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RESULTS – Take Action Action Toolkit Find Your Officials Issues and Legislation Find Media Contacts Find Election Info and Candidates Listen to RESULTS Conference Calls Capitol Hill Basics Join our Action Network Give a little time and get results. With one click, you can make a difference through the actions listed on this page. Join … Continue reading
RESULTS – dedicated to ending poverty
About RESULTS RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund (REF) are sister organizations that, together, are a leading force in ending poverty in the United States and around the world. We create long-term solutions to poverty by supporting programs that address its root causes — lack of access to medical care, education, or opportunity to … Continue reading
Fukushima’s Collateral Effects
Fukushima’s Collateral Effects POSTED BY: Bill Sweet / Fri, April 29, 2011 What a difference six months make. Last fall, at a smart grid technical meeting organized by IEEE’s Communications Society, a Japanese speaker said that his country had no particular interest in making its electric power system more reliable, as it already was very … Continue reading
Fukushima: Breach of Trust
Fukushima: Breach of Trust From Forbes Follow Me Davia Temin Reputation Matters Apr. 29 2011 – 7:23 pm As news of the enormity of the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear breach made its way around the world, our emotional responses were tugged in so many directions. First, of course, came profound sadness, concern and compassion for … Continue reading
Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy to study tie-up on damaged nuclear plant
Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy to study tie-up on damaged nuclear plant TOKYO, April 27 | Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:31am EDT TOKYO, April 27 (Reuters) – Hitachi Ltd and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd will explore bolstering ties over Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as Hitachi looks to win a multibillion dollar contract to scrap … Continue reading
Fukushima Still a Threat
Fukushima Still a Threat: Euronews
Thousands protest in Taiwan against nuclear power plants
World Thousands protest in Taiwan against nuclear power plants Topic: Global consequences of Japanese quake Thousands protest in Taiwan against nuclear power plants © REUTERS/ Nicky Loh 19:16 30/04/2011 Related News TEPCO to complete radioactive debris cleanup work at Fukushima plant by July Japanese authorities declare 20-km no-go zone around Fukushima Radioactive water level … Continue reading
Nuclear Adviser to Japan’s Prime Minister Quits Over Crisis
Nuclear Adviser to Japan’s Prime Minister Quits Over Crisis By Naoko Fujimura and Michio Nakayama -Apr 30, 2011 2:34 AM PT An aerial handout photograph taken on Thursday, March 24, 2011, from an unmanned airplane, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Source: Air Photo Service via Bloomberg A nuclear adviser to … Continue reading
Why Older Nuclear Power Plants Remain ‘Cash Cows’ Despite Fukushima
Well, there we have it – here’s the true reason and motivation: Why Older Nuclear Power Plants Remain ‘Cash Cows’ Despite Fukushima By PETER BEHR of ClimateWire Published: April 29, 2011 There are no new nuclear plants in the foreseeable future for Exelon Corp., the largest U.S. reactor operator. Old plants, though, are a different … Continue reading
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