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Researcher calls Fukushima Radioactive Steam - `Nuclear Hell on Earth`

The news is far worse than what the governments and companies are revealing.

(SALEM, Ore.) - For almost three months the bad nuclear news has been shouting at us, warning us, but even the professionals in the area of toxicity are not abandoning their lives or homes.

Is it an everyone-goes-down-with-the-ship paradigm that has a hold on these people?

Petition Drive to Help Fukushima Residents forced by Japan to Enter Nuclear Contamination Area

Following the recent SOS from Fukushima families...

(FUKUSHIMA / SALEM) - There now is a petition in Japan to evacuate the people from Fukushima Prefecture. We reported over the weekend the tragic plight of residents being turned out of shelters and instructed to return to their homes in the affected area.

The petition can be found here: http://311fukushima.net/?page_id=93. And by the way, I have been staying true to these stories about petition drives and signing them before publishing, to ensure the integrity of the process. The form is written partly in English and partly in Japanese, but easy to follow.

S.O.S. From Fukushima: Silence is Deadly in Japan

Newly released video is an International plea for help from Fukushima residents.

(FUKUSHIMA / SALEM) - The people of Fukushima prefecture in Japan, are in trouble.

Abandoned by their own government; forced to return to their homes in this city of nuclear contamination, they are fearful for their children's futures and asking the world community for support.

Wildfire Still Threatening Los Alamos Nuclear Facility

The lab has announced that it will remain closed Wednesday.

(LOS ALAMOS, N.M. Accuweather) - AccuWeather.com reports the weather will remain troublesome for crews battling the wildfire threatening Los Alamos National Laboratory in northern New Mexico over the next few days.

Although an increase in humidity early Tuesday morning has been a short-term benefit, a storm system passing by to the north will kick up daily rounds of gusty winds through Thursday.

Environment News: Climate Disaster (and Denial) Grows

The dead zone threatens commercial and recreational fisheries valued at more than $1.6 billion, the NOAA said in a statement.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - In the southwestern US, smoke from massive wildfires contaminates the air and forces evacuations.

Located 200 miles from the mammoth Wallow Fire, the skies of Albuquerque, New Mexico, have recently resembled Los Angeles and Mexico City in their worst years of pollution.

The Toxic Chinese Drywall Controversy

It is estimated that between 60,000 and 100,000 homes and commercial properties across the United States were made from this material.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - I first became aware of the problem of toxic drywall manufactured in China during my 2010 visit to New Orleans. Many homeowners rebuilt their homes after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, and Hurricane Rita in September 2005 using Chinese drywall.

This drywall made occupants sick, corroded metal fixtures, and rendered homes unfit to live in. Homeowners had to tear out the drywall, corroded wiring, fixtures, etc.

Fukushima: It`s much worse than you think

Scientific experts believe Japan's nuclear disaster to be far worse than governments are revealing to the public.

(FUKUSHIMA Al Jazeera) - Fukushima is the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind," Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry senior vice president, told Al Jazeera.

Japan's 9.0 earthquake on March 11 caused a massive tsunami that crippled the cooling systems at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO) nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan.

Turkey can be a Model for Change

This is a victory not only for Prime Minister Erdogan but also for Turkish democracy.

(TEHRAN) - In the nine years of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s leadership, Turkey has not only made fantastic economic progress but it has also assumed a higher profile in the international arena.

On Sunday, Turkish voters rewarded Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, in power since 2002, with a landslide victory and gave Prime Minister Erdogan a mandate for a third term.

Double Trouble for Sea Turtles

Signs point to shrimp fishing as a likely cause for the spike in deaths -- perhaps combined with the lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Last year's devastating Deepwater Horizon disaster was a serious blow for sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. But the catastrophe for the sea turtles hasn’t ended yet.

Already this year, more than 340 dead sea turtles have washed ashore on the Gulf Coast -- more than three times the annual average -- and the death toll is likely to be much higher.

The Hidden Cost of Corruption and Scandal

If these individuals cannot be trusted by their spouses, by their constituency, by their neighbors, and by their peers, they certainly do not belong where they are.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - There has always been a certain amount of corruption and scandal involving elected officials in the United States.

It goes back almost to the nation's discovery and involve Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Senators, Congressional Representatives, various Cabinet members, State Governors, Supreme Court Judges, and many lesser officials.