Japan
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Oregon Fish and Wildlife worries about non-native creatures on dock set adrift by earthquake tsunami- There are many ways that non-natives travel the globe to invade foreign land and water. One rarely considered until recently is riding debris pushed out of sea by giant tsunami. Tiny starfish, an invasive mussel and foreign algae get the…
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Despite predictions to the contrary, the wind farms did well- Battle-proof Wind Farms Survive Japan’s Trial by Fire. By Kelly Rigg. Huffington Post.
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Diablo Canyon plant is a mile from off-shore fault- I recall there was a long fight against this plant a generation ago. It generated a case that went to the Supreme Court. One of the chief arguments was that there was a fault nearby. The larger San Adreas fault is not far either. They say…
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Victory !! “Japan will cut short this year’s annual whale hunt in the Antarctic Ocean after obstruction by an environmental group largely prevented its ships from killing whales, the government said Friday.” Read about in in the New York Times. By Martin Fackler. – – – – – Earlier in this blog. 11/30/10. Has the…
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Living black kokanee found . . . enough for a recovery- Scientist says he found Japanese fish thought extinct. Associated Press. The fish were found in Lake Saiko, about 500 kilometers south of their native lake where they were killed off in the 1940s.