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Inside Story – Can the nuclear industry survive? by Al Jazeera English on Youtube Can the nuclear industry survive and what are the risks versus economic advantages? Guests: Jan Beranek, Paddy Regan, Imad Khadduri.
Finding a Future for Nuclear Power
Haiti’s New Team of Investigative Journalists
Where Has All the Money Gone in Haiti? Ask A New Group of Investigative Reporters by Kathie Klarreich for International Center for Journalists When I first started training Haitian journalists in investigative reporting skills in the summer of 2010, I [...]
Measuring the Risk of Political Corruption in the United States
Grading the nation: How accountable is your state? by Caitlin Ginley for iWatch News The tales are sadly familiar to even the most casual observer of state politics. In Georgia, more than 650 government employees accepted gifts from vendors [...]
The Settlement Story of Major Whistleblowers in the Banking Crisis
Four Whistleblowers Who Sounded the Alarm on Banks’ Mortgage Shenanigans by Cora Currier for ProPublica Buried in the sweeping mortgage settlementwith banks, for which final documents were filed this week, are five whistleblower casesthat shed light on the litany of foreclosure abuses by [...]
Pennsylvania Violations: With Every New Oil & Gas Well Drilled There Are No Guarantees
According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Oil and Gas Reporting Website, oil and gas operators in the state have amassed 20,942 violations in the past decade, 3,393 of them issued for Marcellus Shale oil and gas wells. From [...]
A Rising “Violence in the Amazon”
THE FARMER AND POLITICIAN, WHO IS BEHIND THE CRIMES? Who are the farmers investigated for involvement in the threats to Nilcilene by Ana Spider for Publica There are two very names in the accounts of violence suffered by producers [...]
The Safety of Radioactive Energy: Nuclear Relicensing Across the U.S.
by CIR Danger Zone: Aging nuclear reactors Despite the Fukushima catastrophe in Japan last March, nuclear power is experiencing a rebirth in the United States. Billions of dollars in federal funding has been allocated to develop nuclear capacity; [...]
From the Coal Mine to the Schoolbus: Diesel Exhaust Study Confirms Risks
Long-delayed diesel study published by Jim Morris for iWatch News A much-anticipated government study of more than 12,000 miners — whose publication was delayed by litigation from a group of mining companies — has found that exposure to [...]
The Cracks and Dangers of Nuclear Facilities in the United States
Danger Zone: Ageing Nuclear Reactors Following Japan’s nuclear disaster last year there are fears the US may be heading for a nuclear catastrophe of its own. by Al Jazeera In March 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami in [...]
Black-Market Mineral Powering Today’s Smart World
Black-market coltan likely making its way to high-tech manufacturers’ supply; it’s used in everything from smart phones to smart bombs By Emilia Diaz-Struck and Joseph Poliszuk for iWatch News Crouched near a mound of rocks and dirt, Ramón [...]