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As Disaster Cleanup Begins, Joplin Tornado Relief Continues

Tetanus Vaccine, Insulin, Coolers, and Water Arrive in Disaster Zone June 3, 2011

Photo courtesy of Debbi Morello. As the massive cleanup effort in Joplin begins, AmeriCares continues to send help to the survivors of the deadly May 22 tornado.

Within hours of our emergency response expert’s arrival on the scene, we began a series of targeted shipments of chronic care cardiovascular and asthma medications, antibiotics and supplies to address the shattered city’s most urgent needs.

Edinburgh-based Cairn Energy is seeking an injunction and fines of 2 million Euros for every further day the campaigners succeed in stopping drilling. The claim will be heard in a Dutch court on Monday.

A study published in the journal Science last December suggested that a bacterium found in California's Mono Lake was able to substitute arsenic for phosphorous. But that conclusion has many critics.

A wall of Hesco baskets protects the Riverside Medical Center in Vidalia, La., from Mississippi River floodwaters.

Amy Womack and her daughter, Alexis Nelson, sit on the front steps of her parents' house in Cleveland, Tenn., in late April. Womack says her father urged her and 13 relatives and friends into the basement before a tornado hit; she credits him with saving their lives.

A torn U.S. flag hangs outside a house damaged during Sunday's massive tornado in Joplin, Mo. As of Thursday, local police said they had arrested 16 people for looting and burglary and four for assault since the twister hit.

Greenpeace today slammed the Japanese authorities’ continued inadequate response to the Fukushima nuclear crisis, after new data from its radiation monitoring showed seaweed radiation levels 50 times higher than official limits, raising serious concerns about continued long-term risks to people and the environment from contaminated seawater. In contrast, Japanese authorities claim that radioactivity is being dispersed or diluted (1) and are undertaking only limited marine radiation monitoring.

Swine fever prevention drill in the Republic of Tatarstan

A brick kiln worker readies his load

Two Greenpeace ships are in a tense stand-off with Danish navy commandos protecting an oil drilling operation in the freezing seas off Greenland.