The chilling image of a thick, dark cloud reaching from the chimney of a factory owned and operated by Albion Chemicals Ltd. appears to have overstated the effects the accident caused. A week after the event nobody has been reported as injured and no environmental damage is thought to have occurred.
The accident was the result [...]

Italian energy supply problems should not mean the current ban on nuclear power be lifted, according to Italian environmentalist groups. The country should instead look to boost solar and wind energy.
Nuclear power was banned in Italy after a referendum in 1987 following the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. However, a revival of nuclear energy production has [...]