There has been a recent leak of a dangerous chemical in to the Nakdong River that has tainted the water supply for the people living in the Taegu area:

While a chemical company and local authorities accuse each other of being responsible for a toxic chemical leak into the Nakdong River, the contamination of the main […]

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Via Andrew Bolt, comes news that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has found the answer to global warming.  Complete the following sentence to find out what the answer is:
‘Global warming will only be resolved through a global common response and we need your help,’ the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon told the head of […]

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You have to give the eco-loons credit because they sure will come up with anything to draw attention to themselves:

Japan has dismissed as a lie claims by the captain of an anti-whaling ship he was shot at during the latest confrontation with a whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean.
Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd […]

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The EcoWorldly webpage has a posting up with 17 reasons you may be a Korean environmentalist.  Here are the Top Ten reasons:

1. You care about wellbeing, but you still smoke.
2. When you eat cow you call it cow.
3. You ride the bus and the train, but you still love Hyundai.
4. You may be a vegetarian, […]

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I saw this picture over on KBS’s website:

These guys were running in a marathon to combat global warming and I couldn’t help but notice the polar bear in the background of the picture. 
The only thing the eco-loons out there do that annoys me more than the claims you often hear that the Japanese are […]

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Here is a forwarded message from the US Embassy in Seoul that people looking to volunteer with the Taean oil spill clean up might find helpful:

 Friday and Saturday, February 1-2, to Commemorate World Wetlands Day (Feb. 2)
The Korea Wetland Project (koreawetland.org) is a nationally executed Ministry of Environment project, supported by UNDP and the Global […]

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This is an interesting report:

South Korea has ranked 51st out of 149 countries in environmental performance.
The finding was included in the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) report compiled by Yale University and Columbia University. It was released Wednesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
According to the report, South Korea scored 79-point-four out […]

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A month after the largest oil spill in South Korean history struck Taean county, US soldiers are still participating in the clean up efforts:

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Rosenbaum, a fireman with the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron, led the Wolf Pack volunteers to Mallipo.
"We were not able to get there for the initial cleanup […]

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UPDATE #2: Japan Probe has news and pictures that the Sea Shepherd eco-loons attacked the Japanese whalers with an acid attack. That may explain why the whalers are so pissed off and holding the two eco-loons.
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UPDATE #1: The Japanese reversed their decision and are not going to release the two eco-loons now:
Sea Shepherd […]

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I think it is great that so many people are volunteering to clean up the oil spilled along the shores of Taean Beach but it seems like everyone, but USFK is getting recognized in the Korean media for aiding with the clean up:

However, with up to 50,000 volunteers’ giving a helping hand each day, the […]

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A feud between Japan and the newly elected government of Australia is growing as the Japanese whaling fleet has moved into Antarctic waters to conduct their yearly whale hunt. The usual eco-loons have called for the deployment of the Royal Australian Navy to intercept the Japanese whaling fleet. The new Prime Minister Kevin […]

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James Card from the Asia Sentinel has a good photo essay of the clean up operations that are continuing in Taean after the worst oil spill in Korean history.  You have to admire the amount of people pitching in and helping out with the spill clean up.  Hopefully this type of response can continue in […]

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