Mar 20, 2011

Ripple effects of gas prices Story from boston.com March 21, 2011 RE “GAS prices continue to climb’’ (Business, March 8): Aside from consumer confidence issues, many other problems are arising that can be traced to rising gas prices. Rising produce prices, which can be linked to the cost of transferring the crops from farm to market, are showing up in...

Mar 15, 2011

Another Explosion at the Japanese Nuclear Plant Pushes Radiation Levels Up Briefly Kat Hannaford — After Saturday’s blast at Fukushima’s No.1 reactor and Monday’s blast at the No.3 reactor, we were hoping that’d be the end to the nuclear plant nightmares. Unfortunately a third blast occurred in the small hours of...

Mar 13, 2011

  By Scott DiSavino and Fredrik Dahl NEW YORK/VIENNA | Sun Mar 13, 2011 7:27pm EDT NEW YORK/VIENNA (Reuters) – Pumping seawater into troubled nuclear reactors in Japan should keep them from a catastrophic full-scale meltdown, but conditions are still so volatile that it is far too early to declare the emergency over, nuclear experts said. It is probably...

Mar 12, 2011

(Reuters) – Japanese officials may only have hours to cool reactors that have been disabled by Friday’s massive earthquake and tsunami or face a nuclear meltdown. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) (9501.T) is racing to cool down the reactor core after a highly unusual “station blackout” — the total loss of power necessary to keep...

Mar 12, 2011

IDG News Service – A massive earthquake shook a large part of Japan on Friday afternoon, sparking a major tidal wave that washed through coastal communities and leaving a death toll that by evening was mounting into the hundreds, according to police reports. A massive tsunami sweeps in to engulf a residential area after a powerful earthquake struck off the...