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On the 25th Anniversary of Chernobyl, Greenpeace Freaks Us Out About Indian Point

Watch this wildly, unapologetically sensational anti-nuke video from Greenpeace.

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Scenes from the Fukushima Exclusion Zone

Take a trip with photographer Donald Weber inside Fukushima's exclusion zone.

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One Month After the Earthquake, Japan Hustles to Keep Students on Track

Two-thirds of schools in the ravaged northeastern coastal region are destroyed or damaged, but students will be heading back to class next week.

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How Radiation is Changing the Foods that You Eat

From red grapefruit to Asian pears, what radiation means to plant scientists and eaters around the world.

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Fukushima Now Level 7 Accident, But Is It Really As Bad As Chernobyl?

Fukushima has maxed out the nuclear rating scale, only the second accident to rate 7. So does that really mean that this event is as bad as Chernobyl?

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Four Infographics that Help Explain Radiation Exposure

Beware the misinformation about radiation risks, and arm yourself with these charts to better put the crisis in Fukushima in context.

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Overload: How to Follow Fukushima and Some Weekend Long Reads

The enduring crisis at Fukushima, plus some incredible long-form reads for the weekend, in today's roundup from GOOD Environment HQ.

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Chart: How Eating a Banana Compares With the Radiation Exposure Around Japan's Fukushima Plant

What a banana can—and cannot—tell you about exposure to nuclear radiation.

Slideshow: Buy These Things and Support Relief Efforts in Japan

We know you don't need any material goods as incentive to give, but here are some good people offering proceeds from sales to relief efforts in Japan.

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Overload: Supermoon, SunShot, and More

Supermoon, the SunShot, and more of what we're reading at GOOD Environment HQ.

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Overload: Nuclear Boy Has a Stomachache, and More

Goofy childrens' video about Fukushima, a run on radiation pills, and more of what we're reading at GOOD Environment HQ.

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Video: Helicopters Dump Water On Fukushima Reactors

Watch as helicopters drop tons of water on the Fukushima reactors in a desperate attempt to cool the plant and avoid a meltdown.

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A Visual Assessment of Damage at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

Look at these satellite images of the Fukushima nuclear reactors before and after the earthquake, tsunami, and explosions.

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A Chart to Better Understand Radiation Levels and Their Effects on People [Updated]

Keep this chart close at hand while reading reports on the levels of radiation spreading from the ruined Fukushima reactor in Japan.

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Overload: Catastrophe in Japan, and More

Nuclear fallout in Japan and American disinterest in climate change in today's daily roundup of what we're reading at GOOD Environment HQ.

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Nuclear Meltdown Explained, and Everything Else You Need to Know About the Situation at Fukushima [Updated]

The basics behind a nuclear meltdown, and answers to other earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster FAQs.