Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Greek Parliament Preparing Evacuation Tunnel Ahead of Austerity Vote [???]
June 13th, 2011Via: Covering Delta: I just became aware of this report from Kontra channel here in Greece. Apparently, a tunnel that leads from Lykavitos to the Greek parliament, and from there to the sea port of Piraeus, is being cleaned out by foreign workers in preparation for the possible evacuation of Greek MP’s in the event […]
Russia Halves Belarus Power Supply Over Unpaid Bills
June 10th, 2011Via: BBC: Moscow has halved electricity supplies to Belarus over unpaid bills, piling on pressure for it to privatise lucrative assets. A source at Russia’s energy export monopoly said supplies – which account for 10% of the country’s needs – might stop completely on 19 June. Confirming the cut, Belarus said it owed $54m (£33m). […]
Japan: High Radiation on the Ground in Tokyo
June 9th, 2011Definitely see: Interview: Arnie Gundersen Talks About Radioactive Dust from Fukushima in Seattle. Via: YouTube: Another beautiful day in Japan, I am 135 miles / 220 Km south of Fukushima, on the outskirts of the Tokyo area. It is Tuesday, June 7th, as you can see in the video, I just walk outside of my […]
Poll: 48% of Americans Say That Another Great Depression Is Likely to Occur in the Next Year
June 8th, 2011Via: CNN: Forty-eight percent say that another Great Depression is likely to occur in the next year – the highest that figure has ever reached. The survey also indicates that just under half live in a household where someone has lost a job or are worried that unemployment may hit them in the near future. […]
Interview: Arnie Gundersen Talks About Radioactive Dust from Fukushima in Seattle
June 8th, 2011Keep an eye on the situation with reactor 4. Via: Chris Martenson: Arnie Gundersen: Yea, and actually we should extend this to the West Coast, because the same particles there too. To answer your question about Tokyo; what I’m advising people in Tokyo who are there now, is take your shoes off at the door, […]
North China Is Dying
June 7th, 2011Via: New York Times: North China is dying. A chronic drought is ravaging farmland. The Gobi Desert is inching south. The Yellow River, the so-called birthplace of Chinese civilization, is so polluted it can no longer supply drinking water. The rapid growth of megacities — 22 million people in Beijing and 12 million in Tianjin […]
Melted Fuel at Fukushima May Have Leaked Through Pressure Vessels
June 7th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: The melted fuel at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power station may have leaked through the pressure vessels of the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors, the Yomiuri newspaper reported. The Japanese government will submit a report to the International Atomic Energy Agency that raises the possibility the fuel dropped through the […]
Japan: Green Tea Exports Banned Due to High Radiation Levels
June 4th, 2011Via: Telecom: The Japanese government has banned shipments of green tea leaves in four regions after high levels of radioactive caesium were found. A swathe of Japan’s tea making regions including parts of Tochigi, Chiba and Kanagawa prefecture as well as the whole of Ibaraki were included within the ban, according to the Ministry of […]
Fukushima Residents Will Be Checked For Internal Radiation Exposure
June 2nd, 2011Via: NHK: Fukushima Prefecture has decided to check the internal radiation exposure of residents near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and adjacent areas with high radiation levels. … A device called a “whole-body counter” will be used to precisely measure radiation. But the prefecture currently has only one device and can screen just […]
High Radioactivity Found in Japanese Nuclear Workers
May 30th, 2011Via: AFP: Two workers from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant have been contaminated by high levels of radioactive iodine, the operator said Monday, prompting fears over their long-term health. The workers, reportedly men in their 30s and 40s, may have already been exposed to radiation levels higher than the recently boosted official annual limit, Japanese […]
