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The Business of War: how weapons manufactured in Europe help inflict harm in the rest of the world
The world spends an estimated $1.7 trillion a year on war. Just to compare: global humanitarian funding is 1.3% of that. According to the the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute…
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Greenpeace escort protests world’s first purpose-built floating nuclear power plant
”This power plant basically moves the threat of a nuclear catastrophe into fragile Arctic waters."
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5 reasons why a floating nuclear power plant in the Arctic is a terrible idea
The world's first purpose-built floating nuclear power plant is now bound for the Arctic. Here's why that is a terrible idea.
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World’s first floating nuclear power plant bound for the Arctic, warns Greenpeace
“This hazardous venture is not just a threat to the Arctic, but, potentially, to other densely populated or vulnerable natural regions too”
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32 years after Chornobyl, next up, a Chornobyl on ice?
A nuclear power plant afloat in Arctic waters to power machines to dig up more climate-harming fossil fuels? What are they thinking?
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This woman is winning the fight for justice after Fukushima
On the seventh anniversary of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear accident, our thoughts and deepest sympathies continue to be with the people of Japan.
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Japan government accepts groundbreaking UN human rights recommendations on Fukushima evacuees
Tokyo, Japan - The Japanese government has accepted recommendations made at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on the rights of evacuees from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
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Greenpeace investigation shows Fukushima radiation risks to last into next century
Tokyo, Japan - A comprehensive survey by Greenpeace Japan in Fukushima prefecture, revealed radiation levels up to 100 times higher than the international limit for public exposure.
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The Fukushima nuclear waste crisis is a human rights violation
Nearly seven years after the triple reactor meltdown, this unique nuclear crisis is still underway. Of the many complex issues resulting from the disaster, one in particular may have become routine but is anything but normal: the vast amounts of nuclear waste, stored and being transported across Fukushima prefecture.
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Fukushima survivor submits evidence to UN over Japanese government human rights abuses
Geneva, 12 October 2017 - Fukushima survivor Ms. Sonoda will testify today on the ongoing human rights abuses of Fukushima victims, and the ever-present risk nuclear power plants pose to the communities that live near them, at the United Nations Human Rights Council.