Safest & Least Safe Countries to Live in
A new report by Maplecroft, a world leader in global risk assesment, lists the countries at the greatest and the least risk of climate change problems. The new study examined 166 countries in total....
View ArticleJapan Slaughters 59 Whales, Just One Short Of Maximum Allowed
[social_buttons] Japan’s annual whaling expedition off the port city of Kushiro has resulted in the killing of 59 minke whales – just one whale short of the 60 allowed by international guidelines....
View ArticleBrazil’s Minister of the Environment: “The time for talking is over. It is...
Brazil’s Minister of Environment, Izabella Teixeira, delivered a statement to the COP10 Convention on Biological Diversity yesterday, highlighting Brazil’s positions and priorities for the remainder of...
View ArticleThe World Takes Action on Biodiversity
In the middle of the world’s 6th great extinction, it is hard to find a lot of positive news on biodiversity and saving species — we currently have a rate of extinction the world has not seen since...
View Article24 Green Cities for India
Japan is looking to help India get 24 green cities off the ground with a combination of loans and technological help, Mridul Chadha of our sister site Cleantechnica recently reported. This is all part...
View ArticleSay Goodbye to Nuclear Power
It's the end of the world as we know it, but that is not a bad thing. This is the dawn of a new era in which the planet's residents finally realize that nuclear energy was a really bad idea. The...
View ArticleMore Illegally Dumped Radioactive Waste Found on Somalia’s Coast
Yesterday the BBC reported that radiation levels at the crippled Fukushima reactor site are ten million times normal levels. As the oceans near the damaged nuclear plant are becoming contaminated with...
View ArticleNuclear Power, Japan and Hope
The United States national soccer team's dramatic come back in Germany last week against Brazil in the last seconds of the game is the stuff that legends are made of. The performance of the U.S....
View ArticleJapan Invents the Electric Baby Bike
Looking every inch like something Margaret won't let me put my baby on, the Assista mamachiri (Japanese for "Mama bike", sorta) is a fully geared pedal-assist bicycle that - surely! - can be easily...
View ArticleUnderground Bike Parking Spotted in Japan (w/ Video)
With more and more commuters turning to bicycles in cities across the world, bike parking has become a critical component in any forward-looking urban planning discussions. Over in Japan, however, one...
View ArticleFukushima Factory Becomes Aquaponic Farm
Superconductors and microchips have to be produced in a sterile environment. But what happens when a former microchip factory becomes obsolete? That’s a question facing many of Japan’s chip-makers...
View ArticleIn Case of Earthquake, Japan May Build a “Backup” Tokyo
The Japanese government is always concerned about earthquakes, and rightly so. After all, it was an earthquake and the resulting tsunami that doomed the nuclear power station at Fukushima 3 years ago...
View ArticleJapanese Dolphin Slaughter to Continue Despite Current Suspension
Last Tuesday, EcoWorldly Staff Writer Bryan Nelson wrote an article on the suspension of dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. The suspension came off of Japanese local media swarming on Taiji, after the...
View ArticleBankrupt Iceland Flouts Treaty, Resumes International Trade in Endangered Fin...
Ignoring both the CITES treaty and the International Whaling Commission, exports of Fin Whale meat hunted by the Icelandic whaling fleet have passed customs and quality checks in Japan. It is hoped...
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