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Fukushima town revealed in Google Street View two years after tsunami

2013-03-27 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Two years after Fukushima's triple nuclear meltdown forced tens of thousands of residents to flee, it is possible to take a virtual journey deep into the exclusion zone to one of the towns they left behind. Google Street View has published striking images of the devastation visited on Namie by the March 2011 tsunami and nuclear meltdown: abandoned homes, shops and restaurants, fields blanketed in grass and weeds. Google's camera-equipped vehicles began filming in Namie this month at the invitation...

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The Tsunami of Deferred Taxes

2013-03-26 19:06:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

A tax tidal wave of epic proportions is emerging on many farms that have had an offensive game strategy in recent years, pushing taxes forward. Strong profits, particularly in the grain industry, and aggressive farm tax strategy using accelerated depreciation are the major culprits. Prepaying expenses and deferring income into future years is also creating a large deferred tax liability on farm balance sheets.Road Warrior read more

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NYT: E-Waste Epidemic Creating a Toxic 'Glass Tsunami'

2013-03-19 21:52:07| Electronics - Topix.net

The proliferation of toxic electronic waste is creating a "glass tsunami," according to New York Times writer Ian Urbina, whose new piece highlights the surging epidemic of e-waste stockpiles and the disturbing lack of oversight that has all-but absolved the consumer electronics industry behind the mess.

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Stories Sprout like Warnings in Japans Tsunami Wasteland

2013-03-19 08:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: As a survivor of Japan's deadliest tsunami in living memory, Shun Ito dedicates his mornings to evoking stories of heroism that helped to save lives in this port town that was decimated on that fateful March afternoon two years ago. Two names - Miki Endo and Takeshi Miura - frame the narrative that 37-year-old Ito shares with visitors as he guides them through this once quiet fishing resort, which still bears the scars of devastation left by the powerful waves on Mar. 11, 2011. Among the few,...

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