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News Round-Up: June 7, 2011
A selection of today’s headlines and must-read articles on issues ranging from fracking and the BP oil spill to Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster:
NY Assembly Extends Fracking Ban for Another Year
Obama, BP Slammed Over Response to Gulf Oil Spill: Issa Report
Heartbreaking Evacuations as Fukushima’s Nuclear Fallout Spreads
There’s No Easy Escape From Cellphone Risks
Nightmare has become reality in Japan. It is feared multiple reactor meltdowns have taken place at the Fukushima plant, and nuclear explosions have released untold amounts of radiation into the environment. Meanwhile, the fission process inside the reactors continues unabated, leading one British scientist and nuclear expert, Dr. Christopher Busby, to suggest the “drastic” measure of lowering a massive dome over the site to contain the radiation.
Read More »You can see giant cranes clawing and tearing away at the fragile shoreline, and huge floating “trash depots” that haul away tons of oil-soaked soil and marsh grasses and other debris from the spill. It’s an ugly scene that BP and the federal government would rather keep out of view – so you’ll definitely want to take a look.
Bay Jimmy flyover to investigate destructive marsh “clean up” from Blackbird Media on Vimeo.
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