Daily Archives: November 19, 2019

Near-Total Meltdown of Fukushima Reactor 2 Confirmed

At least 70 percent of nuclear fuel inside one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant melted down following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, bringing the total of reactors which experienced meltdowns to three, according to a Japanese research team. In fact, it’s possible that 100 percent of the fuel inside reactor 2 […]

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Global Glaciers Melting up to Three Times Rate of 20th Century

The 21st century has already seen a record-smashing decline in the world’s glaciers, which are melting at up to three times the rate of the 20th century and will continue to disappear even without further climate change, an alarming new study concludes. Entitled Historically Unprecedented Global Glacier Decline in the Early 21st Century, the research […]

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'Mass Struggle Works': South African Student Uprising Wins Tuition Hike Freeze

Facing the largest student uprisings since South Africans toppled apartheid, President Jacob Zuma pledged Friday to halt tuition fee increases in the year 2016—prompting declarations of victory, as well as calls to continue the mass mobilizations until free education is won for all. “A famous victory won by the hard struggle of students. We are […]

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