Fresh Leak of Radioactive Water Detected at Fukushima Nuclear Plant
"Sensors at the Fukushima nuclear plant have detected a fresh leak of highly radioactive water into the sea."
Source: AFP, 02/23/2015
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Committing to Collaboration: How Two Freelancers Pulled Off a Cross-Pacific Partnership
Winnifred Bird and Jane Braxton Little, a former SEJ mentor program pair, describe (with humor!) the process of how they turned their shared interest in the Fukushima disaster's affect on forest ecosystems and rural communities into a successful writing collaboration.
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"India’s Rebounding Tiger Population Grows 30 Percent in 4 Years"
"India’s tiger population has rebounded, growing more than 30 percent over the last four years to 2,226, according to a new government census released on Tuesday."
Source: NY Times, 01/21/2015
"Pakistan's Coastal Villagers Retreat as Seas Gobble Land"
"KETI BUNDER, Pakistan -- For fisherman Sammar Dablo, it was as if "the seawater stole our homes" when land erosion forced his village to relocate further inland on Pakistan's south coast."
Source: Reuters, 01/09/2015
Chinese Man Sentenced To 13 Years in Jail for Killing, Eating 3 Tigers
"A Chinese businessman was sentenced to 13 years in prison after he killed and ate three tigers."
Source: NY Daily News, 01/02/2015
"Fuel Rods Are Removed From Damaged Fukushima Reactor"
"TOKYO — The cleanup of Japan’s devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crossed an important milestone on Saturday when the plant’s operator announced it had safely removed the radioactive fuel from the most vulnerable of the four heavily damaged reactor buildings."
Source: NY Times, 12/22/2014
"India’s Nuclear Ambitions Rattle Tsunami-Hit Coast"
"IDINTHA KARAI, India—Here along India’s southern coast—ravaged by tsunami waves 10 years ago—the country’s newest nuclear plant towers over the shoreline."
Source: Wall St. Journal, 12/22/2014
"UN Sends Team To Clean Up Sunderbans Oil Spill in Bangladesh"
"Thick tar clogging 350 sq km of delicate mangrove forest and river delta, home to endangered Bengal tigers and rare dolphins."
Source: AFP, 12/19/2014
Oil Spill Threatens Bangladesh Mangrove Forest, Rare Animals
"Oil from a wrecked tanker is creating a disaster in the waters of Bangladesh's Sundarbans, the largest contiguous tidal mangrove forest in the world and a haven for a spectacular array of species, including the rare Irrawaddy and Gangetic dolphins and the highly endangered Bengal tiger."
Source: National Geographic, 12/17/2014
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