Last week Japan passed its 4th environmental plan, based on sustainability, clean air and water, conservation and helping the developing world cope with the impacts of climate change. According to the Japan Times, the plan includes an ambitious goal of cutting greenhouse gases by 80% of 1990 levels by the year 2050. How does...
Police unleashed tear gas and chemical-laced water Saturday at thousands of demonstrators who staged one of Malaysia’s largest street rallies in years, demanding fair rules for national elections expected soon. (read the story…)
A newly unveiled company with some high-profile backers has announced plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for resources such as precious metals and water. (read the story…)
A heroic 65-year-old man jumped directly into a powerful Florida riptide and rescued a little girl before suffering a “cardiac event” in the water that led to his death. (read the story…)
OTSU, Japan (Reuters) – Japan's western Shiga prefecture, one of the nation's biggest sources of drinking water, threatened on Friday to oppose the restart of nearby nuclear reactors unless the government met several demands designed to prevent a repeat of the Fukushima disaster. Shiga, whose Lake Biwa provides water for 14 million people, more...
TOKYO – One of Japan's crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and much less water to cool it than officials had estimated, according to an internal examination that renews doubts about the plant's stability. (more here…)
