Top News: WHO backs independent radiation research in Japan, and oil spill causes larger damage than expected, Greenpeace protests in Germany
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#Binladen: Seized documents show that Osama Bin Laden planned new attacks on the U.S., including a train attack scheduled for the anniversary of 9/11
#Nukes: IAEA announced that radioactive substances leaked into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima power plant and are expected to reach the west coast of the U.S. and Canada within one or two years. The level of radioactivity are expected to be too small to affect human health.
#Radiation: In its latest announcement WHO backs an independent radiation research (ehem!). The organisation said that “the research should continue on the health effects of the radiation and the research should not be influenced by industry
#Nukes: Greenpeace protest at the AGM of the energy giant E.ON in Germany.
#Climateandenergy: 16-year old boy is sueing U.S. government for not acting against climate change. Expect to hear more on this story
#Oil: The oil spill leak which occurred in the Alberta province last week is much bigger than previously expected. The Alberta regulators who initially estimated the size of the spill in hundreds of barrels of oil, has now increased the number to 28,000 barrels of oil, which makes it the largest oil spill in the province in 36 years.
#Prize: Greenpeace has been shortlisted for the Observer’s Ethical Awards Prize for 2011 - in the category Global Campaigner. The announcement of the winners will be made in June.
#Forests: Greenpeace’s warns against peatland fires in Central Russia even though the government denies the existence of any fire. The articles quote governmental representative Svetlana Anatoleva as saying: “since yesterday, the operative group struggled to look for a fire, but so far nothing has been found,” (curious…)
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