Is Fukushima Now 10 Chernobyls into the Sea? (Harvey Wasserman)

May 26, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- New readings show levels of radioisotopes found up to 30 kilometers offshore from the on-going crisis at Fukushima are 10 times higher than those measured in the Ba ...

New Leak Feared at Stricken Japan Nuclear Plant (Kiyoshi Takenaka and Yoko Nishikawa)

May 26, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Radioactive water appears to be leaking from a waste disposal building at Japan's Fukushima nuclear complex, operator Tokyo Electric Power said Thursday, in a new s ...

There’s a Secret Patriot Act, Senator Says (Spencer Ackerman)

May 25, 2011 (Wired) -- You may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard. Congress is set to ...

Fukushima's Apocalyptic Threat Demands Immediate Global Action (Harvey Wasserman)

May 20, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- Fukushima may be in an apocalyptic downward spiral. Forget the corporate-induced media coma that says otherwise… or nothing at all. Lethal radiation is spewing unab ...

VIDEO: How much radiation is hitting North America from Fukushima? Quite a lot, apparently (dutchsinse)

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Fukushima Reactors Are a 'Ticking Time Bomb,' Japanese Govt in Denial (Michio Kaku)

Scientist Michio Kaku: When we hear "that things are stable, it’s only stable in the sense that you’re dangling from a cliff hanging by your fingernails." Democracy Now Apr. 13, 2011 AMY GOODMAN: Jap ...

Fukushima radiation taints US milk supplies at levels 300% higher than EPA maximums (Ethan A. Huff)

Apr. 11, 2011 (NaturalNews) -- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to release new data showing that various milk and water supply samples from across the United States are testing ...

Japan's Nuclear Volcano Erupts (Mike Whitney)

Apr. 12, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Shares plunged across Europe and Asia Tuesday as the crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant deepened and Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency ...

Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk (Jeff McMahon)

Apr. 11, 2011 (Forbes) -- Radiation from Japan has been detected in drinking water in 13 more American cities, and cesium-137 has been found in American milk --in Montpelier, Vermont -- for the first ...

'No safe levels' of radiation in Japan (Dahr Jamail)

Experts warn that any detectable level of radiation is "too much." According to the US Department of Energy, no level of radiation is so low that it is without health risks Apr. 4, 2011 (Al Jazeera) ...

Japan nuclear operator aims for cold shutdown in 6-9 months (Taiga Uranaka)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese nuclear power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) hopes it will be able to achieve cold shutdown of its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant within six to n ...