Archive for the 'Environment' Category
FUKUSHIMA: HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WATER SEEPING INTO THE OCEAN
August 5th, 2013Via: Reuters: Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday. This contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier, is rising toward the surface and is exceeding legal limits of […]
German Activists Claim They Were Targeted Because of Work Against Monsanto
July 31st, 2013I posted this a couple of weeks ago on cryptogon.net, but I didn’t post it here because I was waiting to find a better English translation from the original German language piece that appeared in Süddeutsche Zeitung. There are many Germans reading Cryptogon, so I’m sure I’ll hear from someone if there are any substantial […]
Halliburton to Plead Guilty to Destroying Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Evidence
July 28th, 2013You’ll think it’s comedy hour on Cryptogon this morning when you get to the part about the penalty. Via: BBC: US company Halliburton will plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 Gulf Of Mexico oil spill. The plea agreement, which is subject to court approval, means Halliburton will have to pay the maximum […]
Spills at Alberta Oil Sands Operation
July 28th, 2013Via: The Star: Oil spills at a major oil sands operation in Alberta have been ongoing for at least six weeks and have cast doubts on the safety of underground extraction methods, according to documents obtained by the Star and a government scientist who has been on site. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has been unable […]
CIA Backs Study Into How to Control Global Weather Through Geoengineering
July 22nd, 2013Via: Mother Jones: The Central Intelligence Agency is funding a scientific study that will investigate whether humans could use geoengineering to alter Earth’s environment and stop climate change. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will run the 21-month project, which is the first NAS geoengineering study financially supported by an intelligence agency. With the spooks’ […]
Judge Demands Tech Companies Hand Activist Data Over to Chevron
July 17th, 2013Via: Grist: Chevron is attempting to defend itself against a pesky $18 billion-plus judgment for its dirty dealing in the Ecuador rainforest. In the company’s appeal against the landmark judgment, a federal judge in New York has upheld a subpoena from Chevron seeking IP addresses and identity records of people allegedly tied to the investigation. […]
EPA Nukes Radiation Rules
July 17th, 2013Via: EnviroReporter: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s draft EPA “Protective Action Guide” (PAG), posted on its website April 15, allows hundreds to thousands of times more radiation in disasters than the agency had previously allowed. Americans have until Monday, July 15 to comment* even though the EPA made the new PAG effective immediately. According to […]
Water Requirements for NSA’s New Facility in Utah
July 15th, 2013“A significant benefit to the city” haha Via: KSL: More secrets, more water? The NSA data center in Bluffdale could require as many as 1.7 million gallons of water per day to operate and keep computers cool. Initial reported estimates suggested the center would use 1,200 gallons per minute, but more recent estimates suggest the […]
Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets Destroyed in Southern Oregon
June 27th, 2013Via: Oregon Live: Federal investigators are asking the public to help solve middle-of-the-night crimes that left ruined fields of genetically engineered sugar beets in rural Jackson County. The crop destruction took place over the course of two separate nights in early June, when an unknown individual or group destroyed about 6,500 sugar beet plants genetically […]
BP Thinks It Overpaid Damages for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster
June 27th, 2013Via: AP: BP oil spill settlement payments are being aggressively contested by London-based BP. The company may seek to recover what BP calls ‘overpayments’ that businesses received from the court-supervised settlement program for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Research Credit: almaverdad2
