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‘Green News Report’ – March 24, 2011

With Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen...

Continuing Coverage: Disaster in Japan...

My KPFK Interview with VOA Asia Bureau Chief Steve Herman: Latest out of Fukushima & Tokyo

'Neutron beams,' water 'panic,' black smoke and the responses from TEPCO, the government and the people of Japan, LIVE from Tokyo...

‘Razor-Thin Margins’ and Positive Progress: Tuesday at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

U.S. officials on U.S. nuke plants: '100 percent confidence'...

‘Green News Report’ – March 22, 2011

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Continuing Coverage: Japan's Nuclear Emergency...

Rightwing Xenophobic Dehumanization & 21st Century McCarthyism

Stoking fear of Muslims against NPR, and comparing feral hogs to 'illegal immigrants' -- Just another day in 2011 Rightwing World...

‘Closer to Bringing the Situation Under Control’: Sunday Night, Monday Morning at Fukushima

LATER UPDATE: Workers return to plant, resume attempts to restore electricity to Units 1 to 4 | LATE UPDATES: Gray smoke at Unit 3, workers 'temporarily evacuated' | Workers training to spray concrete to encase Unit 4...

Happy Anniversary! Fukushima May be Cooling, the Gulf May be Leaking, and a Bad Moon is Rising…

UPDATED TWICE: Pressure said rising again at nuclear reactor Unit 3, now stabilized after all...

‘Renewed Nuclear Chain Reaction Feared’: Friday Fears at Fukushima’s Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

Latest status of crippled reactors; Spent fuel rod danger; Fallout detected in S. California; Wind 'saving Japan's ass'; Coulter: Radiation is 'good for you'; Prime Minister's office tweets...

VIDEO: TEPCO Releases New Aerial Footage of Crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Reactors

Helicopter water drops, water cannon trucks reportedly having little success at lowering temperature, radiation levels at plant...

‘Green News Report’ – March 17, 2011

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Ongoing Special Coverage: Japan's Nuclear Emergency...

‘We Could Not Delay Further’: Helicopters Drop Water Onto Fukushima’s Crippled Nuclear Reactors

Dangerous operation indicates situation's increasing severity; Water cannon trucks from Tokyo Police dispatched to plant as well

UPDATE: Contrary to earlier reports, officials say water still in fuel storage pool at Unit 4, so water drops prioritized for Unit 3...

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