Japan raises threat level on nuclear plant to highest level

Japan raises threat level on nuclear plant to highest level

Japan finally raised the nuclear threat level of its Fukushima Daiichi power plant from a level 5 to the highest level 7, putting it on a par with the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986.Japanese government’s Nuclear Safety Commission had earlier revealed that

Slash-and-burn threatens African forests

Slash-and-burn threatens African forests

Farming of crops like cocoa, cassava and oil palm has resulted in widespread deforestation and degradation of  West Africa’s tropical forest area, a study says. Cocoa production in West Africa is an important economic activity and a source of income for about 2

Toxic sardines kill 20 in Madagascar

Toxic sardines kill 20 in Madagascar

At least 20 people have died and 126 others are in critical condition after consuming toxic sardines in Madagascar’s south-western town of Toliara. A similar incident was also reported in Sakaraha, about 130km away from the coastal area.The sardines were said to

Hundreds of dead fish line Iowa cove’s banks

Hundreds of dead fish line Iowa cove’s banks

Why are there hundreds of dead fish lining the banks of a cove along the Des Moines River near Eddyville? Local residents don’t have that answer, but they did report the finned casualties to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.David Dobson of Eddyville said he

Organic farmers sue Monsanto over GMO seeds

Organic farmers sue Monsanto over GMO seeds

A landmark lawsuit filed on March 29 in US federal court seeks to invalidate Monsanto’s patents on genetically modified seeds and to prohibit the company from suing those whose crops become genetically contaminated.The Public Patent Foundation filed suit on

Plant disease raises questions on modified crops

Plant disease raises questions on modified crops

Sudden death syndrome (SDS) of soybean was first discovered in 1971 in Arkansas and since then has been confirmed throughout most soybean-growing areas of the U.S. SDS is a fungal disease that also occurs in a disease complex with the soybean cyst nematode (SCN,

Stop Turkey Government’s plan to start its first Nuclear Plant

Stop Turkey Government’s plan to start its first Nuclear Plant

The Watchers are inviting you to sign a petition to “STOP Turkey Government’s plan to start its first Nuclear Plant”.From the petition article…Japan s Fukushima Daiichi power plant s radiation is still very alarming not only for the Japanese but for the Entire

Our oceans are turning into plastic

Our oceans are turning into plastic

Last month researchers from the 5 Gyres Institute in Santa Monica, California, and the Algalita Marine Research Foundation in Long Beach, California, sailed into Piriápolis, Uruguay. They had just completed the third leg of the first expedition ever to study

Another mass animal die-off in Tasmania

Another mass animal die-off in Tasmania

Experts have no answers on what has caused the death of thousands of squid in the River Derwent this week. Dead and dying arrowhead squid have been washed ashore or spotted floating on the water at Austins Ferry and Berriedale in Tasmania. Locals say they have never

36 tons of fish killed by pollution in Dong Nai river, VietNam

36 tons of fish killed by pollution in Dong Nai river, VietNam

Pollution in the Dong Nai river has killed 36 tons of fish in Thong Nhat Ward of southern Bien Hoa city, the farmers association said in a report sent to authorities Monday. The association said 33 families practicing fish cage culture had claimed to have lost