China, Yangtze River: Worst Drought In 50 Years Forces Unprecedented 5 Billion Cubic Metres Of Water Release From Three Gorges Dam

Severe drought has forced China to release 5bn cubic metres from Three Gorges reservoir for irrigation and drinking water The dried up Yangtze river in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality. The severe drought has forced a massive release of water from China’s Three Gorges reservoir for irrigation and drinking water. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty The Yangtze – Asia’s [...] continue reading world news

Unbelievable: Ibaraki Prefecture City Made 3rd Graders Pick Tea Leaves In The Rain, Have Them Eat Tempura Made from Raw Tea Leaves

Criminals (or idiots?) of the worst kind! And what were those parents thinking??????? - Bando City in Ibaraki Prefecture Made 3rd-Graders Pick Tea Leaves in the Rain, Have Them Eat Tempura Made from Raw Tea Leaves (Ex-SKF, May 24, 2011): It’s hard to believe that it actually happened in the post-Fukushima Japan, but it most certainly [...] continue reading world news

Japan’s PM Kan Forced Chinese and Korean Counterparts to Eat Fukushima Vegetables and Fruits

I have ‘some’ great difficulty to buy that they have really eaten vegetables and fruits from Fukushima and here is why: – I ate Hu Jintao’s dinner; China’s president, and the rest of the politburo eat only organic food: A stone’s throw from the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square is Zhongnanhai, the walled compound where [...] continue reading world news

Prof. Hiroaki Koide of Kyoto University: ‘No One Knows How Fukushima Could Be Wound Down’ – Corium May Be Melting Through the Foundation

Related info: - Was Fukushima a China Syndrome? (TIME): The China Syndrome refers to a scenario in which a molten nuclear reactor core could could fission its way through its containment vessel, melt through the basement of the power plant and down into the earth. While a molten reactor core wouldn’t burn “all the way [...] continue reading world news

Fukushima: Radioactive Cesium In Seawater Samples Near Reactor 3 Triples In A Day, Now At 1,800 Times Limit (Video)

Watch the video here. - Radiation level at No.3 reactor water intake rises (NHK, May 19, 2011): The operator of the damaged nuclear power plant in Fukushima has reported a sharp rise in the concentration of a radioactive material in samples of seawater near the Number 3 reactor. Tokyo Electric Power Company says it detected [...] continue reading world news

TEPCO Admits ‘Meltdown’ At Reactors No. 2 and 3 (WSJ)

See also: -TEPCO Admits 3 Nuclear Reactors May Have Melted Down (Bloomberg) MAY 16 (Wall Street Journal) TOKYO—Substantial damage to the fuel cores at two additional reactors of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex has taken place, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday, further complicating the already daunting task of bringing them to a safe [...] continue reading world news

Global Earthquake and Volcano Overview: Worldwide UPTICK In Activity (05/14/2011)

Areas to watch for the next 2 weeks and links: USA Pacific Northwest south through Mono Lake California further south to Baja California– watch for a 5.0 or greater next 2 weeks. East through Yellowstone south through Colorado Utah into North mexico / Texas… 4.0 or greater next 2 weeks. New Madrid… oklahoma city, east [...] continue reading world news