Cattle Struggling to Survive in Fukushima as Radiation Taints Soil, Water

Cattle in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture are struggling to survive as radiation leaks from a crippled nuclear power plant contaminate soil and water and force farmers to evacuate the area.

“Farmers must make a very tough decision — running away from their farms to protect themselves or staying there to take care of their livestock,” Kenzo Sasaki, 70, who raises 25 cattle in Irisabara village in Fukushima, said in an interview. “Animals in the evacuation zone are probably dying without food and water as growers in the area have no option but to flee.”

via Bloomberg.

Rebranding BP’s logo

In the wake of the worst oil spill in history comes a contest to rebrand BP’s logo.

New study links drilling to Indonesia mud volcano

JAKARTA, Feb 12 (Reuters) – A team of scientists said in a report on Friday that they had found the strongest evidence yet linking a devastating mud volcano in Indonesia to drilling at a gas exploration well by local energy firm PT Lapindo Brantas.

Read more at Reuters

Indonesia self-destructs (and we’re next door)

Why doesn’t anyone in government do anything about this other than to say it is difficult to police this vast country?

From CNN:

Sumatra, Indonesia (CNN) — The land still smolders, tinted with a depressing gray. Twisted hulks of tree trunks take on abnormal shapes. A dark black canal cuts through the wasted landscape.
It looks like a scene from an apocalyptic movie where an unknown force has obliterated all life. But this is the reality of Sumatra, Indonesia’s largest island…