Articles by Joe McCarthy
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Enewetak Atoll, a Tiny Island Used as a Nuclear Dumpsite, Is About to Be Submerged by Water
Joe McCarthy | Global Citizen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
4 Dec 2017
27 Nov 2017 – For more than half a century, the atoll, which is part of the Marshall Islands, has been contaminated by nuclear explosions and waste. The decades ahead could leave it submerged by rising sea levels. In this way, Enewetak “is at the intersection of two of the biggest problems of the last century and this century, nuclear weapons and sea level rise.”
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Joe McCarthy | Global Citizen – TRANSCEND Media Service,
28 Aug 2017
21 Aug 2017 – Earlier this week, a new floating solar farm went live in the Chinese city of Huainan above a retired coal mine, China Daily reports. It’s more than six times as powerful as the next biggest floating solar farm.
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