U.S. Military has left its toxic legacy throughout the world in the form of depleted uranium, oil, jet fuel, pesticides, defoliants like Agent Orange and lead
Ever since President Barack Obama promised to significantly scale back the Yucca Mountain budget this year, the question has been a simple one: Now what? Artcle by Lisa Mascaro, Las Vegas Sun
From the August 2009 Scientific American Magazine | 40 comments Yucca Mountain was supposed to be the answer to the U.S.'s nuclear waste problem, but after 22 years and $9 billion, that vision is dead. Now, some say that doing nothing in the near term ma
Ecomafia: le “navi a perdere” e lo smaltimento illegale delle scorie radioattive. Navi che affondano, rifiuti che spariscono: un business da miliardi di euro. Le denunce di Legambiente e del WWF. Lo strano caso della motonave Rosso. Carlo Lucarelli.
“Dobbiamo scongiurare il rischio – ha sottolineato Cogliati Dezza – che questa vicenda venga sottovalutata, mentre in realtà è in ballo il futuro dell’ambiente, del turismo, della legalità, dell’economia. C’è bisogno di un forte segnale che dia speranza a
"Radical Homemakers uncovers a hidden revolution quietly taking hold across the United States. It is the story of pioneering men and women who are redefining feminism and the good life by adhering to simple principles of ecological sustainability, social
The Hindu, February 19, 2014 "Donna Busche’s complaints are part of a string of whistleblower and other claims related to the design and safety of an unfinished waste treatment plant at Hanford, created by the U.S. federal government in the 1940s as part of the top-secret project to build the atomic bomb. Today, it is the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site, where cleanup costs about $2 billion each year. " "A one-of-a-kind plant is being built to convert the waste into glasslike logs for permanent disposal underground, but it has faced numerous technical problems, delays and cost increases."
"Russia has the largest chemical weapons arsenal in the world. Yet after years of complications it is finally being destroyed. A new facility - Shchuchye in Siberia - has finally started neutralising nearly 6,000 tons of nerve agents."
Last week the government announced plans for a new generation of nuclear plants. But Britain is still dealing with the legacy of its first atomic installation at Sellafield - a toxic waste dump in one of the most contaminated buildings in Europe. As a mul
PDF-document containing the special anti-nuclear issue of Miljömagasinet, distriibuted at the European Social Forum in Malmö, September 2008. Articles by Ulla Klötzer, Birgitta Möller, Anneli Lundin on EURATOM and Lisbon; Per Hegelund on radioactivity in
Ever since President Barack Obama promised to significantly scale back the Yucca Mountain budget this year, the question has been a simple one: Now what? Artcle by Lisa Mascaro, Las Vegas Sun