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Vietnam is wasting ... garbage
While advanced countries such as Japan, the US and the UK invest millions of dollars in recycling waste for the purpose of saving and protecting the environment, Vietnam…
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Japan wants to erase nuclear power
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said yesterday that it will gradually reduce its dependence on nuclear energy and aim to achieve the ultimate goal of not using nuclear…
Environment
Why does China restrict rare earth mining?
China is looking for measures to control and restrict the export of precious and rare resources for sustainable development.
Environment
Strategy to reduce greenhouse effect
A new study shows that a new method to combat biofuel climate change may not cause much damage to animals in the soil as previously published studies.
Environment
The ozone layer has started to recover?
Scientists discovered ozone holes in Antarctica that are in the process of self-sufficiency, at least a decade earlier than they had previously expected.
Environment
Alarms from nuclear power plants in the US: Contaminated water leaks into the environment
The US Congress alarmed that three-quarters of the 65 nuclear power plants in the United States are experiencing radioactive water leaking to the outside environment for…
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Tornadoes make one dead, 80 injured
In the evening of June 23, Typhoon Haima caused heavy rain on a large scale in the North. Due to the impact of the storm, a tornado swept through Thuy Nguyen district (H…
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Solution for burial of CO2 safely
Burying CO2 deep underground is a good solution for climate change, which is becoming more and more serious, but it is not easy to keep the gas from rising to the surfac…
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Japan published a map of radioactive accumulation
Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) on June 21 published a map of the distribution of radioactive concentrations accumulated in…
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Earthquake of 7.4 on Richter caused tsunami warning in the US
A seismic intensity of up to 7.4 on the Richter scale rocked the Aleutian volcanic island chain, in the US state of Alaska. Tsunami warning was given, but was retracted…
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'Super sand' purifies water
Australian researchers say that ordinary sand, which is used to filter water in many parts of the world, can be converted into a kind of
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10 people died, 80 were injured in storms
By the evening of June 24, heavy rains and tornadoes had killed 10 people, injured 80 people, and more than a thousand houses collapsed or blown away. On the night of 24…
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Damage protection at US nuclear plant
A bank of dams from the Missouri River flooded into the US Nebraska nuclear plant that collapsed yesterday, but officials said they were still in control of the situatio…
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Leaked more than a dozen tons of radioactive water in Japan
Tons of radioactive water have been detected leaking into the groundwater system below the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
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Japanese earthquake victims face summer nightmares
The terrible consequences of the earthquake and tsunami seem to be still unfinished for victims who are temporarily sheltering in temporary houses during the past three…