Australian Labor Party’s right wing – big push on behalf of nuclear lobby
Anna Bligh opens door to nuclear powe Jamie Walker and Imre Salusinszky : The Australian * December 24, 2010 ANNA Bligh has backed calls for the Labor Party to review its policy on nuclear power.……Minister Martin Ferguson, right-wing Australian Workers Union leader Paul Howes, former NSW premier Bob Carr and Labor senators Steve Hutchins and Mark Bishop in supporting a review of the ALP’s long-standing ban on nuclear power, most likely at the party’s national conference next December…… Continue reading
Evidence of cancer from nuclear tests and nuclear industry
the Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP), This research, known as a case-control study, is the first evidence that bomb tests harmed Americans using actual levels of fallout in human bodies. It is not yet possible to estimate the number of cancer victims from fallout, but it appears that the CDC estimate of 15,000 deaths is too low…………The RPHP study of baby teeth showed that Sr-90 levels in children near reactors were 30-50 percent greater than children in distant areas, and that levels were rising sharply over time, as aging reactors corrode.
Did the Atom Bomb Test Fallout Cause Cancer?, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Samuel S. Epstein, 23 Dec 10, The huge mushroom clouds from atom bomb tests of the 1950s and 1960s are an unforgettable part of the American saga. The tests were cloaked in rhetoric typical of the Cold War Continue reading
Public anger at uranium mining exploration in Arkaroola Wilderness
Letters: Public opinion on mining Adelaide Now, 23 Dec 10,
Under the radar THE Government’s decision to allow miner Marathon Resources back into Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary shows a total disregard towards community opinion…..MATTHEW TURNERMiners broke laws …..Why grant a proven criminal the right to act, yet again, in the same area?… HORST WEBER
To come home to SA for Christmas and read about mining in Arkaroola makes me sad and angry... Stand up, be vocal. Be strong, SA….. LEW DUNGEY
Greedy politicians GREED knows no bounds….. KON KOURTEFF
Pressure of Chinese...Who cares of what the likes of John Quirke, Chris Schacht and Paul Howes put forward? Their self-interests are quite apparent…. JOHN HILLIER
Lobbyists in charge MORE and more unelected, unsolicited lobbyists are running policy debates….. RAY HILL,
Short-term profits …… There is more to life than money, Mr Rann, and more to life than self-serving companies like Marathon destroying this precious natural resource. It’s not too late to change your mind…….ADAM FURBANK
Hypocrisy of Labor …..SO the senior SA Labor heavyweights encouraging uranium mining at Arkaroola are now exposed (The Advertiser, 21/12/10). ……PATRICK NEVILLE
Perverse resilience I AM horrified that Mike Rann and his Government have extended Marathon’s lease at Arkaroola for another year, particularly in light of its illegal activities…..Where are our strong leaders when we need them? Obviously not in South Australia. ALISON DORN Letters: Public opinion on mining | Adelaide Now
Selling the idea that a nuclear war might not be too bad
some so-called foreign policy experts blithely talk of using small tactical nuclear weapons in a preemptive first strike against Iran’s suspected nuclear bomb factories.
Selling the idea of survivability from a nuclear attack is an excruciating challenge. You have got to put up a good front to fend off nihilistic defeatism. But it is crucial to preserve the reality that no outcome can be considered anything less than “unthinkable”. Otherwise, madness stands a chance to reign supreme.
The Unthinkable.THE HUFFINGTON POST, Edward Flattau, 24 Dec 10, “………….The insanity of a nuclear attack should never be diluted by the prospect of surviving in the sanctuary of one’s basement. Continue reading
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