Japan says it may take months to end radiation leaks (Chizu Nomiyama and Yoko Nishikawa)

4:02 p.m. EDT, Apr. 3, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan warned Sunday it could take months to stop radiation leaking from a nuclear plant crippled by a huge earthquake and tsunami three weeks ago, wh ...

Soaring radioactivity deals blow to Japan's plant (Shinichi Saoshiro)

Mar. 27, 2011 -- 11:21 p.m. JST (10:21 EST) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Workers were withdrawn from a reactor building at Japan's earthquake-wrecked nuclear plant Sunday after potentially lethal levels of ...

Plastic Particles Circulating Endlessly in World's Oceans (Stephen Leahy)

Marine debris on a Hawaiian beach. Credit:NOAA Mar. 24, 2011 -- HONOLULU, Hawaii (IPS) -- That plastic bottle or plastic take-away coffee lid that has 20 minutes of use can spend decades killing coun ...

Radiation spikes in seawater by stricken Japan plant (Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro)

Leslie's CHP Atomic Fish (Tablecloth) 8:00 p.m. JST (7 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactivity levels are soaring in seawater near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan's nuclear safety ag ...

BOOKS: Beyond Affluenza And Into The 'New Normal': Carolyn Baker Interviews David Wann (Carolyn Baker)

Feb. 23, 1011 (CarolynBaker.net) -- In our efforts to include voices that offer options for our current human predicament, we often overlook those in our own local communities. I’m fortunate to live ...

Driving Straight Into Catastrophe (Julio Godoy)

According to the latest statistics, unprecedented climate change has Earth hurtling down a path of catastrophic proportions. "The weather extremes that we cannot predict, such as the floods in Pakist ...

'We need to stop this culture before it kills the planet': A Conversation With Derrick Jensen (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. and Derrick Jensen Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Jan. 23, 2011 -- As you begin reading this interview, take a look at the nearest clock. Now, dig this: Since yesterday at the same exact tim ...

Bees in Freefall as Study Shows Sharp US Decline (Alok Jha)

Jan. 4, 2011 (Guardian/UK) -- The abundance of four common species of bumblebee in the US has dropped by 96 percent in just the past few decades, according to the most comprehensive national census o ...

What Lies At The Core of Pattern Language, and Why Should We Care? (Carolyn Baker)

Dec. 28, 2010 (CarolynBaker.net) -- Many individuals involved with Transition, including Rob Hopkins, have become fascinated with the work of Christopher Alexander and his development of pattern lang ...

Crop Failures and Drought Within Our Children's Lifetimes (Steve Connor)

Nov. 30, 2010 (The Independent/UK) -- Children today are likely to reach old age in a world that is 4C warmer, where the 10,000-year certainties of the global climate can no longer be relied on, and ...

The Really Strange Story Behind Sunday's Blue Moon (Joe Rao)

A "blue moon" isn't really blue, as this artist rendering suggests. The moon can appear somewhat blue if there's been a major volcanic eruption that put tons of particles in the air, but otherwise bl ...