Operation SAVE the Earth http://www.operationsavetheearth.com Put on your cape. Get involved. Tue, 21 May 2013 17:29:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 CONTAMINATED WATER IN FUKUSHIMA: Fukushima No. 1 can’t keep its head above tainted water http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/05/20/contaminated-water-in-fukushima-fukushima-no-1-cant-keep-its-head-above-tainted-water/ http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/05/20/contaminated-water-in-fukushima-fukushima-no-1-cant-keep-its-head-above-tainted-water/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 02:28:15 +0000 Dave Parrish http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/?p=2760 More than two years into the triple-meltdown crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, workers continue to wage a desperate battle to keep the stricken reactors cool while trying to contain the 400 tons of radioactive water produced by the process each day.

Courtesy of Japan Times

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Courtesy of SimplyInfo

]]> http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/05/10/tepco-begins-dumping-contaminated-water-into-the-sea/feed/ 0 Take Action at Fukushima: An Open Letter to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/04/30/take-action-at-fukushima-an-open-letter-to-u-n-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon/ http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/04/30/take-action-at-fukushima-an-open-letter-to-u-n-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 05:51:05 +0000 Dave Parrish http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/?p=2750 “We are not only waiting for a bigger disaster. One is already unfolding before us. The health consequences of the released radiation are large: despite what major news outlets are reporting.” – Akio Matusumura

Courtesy of NuclearFreePlanet.org

]]> http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/04/30/take-action-at-fukushima-an-open-letter-to-u-n-secretary-general-ban-ki-moon/feed/ 0 Lawsuit seeks evacuation of Fukushima children http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/04/14/lawsuit-seeks-evacuation-of-fukushima-children/ http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/04/14/lawsuit-seeks-evacuation-of-fukushima-children/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:39:31 +0000 Dave Parrish http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/?p=2741 THEIR demand: The right to live free of radiation. The plaintiffs who started the legal battle: 14 children.

A Japanese appeals court is expected to rule soon on this unusual lawsuit, filed on behalf of the children by their parents and anti-nuclear activists in June 2011 in a district court in Fukushima city, about 60 kilometres west of the crippled nuclear plant that spewed radiation when a massive earthquake and tsunami hit it more than two years ago. (More)

Courtesy of news.com.au

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Courtesy of Washington’s Blog

]]> http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/04/03/study-28-increase-in-thyroid-problems-in-babies-born-after-fukushima-in-alaska-california-hawaii-oregon-and-washington/feed/ 0 Lesson from Fukushima: Media Censorship and Crisis Communications http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/04/01/lesson-from-fukushima-media-censorship-and-crisis-communications/ http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/04/01/lesson-from-fukushima-media-censorship-and-crisis-communications/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:32:08 +0000 Dave Parrish http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/?p=2728 “This presentation will demonstrate that the Japanese and U.S. Governments withheld vital information from their citizens about the direction and risks of Fukushima radiation plumes and the degree and consequences of radioactive fallout. Second, the presentation will demonstrate that the mainstream news media, including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, were complicit in hiding information about fallout levels, dispersion, and plant conditions.”

Courtesy of Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog

]]> http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/04/01/lesson-from-fukushima-media-censorship-and-crisis-communications/feed/ 0 Japan urged to send out global SOS over No. 1 plant http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/03/15/japan-urged-to-send-out-global-sos-over-no-1-plant/ http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/03/15/japan-urged-to-send-out-global-sos-over-no-1-plant/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:20:08 +0000 Dave Parrish http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/?p=2718 Two years after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, the herculean task of decommissioning the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is the subject of growing international involvement

Courtesy of Japan Times

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Courtesy of Fukushima Update

]]> http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/03/03/rising-doubts-about-japans-official-radiation-figures/feed/ 0 Suicide prompts wife to sue Tepco http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/02/21/suicide-prompts-wife-to-sue-tepco/ http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/02/21/suicide-prompts-wife-to-sue-tepco/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:16:09 +0000 Dave Parrish http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/?p=2706 “The last words that a Fukushima dairy farmer said to his wife in the Philippines over the phone on the morning of June 10, 2011, was to make sure that she and their children ate well, stayed healthy and didn’t return to Japan.”

Courtesy of Japan Times

]]> http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/02/21/suicide-prompts-wife-to-sue-tepco/feed/ 0 A Lasting Legacy of the Fukushima Rescue Mission: Part 1 http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/02/12/a-lasting-legacy-of-the-fukushima-rescue-mission-part-1/ http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/2013/02/12/a-lasting-legacy-of-the-fukushima-rescue-mission-part-1/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:32:26 +0000 Dave Parrish http://www.operationsavetheearth.com/?p=2699 Radioactive Contamination of American Sailors

Courtesy of Energy Matters

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