Tag Japan earthquake

Japan disaster likely to impact California economy

(Crossposted from CAIVN) As Japan suffers from a horrendous death toll and substantial damage to several of its nuclear reactors, trade with California will unquestionably be impacted due to the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. Much of the trade both ways…

Japan earthquake. Is a full recovery even possible

The Agonist has a comprehensive if deeply depressing piece detailing the multitude of severe problems facing Japan now, any one of which could cripple a country. Talk Left has more, including the sombre news that six reactors have failed or…

Japan’s biggest long-term problem may be electricity

With millions already without power, [Prime Minister] Kan said Japan would undergo planned outages in the coming days to preserve what electricity remained. Large areas of the quake area are without power. This lessens demand. When those areas come back…

AP. Frantic efforts to avert meltdown in Japan

This after relentlessly perky propaganda from the Japanese government saying everything was a-ok, even as they extended the evacuation area, and had police in respirators scanning people for radiation. Now the truth is coming out. They’re pumping in seawater in…