip
January 27th, 2012 | by Breath on the Wind
It is the sort of headline that grabs your attention and suggests doom in the same year that one (of the many) Mayan Calendars is "doomed" to end. Deadline reports that a local pursuing their countryside on "Google Earth" suddenly noticed that the sea near the Hunterston B nuclear power plant, Ayrshire, Scotland was luminous green on Google Earth. Concerned they alerted officials to the glowing problem
December 9th, 2011 | by Charis Michelsen
Environmental organization Greenpeace went to Japan to measure the radiation levels outside the stricken Fukushima plant, and the report they published is rather disturbing. Nine months after the disaster
October 22nd, 2011 | by Charis Michelsen
Studies, studies, and more studies have been done to research cell phone safety – do they cause brain tumors? The World Health Organization officially classified cell phones’ radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as cancer-causing (cue massive debate), not long after Dr. Devra Davis claimed that cell phones were especially dangerous to children. Dr. Davis may be right after all; new research published in the journal Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine indicates that kids absorb more radiation than adults. This is, in a nutshell, bad
May 12th, 2011 | by Jeremy Bloom
You may have seen the sensational stories on the Internet the past 24 hours that it’s finally been confirmed: Cell Phones KILL Bees! The only problem is… it’s NOT confirmed. That’s not what the study says. It’s not even what the original article says. How did this meme spread EVERYWHERE in just 24 hours
January 26th, 2010 | by Important Media Cross-Post
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed new ozone standards to protect health and environmental values. These standards will apply [&hellip
