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Earthquake Jolts Indonesia + Tsunami Warning

Hope it's just a scare....

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Powerful quake rattles Indonesia

A powerful earthquake has struck off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi but fears of a tsunami receded after the country withdrew... more

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California putting on large-scale earthquake drill

LOS ANGELES—Some 5 million Californians promise to drop to the ground, cover their heads and hold onto furniture Thursday as... more

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California braces for massive earthquake drill

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California will star in a mock earthquake disaster drill Thursday — considered the largest in U.S.... more

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California starring in massive earthquake drill

LOS ANGELES — California will star Thursday in a mock earthquake disaster drill - considered the largest in U.S. history -... more

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6.5-magnitude quake strikes northwest China

BEIJING - A strong magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck in the remote Qinghai province of northwestern China on Monday, the U.S.... more

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Pakistan Earthquake Kills 175, More Deaths Feared

An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted parts of southwestern Baluchistan Province early Wednesday, causing... more

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California Is Due for a Katrina-Style Disaster

When the next big earthquake hits the San Francisco Bay Area, it will be a catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina proportions. Hundreds,... more

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Deadly earthquake in Chechnya

An earthquake in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya has killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100 more, officials... more

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Deadly earthquake hits Chechnya

An earthquake in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya has killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100 more, officials... more

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SIX KILLED IN RUSSIAN EARTHQUAKE

At least six people were killed and dozens of hospitals, schools and other buildings damaged when a strong earthquake rattled... more

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Two deadly quakes strike Tibet

"Two earthquakes jolted the capital of Tibet and surrounding areas, killing at least nine people and collapsing hundreds of... more

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58 killed in Kyrgyzstan earthquake

An earthquake in southern Kyrgyzstan has killed 58 people and destroyed dozens of houses in the Central Asian nation, the... more

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Large earthquake rattles Afghanistan

A magnitude 6 earthquake earthquake has happened in Afghanistan.

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6.0 quake shakes Tibet, no casualties reported as yet

More earthquakes... "A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southwestern Tibet on Thursday near the border with Nepal, close to... more

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Wild Pandas Further Threatened in Southern China

Reports have come in of lingering threats to the welfare of wild pandas that were affected by the earthquakes in Sichuan in May.... more

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Austria: Quake sets off buried WWII bomb

VIENNA, Austria - Austrian authorities say a small earthquake set off a large World War II-era bomb in the garden of a Vienna... more

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For Nevadans, the presidential election is life or death in a much more literal way

Will the November 4, 2008, election doom the future of Nevada? That sounds ominous, I know, but this election could be a make-or-break moment in history for the Yucca Mountain Project. This is the ill-conceived plan to bury nuclear waste in Nevada's Yucca Mountain. Everyone in this state knows the problems inherent in this project and should be on alert. But also this should serve as a "heads-up" to everyone in the country.

People are in a panic about how to solve the nation's energy deficit problems and it's easy to talk about building nuclear power plants as a solution. In the meantime, the Yucca Mountain Project controversy is never -- never -- mentioned. The fact is the only site ever seriously considered for storage of the inevitable deadly waste generated by nuclear power plants was Yucca Mountain. Study after study has shown it is a hazardous location for storing nuclear waste for the millions of years the waste continues to emit deadly radioactive ions. Of the many drawbacks cited, one of the most frightening is that Yucca Mountain sits in an active earthquake zone.

Nevadans voted for George W. Bush in 2000 because he said he would not approve Yucca Mountain as the nation's nuclear dump unless the "science was sound." Now we know he didn't mean it. Making Yucca Mountain scientifically sound would be like putting lipstick on a pig! Many experts (not being paid by the Government) have said that this is the worst place in the country to store this "stuff" but Nevadans in 2004 voted for George W. Bush again when he was actively trying to fast forward this project. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which is in bed with DOE just accepted what we believe to be a flawed license application from this Administration's energy department. The time is now to say "Enough." We must take this opportunity to rectify those mistakes. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are committed to stopping the Yucca Mountain Project in its tracks. Their opponents, on the other hand, want to build at least 32 more nuclear power plants. Every new power plant would increase the amount of waste that would have to be shipped across the country to Nevada. But, more alarming, is the fact that Yucca Mountain, even if it were perfectly safe for nuclear waste storage, is not large enough to adequately store the waste on record scheduled to be stored there.

Proponents of nuclear power plants like Sarah Palin are careful about how they talk about the subject. For example, at nearly every campaign stop over the past two weeks, Palin has touted John McCain's plan to expand nuclear energy storage and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel. "In a McCain-Palin administration we're going to expand nuclear energy, expand our use of alternative fuels, and drill now to make this nation energy independent," she said to cheers last week in Lee's Summit, Missouri.

Now consider her speech very recently in Carson City, Nevada, near the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository, where the radioactive waste would be stored right in Nevadans' backyard. In this speech, Palin's remarks about expanding nuclear energy disappeared. Hmmm, I wonder why!Will the November 4, 2008, election doom the future of Nevada? That sounds ominous, I know, but this election could be a... more