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EU climate chief says Pacific threat shows action needed
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 2nd, 2013
Agence France-Presse: The threat that climate change poses to Pacific Island nations shows that international action on the issue is overdue, European Union Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said today.
On the eve of this week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in the Marshall Islands, Hedegaard expressed concern that some countries may try to delay a 2015 deadline for implementing reductions in emissions and increasing reliance on alternative energy sources.
She said Europe and the Pacific island nations would work...
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New radiation spike found near Fukushima nuclear plant water tanks
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 2nd, 2013
Reuters: Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, said on Monday that a patrol of workers had found a new area of high radiation near tanks used to store contaminated water. The latest revelation in a statement by Tokyo Electric late on Monday comes a day before Japan's government is set to announce new steps to address deep-seated problems in controlling the spread of radiated water at Fukushima and criticism that the utility has bungled the response to the worst nuclear...
Blue chips named in US ‘Toxic 100’ league table
Posted by BusinessGreen: None Given on September 2nd, 2013
BusinessGreen: Some of the largest and most high-profile companies in the US have been named in a series of league tables designed to highlight the top 100 air polluters, greenhouse gas emitters and water polluters in America.
The fifth edition of the Toxic 100 Air Polluters index was released late last month by the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, confirming that Bayer Group, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, BASF and GE all make the top 10.
The rankings, which...
Fukushima: Japan promises swift action on nuclear cleanup
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on September 2nd, 2013
Guardian: Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has promised to act quickly to address the buildup of huge quantities of contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Abe, who recently suggested that the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), was incapable of overseeing the operation on its own, said the government would soon announce a comprehensive plan to deal with the world's largest nuclear cleanup.
The prospect of greater state involvement in decommissioning Fukushima...
Japan vows quick action, public funds for Fukushima
Posted by Reuters: Sumio Ito and Mari Saito on September 2nd, 2013
Reuters: Japan vowed quick, decisive action, including the use of public funds, to tackle the worsening problem of contaminated water pouring from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, as the authorities step in to help the facility's embattled operator.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government "will step forward and implement all necessary policies" to deal with the flood of radioactive water from the plant, a legacy of the world's worst atomic disaster in a quarter century.
The government will...