16160 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://www.earthtimes.org/business/coca-cola-reduce-power-consumption-vending-machines-earthquake/1569/Coca-Cola World Headquarters via Shutterstock Coca Cola in Japan has announced that it has voluntarily been striving to reduce power consumption in its vending machines in an effort to address the power shortages that have affected Japan since the earthquake. They have committed to continuing this effort during Winter.Sat, 01 Feb 2020 07:06:00 +0100earthtimes-c1288055366b3d49774d53c220f309e720200201070600http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/one-year-bleak-future-people-fukushima/1820/Fukushima Daiichi, Japan via Shutterstock Many comparisons have been drawn between the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of April 1986 and the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors in March 2011. Both could be attributed to human error and in both cases large amounts of radioactive material escaped into the atmosphere.Sat, 01 Feb 2020 03:47:00 +0100earthtimes-4e7c3ae8dde1a5125e2c962f36fd26fc20200201034700https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/01/fukushima-radioactive-water-should-be-released-into-ocean-say-japan-expertsThe panel, under the industry ministry, came to the conclusion after narrowing the choice to either releasing the contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean or letting it evaporate – and opted for the former. Based on past practice, it is likely the government will accept the recommendation.Sat, 01 Feb 2020 03:45:00 +0100guardian-e64ebcadeecd294bd649bddcbfd9d8ca20200201034500http://www.earthtimes.org/nature/wakeup-call-pacific-northwest/487/The massive earthquake that hit Japan has been acknowledged as being one of the largest ever recorded. As if the earthquake wasn't enough, it unleashed a devastating tsunami that has resulted in thousands of deaths and turned large parts of many communities into complete rubble. It is said to be the costliest disaster in world history.Sat, 01 Feb 2020 02:40:00 +0100earthtimes-e190e268ffe99ac970fb1091ae2ec5fb20200201024000