radioactivity

The International Atomic Energy Agency estimates that Chernobyl released 400 times more radioactivity into the atmosphere than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

A strain of bacteria that “breathes” uranium may be key to cleaning up polluted groundwater at sites where uranium ore was processed to make nuclear weapons.

On Tuesday, the New York State Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on the question of whether or not local zoning codes designed to ban hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” take precedence over the state’s drilling and mining laws, which preclude local cities and towns from regulating the oil, gas, and solution mining industries.