St. Vincent is running out of clean water after ash from a volcanic eruption contaminated the islands reservoir (S2E15)

Our story in focus this week is on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, where ash from a volcano that recently erupted has essentially left the island without water.

Among other stories, we will also touch on news that Japan plans to dump the stored water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident into the ocean, wonder about the ethical considerations behind news that human cells were recently grown in the embryos of monkeys, balance Chinas road to net-zero energy against their decision to build a massive dam to get there, and Amazon’s decision to cancel its planned Lord of the Rings game. Bummer

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:13 Digital driving license service launched in Saudi Arabia
• 2:02 Japan to dump contaminated water from Fukushima nuclear station into ocean
• 6:43 The Caribbean island of St. Vincent is running out of clean water after ash from a volcanic eruption contaminated the islands reservoir
• 9:23 Ruins, ghosts and cats: Rome’s ‘Area Sacra’ to welcome visitors
• 11:06 Human cells grown in monkey embryos triggers ethical concerns
• 16:19 China to build the world’s biggest dam
• 20:43 Citibank to end personal banking services in 13 countries
• 22:03 Two Indonesian hackers stole US$60 million through a fake US COVID-19 relief site
• 24:28 Amazon cancels its planned Lord of the Rings game