Month: May 2011

Japan Ships Radioactive Containers

BRUSSELS, May 4 (Reuters) - Belgium's radiation safety regulator has discovered radiation levels surpassing European Union limits on a

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3 Dead 11 Missing In Methane Mine

Rescue workers have dug three bodies out of a coal mine in northern Mexico and scrambled to reach 11

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US Plans Third Missouri Levee Blast

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The government plans to blow up a third section of a Mississippi River levee on Wednesday

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Population Boom Fuels Food Crisis

The United Nations says the world's population is growing faster than expected and predicts it will hit seven billion

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Radiation Spike In Sea Off Japan

TOKYO (AFP) – Levels of radioactive substances have jumped in the Pacific seabed off Japan near the nuclear power

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Oceans Set To Rise By 1.6 Metres

Warming in the Arctic occurring at twice the global average is on track to lift sea levels by up

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BP Fined $25M Over Alaska Spill

BP has been fined $25 million and ordered to spend an estimated $60 million to improve pipeline safety in

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Levee Blast Eases Flood Threat

WYATT, Mo. – The dramatic, late-night demolition of a levee sent water pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri

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DNA To Identify Tsunami Victims

TOKYO (AFP) – Japanese police are to set up a DNA database to help identify the bodies of those

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New Zealand Hit By Tornado

AUCKLAND, New Zealand – A tornado ripped across part of New Zealand's largest city on Tuesday, upturning cars and

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