If the ALP wants to reverse this trend, re-energise its membership base and win Greens voters back to the Labor fold, the last thing it should be doing is trashing its remaining environmental credentials by adopting a pro-nuclear policy.
Labor going nuclear in rush to self destruct – Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Sian Prior 18 Feb 2011, Someone’s clearly been handing out the idiot pills in the Labor Party. Continue reading →
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Judging by the US experience, a nuclear power industry would require huge government subsidies to produce energy at an affordable cost for consumers. …which insurance companies would agree to insure the nuclear industry without iron-clad government guarantees to underwrite the risks? Continue reading →
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We need a solution before we make the problem bigger. Mr. Obama should lay down this challenge to the nuclear industry: Come up with a disposal method we can live with, figuratively and literally. No plan, no permit.
No nuclear option – timesunion.com – Albany NY, 18 Feb 2011, We can’t talk about building more nuclear plants until we figure out what to do with radioactive waste._______The United States has been using nuclear power for more than half a century, and it still hasn’t decided what to do with waste that will be lethal for thousands of years, even a million or more in some cases.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s answer? Kick the cask down the road another 30 years……. Continue reading →
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PROPOSED RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP AT MUCKATY, NT, by Jim Green, Feb 2011, “…..The Labor Government plans to establish a national radioactive waste dump at Muckaty, 120 kms north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. There are many concerns with the proposal, including:
* The opposition of many Traditional Owners to the proposal, and the unwillingness of the Government to listen to their concerns and to include them in decision-making processes.
* Draconian legislation which overrides Aboriginal heritage and environmental protection laws and overrides all state/territory laws.
* The failure of the Government to establish the need for a national repository.
* The failure of the Government to carry out a site-selection process based on scientific and environmental criteria.
* Multiple breaches of binding ALP platform policy commitments….
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The money will go into the government’s existing Communities and Renewable Energy Scheme Loan Fund, which, from April, will be opened up to farmers and land managers for the first time.
Funding boost for Scottish renewables –Farmers Weekly, Paul Spackman, 18 February 2011 Development of renewable energy schemes in rural Scotland has been boosted by £2.4m of funding from the Scottish Government. Continue reading →
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The Greens say they have ensured $100 million will flow into Solar Flagships within the forwards estimates period (before 2015) with the remainder of the funding to follow. A round table discussion between the government and Greens will convene to discuss how best to utilise solar energy funding into the future, including the role of feed-in tariffs as a necessary mechanism in the uptake of solar energy in Australia….
Australia’s Solar Flagships May Not Be Sunk, Renewable Energy News, by Energy Matters, 18 Feb 2011, The federal government’s Solar Flagships program, which was to have faced the axe to help pay for damage caused by the Queensland floods, is now back on the national agenda after the Australian Greens agreed to support the Prime Minister’s flood levy. Continue reading →
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Renewable energy finds many takers; vies with fossil fuel: Exim BankAnnouncement Business Standard, February 18, 2011 The new world order in the age of energy security is projected to be renewable, shows a trend Continue reading →
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Wrestling with a climate conundrum, Sydney Morning Herald, 19 Feb 2011, IT’S maddening. We have brilliant renewable energy resources, brilliant innovators and a vast pool of superannuation savings looking for opportunities beyond our overvalued, over-analysed, ticket-clipped top 50 listed companies.
We also have growing recognition that climate change poses a unique risk to traditional investment management strategies – particularly here in Australia, Continue reading →
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“This is not just a safety and environmental issue, but also one that could affect property values in Westchester, and I am committed to forcing the feds to take the hardest look possible at the risks of long-term onsite storage, before they allow our communities to become blighted and our families, properties, and businesses threatened by radioactive waste dumps for generations to come.”
New York Takes Issue with NRC Plan to Dump Nuclear Wastes –– Environmental Protection, 18 Feb 2011, New York is suing the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for approving a regulation that would allow the use of Indian Point and nuclear power facilities across the nation as storage sites for radioactive waste for at least 60 years after their closure, Continue reading →
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PROPOSED RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP AT MUCKATY, NT, by Jim Green, Feb 2011, “…..The Labor Government plans to establish a national radioactive waste dump at Muckaty, 120 kms north of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. There are many concerns with the proposal, including:
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