Post-Fukushima Japan looking into fracking?
With anti-nuclear protests heating up after Japan revoked a previous anti-nuke plan, the country is desperately looking for energy alternatives.
Should mining in Greenland follow the U.S.’s example?
There are serious talks about turning the country into a mining frontier in order to access its many precious metals.
West Nile virus worsening with climate change
Outbreaks of the sometimes-fatal West Nile virus across the United States have intensified, making this one of the worst years for the mosquito-borne disease.
Fukushima nuclear disaster cleanup needs global cooperation
Yamada said this disaster requires mobilizing international expertise along with an international inspection team.
Germany's plans to go green
If the shift is successful, Germany could stand as a paradigm for industrialized countries looking to do the same.
German wind farm delayed over possible danger to porpoises
The 230,000-plus porpoises (and dolphins) in the North and Baltic seas use sound to navigate, locate prey, and find mating partners. Interference with that could, indeed, effectively kill them.
Mutated butterflies: Fukushima aftermath continues
For those who continue to argue that nuclear energy is both feasible and safe, protesters may have a new, compelling argument: "Tell that to the butterflies."
Guitar company used illegal rainforest wood
The crime came to light after federal agents raided one of the company's supply outlets in Nashville, Tenn.
In Japan, thousands protest nuclear power
This comes one year after Japan was struck by the earthquake- and tsunami-triggered Fukushima Daichi disaster.
