Thanks to the nuclear crisis, rice planting has been banned in Japan.
The problem is that the areas directly affected by the 11 March 2011 quake, actually sunk. Add to that the tsunami destroyed the sea walls. Now high tides have been flooding the land with ocean water contaminated with cesium-137 (as I warned in […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company says workers are now building a steel fence around the water inlets and outlets of the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
They are attempting to block highly radioactive isotopes from getting out into the currents of the Pacific Ocean. They are also using silt fences.
One report says the steel fences are seven steel […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was in Iraq today. He gave a speech to U.S. troops, but it wasn’t about leaving Iraq, it was about staying.
U.S. forces are scheduled to be out of Iraq by the end of 2011, under a 2008 deal negotiated by George Bush Jr.
But Gates told troops that […] Continue Reading…
Iraq invaded the base of the Pro-United States People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran. The base is located inside Iraq, and has been there for 25 years (even during Saddam Hussein’s time, more proof how much the U.S. was involved with Saddam).
The U.S. has been supporting, covertly, the People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran for decades, […] Continue Reading…
In an interview on al Jazeera NATO secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said the solution to the civil war in Libya will come only through political discussions.
For some reason al Jazeera (who supports the UNSCR 1973) did not mention the statement in the text of their posting. You have to watch the video of the […] Continue Reading…
“There are problems with parts supply. But each day, we are doing our utmost to improve the conditions so that we can deliver cars to many customers.”-Akio Toyoda, Toyota President
Toyota is having trouble getting around 150 components, but that’s down from 500 components after the March 11 quake.
Toyota said it […] Continue Reading…
I’ve been checking the Idaho RadNet web site and have gotten frustrated because it’s become clear Idaho DEQ is not updating the site. I checked it today, 08 April 2011, @ 11:00AM Mountain Time, and the RadNet posting is still for 06 April 2011.
Recently the Associated Press reported how the RadNet monitors are not […] Continue Reading…
“The monitoring system isn’t functioning fully.”-Daniel Hirsch, University of California Santa Cruz
Hirsch said that EPA is too slow in releasing data about the radiation from the nuclear accident in Japan. Some RadNet monitoring systems have been offline for months.
The Associated Press, quoting the Environmental Protection Agency’s own website, said as many as 20 of […] Continue Reading…
Chile’s economy continues to awe outsiders. For the month of February, 2011, Chile’s economy grew by 7.2%.
Chile’s Central Bank said it’s due mainly to exports. The top export from Chile is copper. Right now copper is trading for $10,000 per ton.
Other exports helped Chile: Fruit, timber and fishing. Chile also got a boost from […] Continue Reading…
From 1998 to 2008 Venezuelans increased their caloric consumption by 55.5%. That’s according to a study by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Also, between 70-75% of the food is produced locally. It reflects Venezuela’s focus on increasing domestic production.
Venezuela also has a law that says the government must keep three months worth of […] Continue Reading…