A volcano has erupted on the same island in Indonesia where an earthquake and tsunami last week killed at least 1400 people. Gift of the Givers has responded to a call for assistance from the President of Indonesia. Gift of the Givers search and rescue teams are heading for Indonesia today with highly specialised equipment, accompanied by a select number of medical … [Read more...]
Underwater ruins of lost Roman city discovered in Tunisia
A vast 1,700 year old Roman settlement has been discovered off the coast of Tunisia after several years of archaeological exploration in search of the ancient city of Neapolis. Neapolis is believed to have been submerged after a tsunami in the 4th century AD destroyed most of it, as recorded by Roman soldier and historian Ammien Marcellin. The natural disaster also badly … [Read more...]
Volcano near nuclear plant raising concerns in Japan
Just under a week after the first nuclear power plant re-opened in Japan, critics are voicing concerns about safety. Oh, and there's a volcano. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, all of Japan's nuclear reactors were shut down. To reopen, plants must pass new safety requirement. Plants must have an upgrade plan, an engineering work plan and receive pre-service … [Read more...]
Nuclear an expensive investment in national suicide says NUM
The government and the ruling party should reconsider plans to forge ahead with expanding nuclear energy, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday. The NUM's national executive committee (NEC) met on Wednesday, where it discussed President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address. On Tuesday, Zuma signalled that South Africa would push ahead with nuclear … [Read more...]
Our lonely home in nature
The tornadoes that have been devastating parts of the South and Midwest USA, just weeks after a deadly mudslide in Washington, demonstrate once again the unimaginable power of nature. After each disaster, we grieve over the human lives lost, the innocent people drowned or crushed without warning as they slept in their beds, worked in their fields or sat at their office … [Read more...]
Giant waves leave bodies after undersea earthquake
Aid workers struggled to reach remote villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday as the death toll rose from a tsunami triggered by a powerful undersea earthquake. At least nine people were killed when a powerful earthquake set off a small but powerful tsunami that sent 1.5-metre (4ft 11in) waves roaring inland on Santa Cruz Island, in the south Pacific, on Wednesday. … [Read more...]
Only renewable energy for Fukushima!
It's goodbye nuclear, hello renewables as Japan prepares to build the world's largest offshore wind farm this July. By 2020, the plan is to build a total of 143 wind turbines on platforms 16 kilometres off the coast of Fukushima, home to the stricken Daiichi nuclear reactor that hit the headlines in March 2011 when it was damaged by an earthquake and tsunami. The wind … [Read more...]
Wave of radiation headed for US
Over the last year the threat of radiation hitting the United States from the Fukushima nuclear disaster has gone from a conspiracy theory, to a possibility, to a flat out fact. Now, scientists with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute have confirmed that a wave of highly radioactive waste is headed directly for the US west coast. In a segment on the Big Picture with … [Read more...]
Fukushima’s effects will linger
The world is still reeling from the shock of the terrible triple disasters of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake 13 kilometers off the Oshika coastline near Sendai, the resultant tsunami and then the nuclear near-melt-down that hit Japan in the past week. What exactly happened at the Fukishima nuclear reactor, we were wondering. The Green Times attended a talk at the University of … [Read more...]
Club together for Japanese victims
The people of Japan are still struggling to recover from the record breaking earthquake and tsunami that hit over there last week Friday. Thousands of people are dead and many more are still missing or injured. We are very happy to announce that Pick 'n Pay and ABSA have clubbed together to mobilize support for our brothers and sisters in Japan. From Friday 18 March 2011, … [Read more...]
