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Russian oil disaster

Topic | 6 August, 2012 at 11:28

For decades, Russia's oil giants have been polluting parts of the country's once thriving landscape, often in secret, spilling oil onto the land and into the Arctic Ocean, poisoning the water and destroying the livelihood of local communities and...

Six months later: communities are still suffering from one of Brazil’s worst...

Blog entry by Alan Azevedo | 6 May, 2016

Six months have passed since one of the worst environmental tragedies in Brazil’s history: the Samarco dam collapse . On 5 November, 2015, Samarco’s mining waste dam gave way, releasing a torrent of contaminated mud that killed 19...

Dam collapse creates environmental disaster in Brazil

Video | 18 November, 2015 at 10:40

Mud – full of dangerous metals – quickly overtook the nearby mining community of Mariana in Minas Gerais state. At least seventeen people were killed. Hundreds more have been displaced by the wall of sludge released in the dam collapse. Music:...

Chernobyl Day

Blog entry by Andrew Davies | 2 May, 2010

Originally posted by Justin on April 26, 2010 2:22 PM. Twenty four years ago today, the Number 4 reactor exploded at Chernobyl . It was the worst nuclear accident the world has ever seen. Two people were killed in the...

Refugees at Yonezawa Gymnasium in Japan

Image | 25 March, 2011 at 14:33

25 March 2011 - Japan. A mother holds her baby at Yonezawa gymnasium which is now providing shelter for 504 people who either lost their homes due to tsunami or live near the Fukushima nuclear power station. For those who lost their homes, or...

Jakarta Vigil Supports Japan's Victims

Image | 29 March, 2011 at 15:15

29 March 2011 - Indonesia. A Greenpeace activist holds flowers with the message "Have courage Japan" during a solidarity action for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan in front of the Japanese embassy in Jakarta. The group urged...

Japan Rally in Washington

Image | 28 March, 2011 at 15:18

28 March 2011 - United States. A candlelit vigil outside the White House in support of the people of Japan suffering from the devastation of the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Read more

Anti Nuclear Protest in Delhi

Image | 25 March, 2011 at 14:31

25 March 2011 - India. In solidarity with the Japanese people, the civil society of Delhi organized an anti-nuclear march. They demand an immediate moratorium on all new projects, and a stringent review of existing plants by independent experts.

Hong Kong Vigil Supports Japan's Victims

Image | 20 March, 2011 at 14:37

20 March 2011 - China. Hong Kong citizens, legislators and social groups join Greenpeace in a candlelit vigil held in Central Statue Square. The group offers condolences and support for the victims of the massive earthquake and nuclear disaster...

Radiation Monitoring Team in Fukushima

Image | 27 March, 2011 at 15:25

27 March 2011 - Japan. A Greenpeace team member holds a Geiger counter displaying radiation levels of 7.66 microSievert per hour in Iitate village, 40km Northwest of the crisis-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and 20km beyond the...

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