Investigative Stories
Investigative Stories
The Radioactive Legacy We Are Leaving Our Children
Dec 3, 2019 There is far too much lethal waste that current governments still cannot make safe.VIDEO: ‘Days of Revolt’: Chris Hedges, Native American Activists Denounce Uranium Poisoning
Mar 3, 2016 Nuclear contamination is harming land and lives in parts of America. Some Native Americans call it "deliberate genocide." In this episode of teleSUR's "Days of Revolt," Chris Hedges and two Native American activists examine the problem and how to fight back.
A Big Fat Radioactive Lie
Dec 6, 2015 Billionaires are hyping nuclear power as a magic cure for climate change. But there are many reasons why governments should resist their call to pump more tax dollars into nuclear energy.
Rural N.Y. Communities Use Fracking Waste to De-Ice Roads
Dec 9, 2013 Maybe this is why there’s a New York city named Fishkill. Road crews in some rural areas around the state are using toxic fracking waste liquid to de-ice roads, despite a moratorium on fracking in the state and a federal EPA warning against using the juice. Exactly what’s in the liquid? Only the frackheads know, and they’re keeping it a secret.
Fukushima Leaks 4 Tons of Radioactive Water Into Ground—Again
Oct 2, 2013 At some point the persistence of leaks at the Fukushima nuclear plant stops being news, and reports that there is not a leak becomes a story. The problem this time: typhoon rains, and chances are good more heavy weather will hit the region before the busy storm season ends.
Several U.S. Nuke Sites Have Sprung Leaks
Jun 21, 2011 With so much focus recently on nuclear power sources in certain other parts of the world, it's important to note that the US has some considerable issues of its own in that department Take these results of a yearlong investigation into domestic power plants .
Some Progress, but More Worry, at Japanese Plant
Apr 7, 2011 Although a stopgap measure has apparently plugged the leak in Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, keeping more radioactive water from spilling into the Pacific, the crisis has shifted over to Reactor 1, which could be headed for a blowup.
