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Climate Crisis! Urgent Warning!
Climate Crisis! Urgent Warning!
Save our planet! Go Veg! Be Green!
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Climate Crisis! Urgent Warning!
Save our planet! Go Veg! Be Green!
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Climate Change
Environment and Climate Change
Vegetarian and Global Warming
1. Save lives and the planet by not eating meat
2. Recycling does make a difference
3. Planting trees benefits our Earth
4. Reduce carbon emissions with alternative energy transportation
5. Energy efficiency and sustainable energy can help renew our Earth (more)
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Environment and Climate Change
Vegetarian and Global Warming
1. Save lives and the planet by not eating meat
2. Recycling does make a difference
3. Planting trees benefits our Earth
4. Reduce carbon emissions with alternative energy transportation
5. Energy efficiency and sustainable energy can help renew our Earth (more)
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101 Solutions to Global Climate Change
Peak Moment 26: Author Guy Dauncey's lively, optimistic solutions for Peak Oil and climate crisis are do-able here and now. Conservation, efficiency, proven technologies, and emerging innovations will take us through this critical planetary energy transition.
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Peak Moment 26: Author Guy Dauncey's lively, optimistic solutions for Peak Oil and climate crisis are do-able here and now. Conservation, efficiency, proven technologies, and emerging innovations will take us through this critical planetary energy transition.
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Climate Change and Health
Google Tech Talks October 30, 2006 Paul Epstein ABSTRACT Climate change has multiple direct and indirect consequences for human health. Heat waves affect health directly and are projected to take...
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Google Tech Talks October 30, 2006 Paul Epstein ABSTRACT Climate change has multiple direct and indirect consequences for human health. Heat waves affect health directly and are projected to take...
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Europe leads the fight against climate change
More information: http://ec.europa.eu./avservices/video...
This detailed news report looks at one of the biggest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet and how it has become a catalyst for a series of tough new policies and measures put forward by the EU.
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This detailed news report looks at one of the biggest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet and how it has become a catalyst for a series of tough new policies and measures put forward by the EU.
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More than 1,000 dead, 10,000 missing after Japan quake
SENDAI, Japan: An explosion at a Japanese nuclear plant triggered fears of a meltdown Saturday, after a massive earthquake and tsunami left more than 1,000 dead and at least 10,000 unaccounted for.
As workers doused the stricken reactor with sea water to try to avert catastrophe, Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the chaos unleashed by Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake was an "unprecedented national disaster".
The quake, one of the biggest ever recorded, unleashed a terrifying 10-metre (33-foot) wave that tore through towns and cities on Japan's northeastern coast, destroying everything in its path.
In the small port town of Minamisanriku alone, some 10,000 people are unaccounted for -- more than half the population -- public broadcaster NHK reported.
Even as Japan struggled to assess the full extent of the devastation, the nation faced an atomic emergency as cooling systems damaged by the quake failed at two nuclear reactors.
Smoke billowed from the Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant about 250 kilometres (160 miles) northeast of Tokyo, after an explosion blew off the roof and walls of the structure around the reactor.
Kyodo News agency cited the nuclear safety agency as saying that radioactive caesium had been detected near the ageing facility.
Kan's top spokesman Yukio Edano said the plant's operator had reported the reactor container was not damaged and that radiation levels had fallen after the blast, but indicated that work to bring it under control was ongoing.
"We have decided to douse the (reactor) container with sea water in order to reduce risks as quickly as possible," Edano told reporters.
Kyodo and Jiji reported before the explosion that the plant "may be experiencing nuclear meltdown", while NHK quoted the safety agency as saying metal tubes that contain uranium fuel may have melted.
Tens of thousands of residents were evacuated within a 20-kilometre radius of the stricken plant, and thousands more were shifted from another damaged plant, Fukushima No. 2.
Ron Chesser, director for the Center for Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University, said it was critical to cool the reactor core to avoid a meltdown that would result in "a large release of radiation".
"Reactors are not like your car that you can turn off and walk away. They're going to continue generating a great amount of heat until the core is disassembled," he told the US-based ScienceDaily website.
The wall of water unleashed by the strongest quake ever recorded in Japan pulverised towns and cities along the northeastern coast. Police reportedly said 200-300 bodies had been found in the city of Sendai.
Some 300-400 bodies were recovered in Rikuzentakata, a coastal town of some 23,000 people, NHK quoted the military as saying. Other authorities said the tsunami had obliterated the town.
The premier's spokesman said at least 1,000 people were believed to have lost their lives. Police said more than 215,000 people were huddled in emergency shelters.
"What used to be residential areas were mostly swept away in many coastal areas and fires are still blazing there," Kan said after surveying the damage by helicopter.
The raging tsunami picked up shipping containers, cars and the debris of shattered homes. It crashed through the streets of Sendai and across open fields, forming a m&d slick that covered vast tracts of land.
"There are so many people who lost their lives," an elderly man told TV reporters before breaking down in tears. "I have no words to say."
In the shattered town of Minamisoma, 34-year-old housewife Sayori Suzuki recalled the utter horror of the moment the quake hit, shaking her home violently and washing away the house of a relative.
"It was a tremor like I've never experienced before," she told an AFP reporter.
"Another relative said he was fleeing in a car but watched in the rear-view mirror as the waves were catching up on him from behind. He escaped very narrowly."
"My brother works at the Fukushima No.2 nuclear power plant," Suzuki added. "He worked all through the night. I'm so worried about him because of the risk of radiation exposure."
Some 50,000 military and other rescue personnel were spearheading a Herculean rescue and recovery effort with hundreds of ships, aircraft and vehicles headed to the Pacific coast area.
The towering wave set off alerts across the Pacific, sparking evacuations in Hawaii and on the US West Coast.
The Bank of Japan said it would do its "utmost" to ensure the stability of financial markets after the quake brought huge disruption to key industries, raising short-term concerns for the nation's struggling economy.
In quake-hit areas, 5.6 million households had no power Saturday and more than one million households were without water. Telecommunications networks were also hit.
In a rare piece of good news, a ship that was earlier reported missing was found swept out to sea and all 81 people aboard were airlifted to safety.
Leading international offers of help, President Barack Obama mobilised the US military to provide emergency aid after what he called a "simply heartbreaking" disaster.
The United States, which has nearly 50,000 military personnel in Japan, ordered a flotilla including two aircraft carriers and support ships to the region to provide aid.
The quake hit at 2:46 pm (0546 GMT) and lasted about two minutes, making buildings sway in greater Tokyo, the world's largest urban area and home to some 30 million people.
More than a day after the first, massive quake struck just under 400 kilometres northeast of Tokyo, aftershocks were still rattling the region, including a strong 6.8 magnitude tremor on Saturday.
Japan sits on the "Pacific Ring of Fire" and Tokyo is in one of its most dangerous areas, where three continental plates are slowly grinding against each other, building up enormous seismic pressure.
The government has long warned of the likelihood that a devastating magnitude-eight quake will strike within the next 30 years in the Kanto plains, home to Tokyo's vast urban sprawl.
SENDAI, Japan: An explosion at a Japanese nuclear plant triggered fears of a meltdown Saturday, after a massive earthquake and tsunami left more than 1,000 dead and at least 10,000 unaccounted for.
As workers doused the stricken reactor with sea water to try to avert catastrophe, Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the chaos unleashed by Friday's 8.9-magnitude quake was an "unprecedented national disaster".
The quake, one of the biggest ever recorded, unleashed a terrifying 10-metre (33-foot) wave that tore through towns and cities on Japan's northeastern coast, destroying everything in its path.
In the small port town of Minamisanriku alone, some 10,000 people are unaccounted for -- more than half the population -- public broadcaster NHK reported.
Even as Japan struggled to assess the full extent of the devastation, the nation faced an atomic emergency as cooling systems damaged by the quake failed at two nuclear reactors.
Smoke billowed from the Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant about 250 kilometres (160 miles) northeast of Tokyo, after an explosion blew off the roof and walls of the structure around the reactor.
Kyodo News agency cited the nuclear safety agency as saying that radioactive caesium had been detected near the ageing facility.
Kan's top spokesman Yukio Edano said the plant's operator had reported the reactor container was not damaged and that radiation levels had fallen after the blast, but indicated that work to bring it under control was ongoing.
"We have decided to douse the (reactor) container with sea water in order to reduce risks as quickly as possible," Edano told reporters.
Kyodo and Jiji reported before the explosion that the plant "may be experiencing nuclear meltdown", while NHK quoted the safety agency as saying metal tubes that contain uranium fuel may have melted.
Tens of thousands of residents were evacuated within a 20-kilometre radius of the stricken plant, and thousands more were shifted from another damaged plant, Fukushima No. 2.
Ron Chesser, director for the Center for Environmental Radiation Studies at Texas Tech University, said it was critical to cool the reactor core to avoid a meltdown that would result in "a large release of radiation".
"Reactors are not like your car that you can turn off and walk away. They're going to continue generating a great amount of heat until the core is disassembled," he told the US-based ScienceDaily website.
The wall of water unleashed by the strongest quake ever recorded in Japan pulverised towns and cities along the northeastern coast. Police reportedly said 200-300 bodies had been found in the city of Sendai.
Some 300-400 bodies were recovered in Rikuzentakata, a coastal town of some 23,000 people, NHK quoted the military as saying. Other authorities said the tsunami had obliterated the town.
The premier's spokesman said at least 1,000 people were believed to have lost their lives. Police said more than 215,000 people were huddled in emergency shelters.
"What used to be residential areas were mostly swept away in many coastal areas and fires are still blazing there," Kan said after surveying the damage by helicopter.
The raging tsunami picked up shipping containers, cars and the debris of shattered homes. It crashed through the streets of Sendai and across open fields, forming a m&d slick that covered vast tracts of land.
"There are so many people who lost their lives," an elderly man told TV reporters before breaking down in tears. "I have no words to say."
In the shattered town of Minamisoma, 34-year-old housewife Sayori Suzuki recalled the utter horror of the moment the quake hit, shaking her home violently and washing away the house of a relative.
"It was a tremor like I've never experienced before," she told an AFP reporter.
"Another relative said he was fleeing in a car but watched in the rear-view mirror as the waves were catching up on him from behind. He escaped very narrowly."
"My brother works at the Fukushima No.2 nuclear power plant," Suzuki added. "He worked all through the night. I'm so worried about him because of the risk of radiation exposure."
Some 50,000 military and other rescue personnel were spearheading a Herculean rescue and recovery effort with hundreds of ships, aircraft and vehicles headed to the Pacific coast area.
The towering wave set off alerts across the Pacific, sparking evacuations in Hawaii and on the US West Coast.
The Bank of Japan said it would do its "utmost" to ensure the stability of financial markets after the quake brought huge disruption to key industries, raising short-term concerns for the nation's struggling economy.
In quake-hit areas, 5.6 million households had no power Saturday and more than one million households were without water. Telecommunications networks were also hit.
In a rare piece of good news, a ship that was earlier reported missing was found swept out to sea and all 81 people aboard were airlifted to safety.
Leading international offers of help, President Barack Obama mobilised the US military to provide emergency aid after what he called a "simply heartbreaking" disaster.
The United States, which has nearly 50,000 military personnel in Japan, ordered a flotilla including two aircraft carriers and support ships to the region to provide aid.
The quake hit at 2:46 pm (0546 GMT) and lasted about two minutes, making buildings sway in greater Tokyo, the world's largest urban area and home to some 30 million people.
More than a day after the first, massive quake struck just under 400 kilometres northeast of Tokyo, aftershocks were still rattling the region, including a strong 6.8 magnitude tremor on Saturday.
Japan sits on the "Pacific Ring of Fire" and Tokyo is in one of its most dangerous areas, where three continental plates are slowly grinding against each other, building up enormous seismic pressure.
The government has long warned of the likelihood that a devastating magnitude-eight quake will strike within the next 30 years in the Kanto plains, home to Tokyo's vast urban sprawl.
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Meltdowns may have occurred in two Japan reactors
Posted: 13 March 2011 1246 hrs
FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan battled a nuclear emergency Sunday in which the government said twin meltdowns may have taken place and that radiation had escaped from reactors at a quake-damaged atomic power plant.
About 200,000 people have been evacuated from residential areas around the Fukushima No. 1 plant, 250 kilometres (120 miles) north of Tokyo, as global concern grew over the threat of a major disaster.
International nuclear experts warned of the possibility of major accidents similar to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine and the 1979 partial core meltdown of the US Three Mile Island reactor.
Japan's top government spokesman said it was highly likely a meltdown had occurred in one reactor of the Fukushima plant and that it was working on the assumption that one may occur in another.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano added that the radiation released into the air so far had not reached levels high enough to affect human health.
The crisis started with Friday's massive quake and tsunami disaster, the worst on record in Japan, which caused electricity blackouts and led to malfunctions of the cooling systems of the plant's reactors.
Authorities immediately declared a nuclear emergency and have since scrambled to prevent two reactors from overheating by pumping in water and releasing steam to depressurise them.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) took the drastic step of using sea water to cool reactor one -- where a huge explosion Saturday tore away the outer concrete housing while leaving the steel reactor intact.
On Sunday, the operator warned that another reactor, number three, was also overheating and that so much water had evaporated at one stage that the top three metres (10 feet) of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel rods were exposed to the air.
A TEPCO spokesman later told AFP that the rods were covered again.
Edano said the pressure build-up at reactor three had forced another release of vapour to depressurise the facility and that "we assume that a minute amount of radioactivity was released".
Nuclear plant operators must alert the government when the hourly level of radioactivity reaches 500 micro sievert -- and Edano said the level had topped 1,200 Sunday morning. It had hit just over 1,000 at one stage Saturday.
A TEPCO spokesman said Sunday: "Radiation levels declined late last night but rebounded this morning and topped the limit set by the government. So, we informed the government about the result in an emergency report."
The government has evacuated people from a 20-kilometre (12-mile) radius around the facility -- while also moving people out of areas surrounding a second nearby plant, Fukushima No. 2, which has four reactors.
A total of 22 people have also been hospitalised after being exposed to radioactivity, although it was not immediately clear to what degree they were exposed and what the condition they were in.
In the city of Fukushima, set amid mountains some 80 kilometres northwest of the seaside plants, fears grew about the nuclear plants, and people rushed to stock up on supplies. Petrol stations had already run dry.
Hundreds joined orderly queues outside a co-op market where shop assistants wore surgical masks and overalls, and shoppers came out carrying as many bottles of water, groceries and other supplies as they could.
Naruki Ono, 40, who had travelled 40 minutes to get to the town, said "people are nervous. People are not panicked, but nuclear plants are scary. The bottom line is: I will pray that the nuclear plant doesn't explode."
Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who was battling opinion poll ratings below 20 percent before the disaster struck, faced media criticism on Sunday over his government's response to the nuclear crisis.
The Yomiuri Shimbun daily noted that it took five hours for the government to publicly address fears about a nuclear meltdown after the blast Saturday, while an Asahi Shimbun headline charged: "Crisis management all mixed up".
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Posted: 13 March 2011 1246 hrs
FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Japan battled a nuclear emergency Sunday in which the government said twin meltdowns may have taken place and that radiation had escaped from reactors at a quake-damaged atomic power plant.
About 200,000 people have been evacuated from residential areas around the Fukushima No. 1 plant, 250 kilometres (120 miles) north of Tokyo, as global concern grew over the threat of a major disaster.
International nuclear experts warned of the possibility of major accidents similar to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine and the 1979 partial core meltdown of the US Three Mile Island reactor.
Japan's top government spokesman said it was highly likely a meltdown had occurred in one reactor of the Fukushima plant and that it was working on the assumption that one may occur in another.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano added that the radiation released into the air so far had not reached levels high enough to affect human health.
The crisis started with Friday's massive quake and tsunami disaster, the worst on record in Japan, which caused electricity blackouts and led to malfunctions of the cooling systems of the plant's reactors.
Authorities immediately declared a nuclear emergency and have since scrambled to prevent two reactors from overheating by pumping in water and releasing steam to depressurise them.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) took the drastic step of using sea water to cool reactor one -- where a huge explosion Saturday tore away the outer concrete housing while leaving the steel reactor intact.
On Sunday, the operator warned that another reactor, number three, was also overheating and that so much water had evaporated at one stage that the top three metres (10 feet) of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel rods were exposed to the air.
A TEPCO spokesman later told AFP that the rods were covered again.
Edano said the pressure build-up at reactor three had forced another release of vapour to depressurise the facility and that "we assume that a minute amount of radioactivity was released".
Nuclear plant operators must alert the government when the hourly level of radioactivity reaches 500 micro sievert -- and Edano said the level had topped 1,200 Sunday morning. It had hit just over 1,000 at one stage Saturday.
A TEPCO spokesman said Sunday: "Radiation levels declined late last night but rebounded this morning and topped the limit set by the government. So, we informed the government about the result in an emergency report."
The government has evacuated people from a 20-kilometre (12-mile) radius around the facility -- while also moving people out of areas surrounding a second nearby plant, Fukushima No. 2, which has four reactors.
A total of 22 people have also been hospitalised after being exposed to radioactivity, although it was not immediately clear to what degree they were exposed and what the condition they were in.
In the city of Fukushima, set amid mountains some 80 kilometres northwest of the seaside plants, fears grew about the nuclear plants, and people rushed to stock up on supplies. Petrol stations had already run dry.
Hundreds joined orderly queues outside a co-op market where shop assistants wore surgical masks and overalls, and shoppers came out carrying as many bottles of water, groceries and other supplies as they could.
Naruki Ono, 40, who had travelled 40 minutes to get to the town, said "people are nervous. People are not panicked, but nuclear plants are scary. The bottom line is: I will pray that the nuclear plant doesn't explode."
Japan's centre-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who was battling opinion poll ratings below 20 percent before the disaster struck, faced media criticism on Sunday over his government's response to the nuclear crisis.
The Yomiuri Shimbun daily noted that it took five hours for the government to publicly address fears about a nuclear meltdown after the blast Saturday, while an Asahi Shimbun headline charged: "Crisis management all mixed up".
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ah hai, be green is good. but that supreme master of yours is a con woman and is wanted by Taiwanese gov. she was a nun and always put on heavy make up, now run road to Thailand and started this thing to con money again. 
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