Juan Cole / TruthdigMay 31, 2014
As the price of solar panels drops, they increasingly are being spontaneously bought and installed by villagers throughout the world, who are often ill-served, or not served at all, by the central power grid in their countries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Harvey Wasserman / TruthdigApr 1, 2014
We've always been worried about the safety of humans, but new evidence shows that nuclear disasters, from Three Mile Island to Fukushima, have put the whole global ecosystem at risk. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigMar 20, 2014
Three years have passed since the earthquake and tsunami that caused the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan and casualties are still mounting. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 14, 2014
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Sen. Dianne Feinstein picks a fight with the CIA on spying and torture, Fukushima turns 3, how to protect yourself from private and government surveillance, and the handful of American families who have all the power. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 12, 2014
Japanese government officials discourage kids from playing outdoors near Fukushima more than a few minutes a day; colleges have trademarked some ridiculous phrases; meanwhile, sleep troubles could have to do with low brain volume. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 12, 2014
A class-action lawsuit against nuclear suppliers General Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi has ballooned to more than 4,000 claimants who are seeking damages over the Fukushima atomic disaster. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 5, 2014
A young Noam Chomsky was appalled by the "special" hatred the U.S. reserved for the Japanese during WWII; a reason to appreciate the polar vortex arises; meanwhile, privacy is becoming a luxury that few can afford. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Harvey Wasserman / TruthdigMar 5, 2014
Fifty-seven years before the USS Ronald Reagan was swept with radiation from the Fukushima meltdown, a similar, terrible fate befell the crew of a small Japanese fishing boat called the "Lucky Dragon." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 23, 2014
In December, the Japanese government rammed through parliament a law that would let the government alone decide what state secrets are and throw civil employees who divulge them in jail for up to 10 years, while journalists could get five years, Ralph Nader writes at CounterPunch. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigFeb 11, 2014
A significant part of the population of Africa and Asia at present has no access to electricity, and in some countries those deprived amount to as much as 80 percent of the population. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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