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Japan: Over 100,000 Protest Nuclear Restart in Tokyo
Posted by Common Dreams: None Given on July 16th, 2012
Common Dreams: Over 100,000 protesters took to the streets in central Tokyo on Monday to protest the country's return to nuclear power. The demonstration was one of the largest of its kind since Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced that the country would restart its nuclear reactors last month.
Protest organizers estimated the crowd at 170,000 people. Demonstrators marched through the streets in Tokyo's record setting heat chanting: "Don't resume nuclear power operation. Prime Minister (Yoshihiko) Noda should...
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Costs of Climate Change Touching Down All Around: Insurers
Posted by Common Dreams: None Given on March 3rd, 2012
Common Dreams: As southern Indiana, Kentucky and other midwestern states woke Saturday to devastated communities and a rising death toll, the world again was treated to pictures and video of mother nature's ferocious power and the merciless power of her most precise and terrifying storm, the tornado. Most striking to some is the early arrival of this year's tornado season, which usually begins later in the spring and runs into summer. For climate scientists, who have long predicted longer or more powerful storms...