Emotional Resilience In Traumatic Times (Carolyn Baker)

Apr. 15, 2011 (Speaking Truth To Power) -- While mainstream media have been encouraging collective dithering over a possible U.S. government shutdown, the chilling realities of off-the-chart levels o ...

Japan says it may take months to end radiation leaks (Chizu Nomiyama and Yoko Nishikawa)

4:02 p.m. EDT, Apr. 3, 2011 -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan warned Sunday it could take months to stop radiation leaking from a nuclear plant crippled by a huge earthquake and tsunami three weeks ago, wh ...

Fukushima Fallout Reaches U.S.A. (Mike Whitney)

Trace levels of radiation found in rainwater from California to Massachusetts Mar. 31, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Three of the six nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have p ...

Soaring radioactivity deals blow to Japan's plant (Shinichi Saoshiro)

Mar. 27, 2011 -- 11:21 p.m. JST (10:21 EST) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Workers were withdrawn from a reactor building at Japan's earthquake-wrecked nuclear plant Sunday after potentially lethal levels of ...

Japan Nuclear situation 'grave and serious' (Irish Times)

Japanese prime minister Naota Kan at a news conference Friday. Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Mar 25, 2011 (Irish Times) -- The situation at Japan's crippled nuclear complex in Fukushima 240km nort ...

Fukushima Radiation: Some Difficult Truths (Ritt Goldstein)

Mar. 24, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- As radiation counts elevate in Japan, news of nuclear contamination spreading across a widening spectrum of life and its necessities, official pronouncements conti ...

Radiation spikes in seawater by stricken Japan plant (Chizu Nomiyama and Shinichi Saoshiro)

Leslie's CHP Atomic Fish (Tablecloth) 8:00 p.m. JST (7 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) - Radioactivity levels are soaring in seawater near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan's nuclear safety ag ...

Japan’s ‘BP Moment’ Troubles Global Economy (William Pesek)

Mar. 20, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- You never want to kick a nation when it’s down. It’s time, though, to consider the depth of Japan’s coming recession. A week ago, before radiation fears prompted a mass e ...

Get ready for the meltdown of the US Treasury Bond market | LEAP/E2020

Mar. 17, 2011 -- Public announcement GEAB N°53 (LEAP/E2020) -- Beyond its tragic human consequences (1), the terrible disaster that has just hit Japan weakens the shaky U.S. Treasury Bond market a li ...

Radiation Levels Surge At Reactor (Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka)

Mar. 16, 2011 -- 7:39 p.m. JST (6:39 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's nuclear crisis appeared to be spinning out of control on Wednesday after workers withdrew briefly from a stricken power pl ...

Japan Crisis Worsens As Radiation Levels Surge (Shinichi Saoshiro and Chisa Fujioka)

Workers briefly abandon Japan nuclear plant as crisis worsens Mar. 16, 2011 -- 3:29 p.m. JST (2:29 a.m. EDT) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Workers were ordered to withdraw briefly from a stricken Japanese nu ...