Tampakan Mine will not affect agri water supply

palestinewater kolmapäev, 19. Juuni 2013 18:19:00 CEST | info [et] [other]

The latest domestic energy boom is sweeping through some of the nation's driest pockets, drawing millions of gallons of water to unlock oil and gas reserves from beneath the , or the drilling technique commonly known as fracking, has been used for decades to blast huge volumes of water, fine sand and chemicals into the ground to crack open....

Japan finds highly toxic strontium-90 in groundwater

CBC kolmapäev, 19. Juuni 2013 12:44:00 CEST | info [et] [other]

High levels of a toxic substance called strontium-90 are found in groundwater at the devastated Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan — coming to light even as the country moves closer to bringing its nuclear reactors back online....

India's monsoon mayhem: Death toll 120 in floods

emirates247 kolmapäev, 19. Juuni 2013 10:55:00 CEST | info [et] [other]

Military helicopters carried out emergency food drops Wednesday for thousands of people stranded by flash flooding from early monsoon rains which have killed at least 120 in northern India, officials said. The states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have witnessed torrential rains at least three.......

Deadly year for encephalitis feared in India

news-yahoo teisipäev, 18. Juuni 2013 10:42:00 CEST | info [et] [other]

GORAKHPUR, India (AP) — A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season, with officials worried it could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade....