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River Monsters Season 5 will include visits to Chernobyl and Loch Ness
Channel Guide Magazine“I realize there will come a point at which my searching must come to an end — once I've found every river monster and all the world's underwater mysteries are solved,” says biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade, host of Animal... -
Nuclear blows away wind
The primary motivation among environmentalists for developing wind energy is legitimate concern about the effects of climate change. Wind is alleged to provide important relief from the emission of carbon dioxide from electricity production. But without...
Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Nuclear Power, Global Warming, Science
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The danger of relying on nuclear power plants
Norman Meadow's commentary promoting nuclear power over wind energy as a solution to climate change leaves out serious unsolved problems that wind does not present ("Nuclear blows away wind," Feb. 1). Huge piles of highly radioactive waste are sitting...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Waste, Environmental Issues, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Accidents
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Secretary Clinton can help us all become 'untired'
Arianna HuffingtonWe don't yet know what big challenge Hillary Clinton will take on next, but that she will bring her considerable talents to something big and worthwhile is not in question. Whether or not that challenge is trying to become the first woman president, she'...Tags: Diabetes, Sleep Deprivation, Frank Gehry, Arianna Huffington, Health Insurance Cost
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Is sleep deprivation the reason the Romney campaign is blowing it?
Arianna Huffington"Saturday Night Live" opened its new season with a sketch in which President Obama acknowledges that "things aren't great, the economy's in the tank" and "the job market is horrible," but says he's not worried because his campaign has a "secret weapon" to...Tags: Sleep Deprivation, Barack Obama, 2012 Republican National Convention, Arianna Huffington, 2012 Democratic National Convention
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17-year-old wears lace mini dress to graduation
KIAHEastern European internet is ablaze with reports of another Chernobyl-like explosion! This time, the blast was sparked by a Ukrainian honor student's graduation outfit which caused her male classmates’ rods to go into full blown melt-down!...Tags: Lady Gaga
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Mutant Butterflies Linked to Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
KTLA NewsFUKUSHIMA, Japan -- In the first sign that the Fukushima nuclear disaster may be changing life around it, scientists say they've found mutant butterflies. Some of the butterflies had abnormalities in their legs, antennae, and abdomens, and dents in their...Tags: Science and Technology, Genes and Chromosomes, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Tokyo Electric Power Co., Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan)
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Natural Perspectives: How to bring that power to the people
I would make a bad Amish person because I like electricity. So does Vic. We like it so much that we want to make sure that we keep receiving it, but we wonder where electrical power is going to come from in the future. As the population grows and we...Tags: Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Environmental Issues, Plant Openings, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power
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News briefs for Thursday, May 3
U.S. ambassador denies blind Chinese activist's claim he was pressured to leave Embassy BEIJING (AP) — U.S. officials said Thursday they are still trying to help a blind Chinese activist who says he fears for his family's safety, and denied he...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Junior Seau, Environmental Issues, Justice System
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Hope for Natural Gas Pipeline Shifts From Juneau to Japan
Channel 2 NewsAfter state lawmakers failed to pass legislation that might have brought a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope, new hope for such a project has been revived Tuesday -- by officials with the government of Japan. On Monday night, Sen. Lisa...Tags: White House, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources, Lisa Murkowski, Nuclear Power
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Radioactive Particles from Japan Found in Local Sea Kelp
KTLA NewsLONG BEACH, Calif. (KTLA) -- Researchers say seaweed harvested from Orange County beaches tested positive for small amounts of radiation from last year's nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. According...Tags: Tsunamis, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear Power
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Cheap natural gas, caution curb nuclear energy
It's radioactive, its plants can be expensive to build and it scares the bejeebers out of many, but to some, nuclear energy is the future.
That may well be true, but for now, the race to that future has slowed to a cautious crawl as regulators have...Tags: Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, China, Disasters and Accidents
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