Pope’s stance leaks; calls for urgent action on environment
By NICOLE WINFIELD A draft copy of Pope Francis’ eagerly awaited encyclical on the environment calls for urgent action to protect the Earth and fight global warming, which the pope…
Marine water pollution
OVERFLOWING TANK CA– USE OF NEW LEAK AT FUKUSHIMA
By MARI YAMAGUCHI This aerial photo shows the storage tank, fifth from left at left plot, which workers detected the water dripping from the top, at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear…
MORE TANK LEAKS FOUND AT JAPAN NUCLEAR PLANT
By MARI YAMAGUCHI FILE – In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 file photo, workers stand on storage tanks at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma town in Fukushima prefecture,…
RADIOACTIVE GROUNDWATER AT FUKUSHIMA NEARS PACIFIC
By MARI YAMAGUCHI In this photo provided by Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), NRA commissioners inspect storage tanks used to contain radioactive water at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, operated…
JAPAN NUCLEAR WATCHDOG MAY RAISE LEAK TO ‘SERIOUS
By MARI YAMAGUCHI This Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 aerial photo shows the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. The Japanese nuclear watchdog proposed Wednesday to…
RADIOACTIVE WATER LEAK FEARED AT JAPAN NUKE PLANT
By MARI YAMAGUCHI FILE – This March 11, 2012 file photo shows storage tanks for radiation-contaminated water in the compound of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma,…