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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Phosphorous in Ukraine A big train wreck leaves it all over the place	David Roberts	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill

Topics: toxics, Ukraine (all these topics)

The Blew Danube Ukrainian attorney Olya Melen stands up for the Danube Delta	Michelle Nijhuis	25 Apr 2006	Main Dish
Olya Melen doesn't think small. In her first-ever court case, the young Ukrainian attorney challenged a massive canal project proposed for the Danube Delta, an internationally recognized wetland on the edge of the Black Sea. Melen, a lawyer for the public-interest group Environment-People-Law, argued that the canal would disrupt the area's rural communities and diverse wildlife, violating ...
Topics: environmental justice, politics, rivers and watersheds, Ukraine (all these topics)

Cruel Hand Nuke Controversy still rages on 20th anniversary of Chernobyl		25 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Cruel Hand Nuke Controversy still rages on 20th anniversary of Chernobyl Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the nuclear power-plant accident in Chernobyl, Ukraine, that spewed radioactive fallout across Europe. Estimates of the total number of deaths that will result range from around 9,000 (a U.N. report released last year) to 93,000 (a new Greenpeace report). The controversy stems from uncertainty about the health effects o ...
Topics: news, nuclear power, Ukraine (all these topics)

The Green Badge of Courage Meet this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize	Michelle Nijhuis	24 Apr 2006	Main Dish
The winners (left to right): Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor, Yu Xiaogang, Tarcísio Feitosa da Silva, Anne Kajir, Olya Melen, and Craig Williams. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. Though the connection between people and their surroundings is undeniable -- a serving of clean air, anyone? -- defense of the environment is still sometimes considered antisocial behavior. But this ye ...
Topics: Brazil, China, Liberia, Papua New Guinea, Ukraine, United States (all these topics)

Glow Figure Health fallout from Chernobyl less severe than expected		06 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Glow Figure Health fallout from Chernobyl less severe than expected The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power-plant accident has yielded much less harm to human health than initially anticipated. According to a new report prepared for the U.N. by more than 100 experts, Chernobyl will ultimately cause about 4,000 deaths, primarily from cancer -- a lot, they concede, but far fewer than the tens of thousands once pred ...
Topics: Belarus, health, news, Russia, toxics, Ukraine (all these topics)

Ignoble Chernobyl		24 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Ignoble Chernobyl It's been 17 years since the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe -- but a new disaster could be around the bend if the concrete shield encasing the old power station isn't rapidly reinforced, according to Russia's energy minister. "We can see a situation where the roof could fall in, or rather the supports that hold up the roof could fall down. There are a lot of holes in the sarcophagus," said Alexande ...
Topics: nuclear power, Russia, Ukraine (all these topics)

You Bet Your Borscht	Suzy Becker	18 Nov 2002	Ha.

Topics: green living, nuclear power, Ukraine (all these topics)

Cherignoble		26 Apr 2002	Daily Grist
Cherignoble Sixteen years ago today, a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl exploded, resulting in the worst atomic accident in the history of the world. The explosion affected 3.3 million Ukrainians as well as untold numbers of other people, and sent a radioactive cloud drifting over much of Europe. All of the area within 18 miles of the plant has been a no-man's-land since the accident, but last year, under urging from the U.N. to ...
Topics: health, nuclear power, Ukraine (all these topics)

Insane in the Ukraine	Suzy Becker	05 Mar 2001	Ha.

Topics: health, nuclear power, Ukraine (all these topics)

Playing Chicken in Kiev		07 Feb 2000	Daily Grist
Playing Chicken in Kiev Ukraine plans this year to shut down the Chernobyl nuclear plant, site of the world's worst nuclear accident, Ukranian Pres. Leonid Kuchma said Saturday. But Kuchma told U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, who was in Ukraine for a two-day visit, that the plant will close only after the U.S. and other industrialized nations hammer out a deal to h ...
Topics: Bill Richardson, energy, international politics, nuclear power, politics, Ukraine (all these topics)

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