MSNBC – Japanese consumers would be on the hook for nuclear damage payments and earthquake reconstruction costs under two tax plans the government is considering, officials said Tuesday. The Kyodo News agency said one plan would raise electricity customers’ charges to help cover claims against Tokyo Electric Power Co. from people who suffer losses from the crisis at the Fukushima … Read More
Media Roots Radio- Fukushima Coverage & Break Down of Nuclear Energy by Media Roots MEDIA ROOTS- Robbie and Abby Martin host a special 90 minute edition of Media Roots Radio covering Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster with guests Shing02 and Anthony Bisset. Shing02 and Anthony cover the state of the reactors and break down radiation: levels, dangers, breakdown of compounds, government … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS- If anyone had any doubt that the morals of our governors in Washington are as flexible and flimsy as a half-chewed rubber band, then they need look no further than Obama & Co.’s disparate, polar-opposite approaches to the twin tyrants of Egypt and Libya. When democracy ‘threatened’ (as Washington political elites saw it) to break out in Egypt … Read More
Media Roots Radio- Libya, Nuclear Power, Religious Environmentalism by Media Roots Robbie and Abby Martin host this edition of Media Roots Radio and cover news about the Libyan bombing, Obama’s newest White House pick, nuclear energy, peak resources, religious environmentalism and the political hijacking of the “green” movement. The above timeline is interactive. Scroll through it to find out more … Read More
GUARDIAN– The United States said Monday it is “deeply concerned” about the rising trend of disappearances and arrests of human rights activists in China after one of the country’s most famous artists was detained. Ai Weiwei, 53, an avant-garde artist who helped design the futuristic Bird’s Nest stadium at the Beijing Olympics, has been missing since he was stopped Sunday … Read More
