Northern Territory’s fight against nuclear waste dump
Support for statehood is mounting, as residents become outraged at the way they say the NT’s constitutional weakness has enabled the Government to force a nuclear waste dump on central Australia….…
Only one chance to state our case, Northern Territory News, LARINE STATHAM | March 5th, 2011 THE TERRITORY is mounting a second bid for statehood even as the Australian Greens seek an important easing of federal control – specifically, the scrapping of legislative powers enabling a single federal minister to overturn laws passed by the territories. Continue reading
Australia’s climate denial shock jocks might get a surprise
when the right wing shock jocks really get behind a rally, they have proven that they can turn people out, and in large numbers…………. BUT ….despite the similarities between
the 2GB-driven rallies and the rise of the Tea Party in the US, there’s one important difference: here, we have a much more organised and effective movement that will turn out in support of action on climate change.
A rally to show support for a price on pollution and action on climate change will take place in Melbourne this weekend with more planned around the country next week. They will be organised by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, GetUp, The Wilderness Society, 350.org, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australian Conservation Foundation and the Climate Action Network Australia.
carbon tax We’ll Keep Polluting The Air (Waves), newmatilda.com, By Anna Rosejonesy 7 Mar 2011 Say what you like about right-wing shock jocks, they know how to organise a people’s revolt. Anna Rose looks at how the anti-pollution price lobby plans to fight Continue reading
Growing support for Indian villagers protesting against nuclear power
More than 3,000 people are taking part in the 350 km padyatra [protest walk] from Doliya village in Bhavnagar to Gandhinagar led by Kalsaria. …The power plant will use nuclear reactors to be purchased .from the United States People shouted slogans like “Anu mathak moth nu mathak (nuclear plant, death plant)……..Farmers said the nuclear plant will destroy agriculture activities and it will also affect their next generation…….
Support-grows-for-agitating-farmers, The Times of India, Vijaysinh Parmar, Mar 6, 2011, MITHIVIRDI (Bhavnagar): Farmers of Mithivirdi, Jaspara, Mandva and Khadarpar villages in Bhavnagar district who are protesting against the proposed 8,000 MW nuclear power plant have received support from Mahuva BJP MLA Dr Kanubhai Kalsaria, BJP’s farmers’ wing Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) and Youth Congress. Continue reading
Rain poses radioactive spill threat from Ranger uranium mine
ERA was struggling to manage water at Ranger Mine and should- n’t be given approval for an expansion….It’s alarming that the Ranger uranium mine is operating so close to the margin, near the World Heritage listed Kakadu National Park, putting the livelihood of community and business at risk,”
Mine overflow risk DAVID WOOD ntnews.com.au March 7th, 2011 THE VOLUME of water at Ranger uranium mine’s tailings dam could exceed the approved level if heavy rain continues, an environment group has said. Continue reading
Uranium exports and the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
On the back of purported concern over climate change, there is increasing noise from vested interests about the need to sell uranium to India, allowing the country to limit its coal use and high greenhouse gas emissions.
This is a debate we need to engage with. We simply cannot avoid Australia’s moral and political hypocrisy in this area.
Fuelling Catastrophe: Uranium, Climate Change and Elephants – News and Events, Monash University, 7 March 2011 Dr Gavin M. Mudd,
In the midst of a debate about a proposed carbon tax – a tax we have to have (and should have had years ago) – there is another environmental proposal being prosecuted by a select minority of the Australian Government that is getting much less attention: uranium sales to nuclear-armed India. Continue reading
The success of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty
Since the treaty entered into force on March 5, 1970, more countries have given up nuclear weapons programs than have started them. The number of nuclear weapons in the world has declined from a peak of 65,000 in 1987 to roughly 22,000 today. And every nation in the world has joined the treaty save three: India, Pakistan and Israel.
The Most Successful Security Pact in History, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Joe Cirincione, 6 Mar 11, Despite the power and allure of nuclear weapons, only nine nations in the world today have nuclear arsenals. Why aren’t there more ?
The main reason: the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Continue reading
Julia Gillard not sticking up for Julian Assange
…..”You have cast aside the presumption of innocence and prejudiced his right to a fair trial,” she said in a piece written in reply to the Prime Minister…….
Ms Gillard has said she will not raise the Assange matter while she is in the US.
Assange’s mother hits out at Gillard, The Age,
Michelle Grattan, March 7, 2011, JULIAN Assange’s mother has lashed out at Julia Gillard, accusing her of ”character assassination” and prejudicing her son’s right to a fair trial. Continue reading
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