Antinuclear

Review: Nuke weapons, BHPB govt influence, Copenhagen

Review of past week
Australia: Embarassment for Rudd (disarmament hero) with new defense call to revive Australian nuclear weapons plan, and with  Gareth Evans including ‘peaceful’ nuke power, just  as Rudd launches the report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. BHP Billiton adviser Hamish Douglass is appointed to the Foreign Investment Review Board. Tony Abbott dancing around the Coalition’s enthusiasm for nuclear power. Australian company Paladin now mining uranium in earthquake prone area in Malawi.

International: Uranium price continues to fall, but don’t worry, in Copenhagen the industry is pushing for nuclear as the solution to climate change. Meanwhile huge world-wide poll shows growing popularity of renewable energy, majority of people prefer it.Parliament of World’s Religions opposing nuclear. Problems and delays in India’s nuke program, while Young Indian movement gathers opposition to nuclear.

December 15, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews, climate change - global warming, uranium | antinuclear, Australia, BHP, BHP Billiton, climate change, climate change - global warming, Gareth Evans, nuclear, nuclear weapons, radioactive, uranium