News DeskSeptember 14, 2012 10:28

Japan announced today that it would stop using nuclear power completely within 30 years, a major turn-around from the country that once planned to generate more than half its electricity from atomic sources. "We will use all possible political resources to realize the goal of having no nuclear plants operating by the end of the 2030s," a report by the government's energy and environmental committee states, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Mutant butterflies? What "radioactive" insects means for everyone else

Faine GreenwoodAugust 15, 2012 10:26

Mutant butterflies appear to be flitting around the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and the public is — understandably — looking for answers.

36% of Fukushima children have abnormal thyroid growths: study

Faine GreenwoodJuly 20, 2012 15:33

Are Japanese children experiencing medical problems from the 2011 Fukshima nuclear reactor meltdown? According to the Telegraph, the answer could be yes: the UK paper reported that 36 percent of Fukushima Prefecture children have abnormal growths on their thyroid.

Jessica PhelanJuly 5, 2012 06:45

Chatter: Fukushima nuclear disaster was 'man-made'

Japan says human negligence made Fukushima the disaster it was, NATO trucks are on the move once more through Pakistan, and some cities are more liveable than others.

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Graphic. (Antler Agency/GlobalPost)

Japan says human negligence made Fukushima the disaster it was, NATO trucks are on the move once more through Pakistan, and some cities are more liveable than others.

California bluefin tuna show traces of Fukushima radiation

Jessica PhelanMay 29, 2012 09:22

The leak at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant released radioactive material into the Pacific Ocean, material which fish can pick up from the water they swim in and the food they eat.

Michael GoldfarbMarch 7, 2012 14:15

Future flood threat to British nuclear reactors

Report says many will be underwater due to rising sea levels

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It isn't fire that is a threat to some British nuclear plants like Sizewell, it's flooding from rising sea levels. (Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images)

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A year ago, the world was watching Japan wrestle with the flooded reactors at Fukushima nuclear plant.

The Guardian newspaper has obtained, under a Freedom of Information request, a report partially published two months ago detailing the risks to 12 of 19 nuclear plant sites in the country.

It is the older ones right on the sea cost that are cause for concern. Global warming has led to a rise in sea levels around this island.

Michael GoldfarbJanuary 12, 2012 06:32

Davos prepares for gloomy discussions

World Economic Forum publishes report into Global Risks for 2012

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Davos, scene of the annual World Economic forum. The view from the mountaintop this year is as bleak as it is down below in the real world (Harold Cunningham/AFP/Getty Images)

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It takes a long time for news to get up the mountain, but it seems to have finally reached the alpine area near Davos: things down below where 99 percent of the world lives are getting dangerous. Things are so dangerous that the one percent better pay attention.

The World Economic Forum holds its annual get together at Davos starting January 25th and in advance it has just published Global Risks 2012, a survey of the views of 469 "experts and industry leaders." It is a bleak read. The report is divided into three case studies titled Seeds of Dystopia, How Safe are our Safeguards?, and The Dark Side of Connectivity.

Pull a quote from any page and you will be sent into a dark tunnel of despair:

On Location Video: Tourists return to Japan

Justin McCurry and Michael CondonDecember 28, 2011 07:00

Nine months after the worst nuclear disaster in the country's history, tourists are starting to come back to Japan.