Australian mining companies’ power to manipulate Aboriginals
I believe we are failing indigenous Australians,” he said.
“What is a multi-billionaire company doing negotiating directly with these people? We’re talking about people who are in general, poor and marginalised and often neglected by the state.
“They’re being offered these employment opportunities and income by a corporate giant and they are not in a position, in my view, to make a fully-informed decision.
Aborigines thrown to the mining wolves: expert, WA Today, Lucy Rickard, 18 April 11, The state government has abandoned Aboriginal people, leaving them to unfairly negotiate multi-million dollar deals with mining corporations and their armies of lawyers, according to an economics policy expert. Continue reading
Ghost towns of Fukushima Prefecture
Futaba Mayor Katsutaka Idogawa, meanwhile, said it will be “years” before the residents of his town can return. …….
Eerie Hush Descends on Japan’s Nuclear Zone – WSJ.com, 19 April 11, “……..Over the road that runs through the town center, a white-and-blue sign proclaims: “Understanding Nuclear Power Correctly Will Lead to an Abundant Life.”But life, by and large, is what is absent in this town, just a few miles away from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Continue reading
Japan radiation reached Northern Territory
trace amounts of Xenon-133 – an isotope of the element Xenon, which is created during nuclear fission – were detected at the Darwin Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty radionuclide monitoring station.
Japan radiation detected in NT, | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, DAVID WOOD | April 17th, SMALL amounts of radiation from the nuclear disaster in Japan have been detected in Darwin. Continue reading
Solar field replacing nuclear plant in Italy
Demand for solar may be supported by a backlash against atomic generators after the Fukushima accident. The WilderHill New Energy Index has gained about 8 percent since the March 11 accident as governments around the world review their nuclear plans
Italy’s Last Reactor Town Goes Solar in Fight Against Nuclear, By Alessandra Migliaccio and Flavia RotondiApril 18 (Bloomberg) — Montalto di Castro, the town where Italy’s last nuclear plant was built before a two-decade ban, is fighting against a return to atomic power and staking its future on solar energy by hosting Europe’s largest photovoltaic park. Continue reading
ERA determined to expand Ranger uranium mine
The company last week slashed its 2011 production forecast by 37 per cent, from 3800 tonnes to 2400 tonnes. It also warned the market to expect a full-year loss of up to $50 million because of heavy rain at its Ranger mine.
ERA is considering a move to expand Ranger uranium mine * Teresa Ooi *The Australian * April 18, 2011 URANIUM miner Energy Resources of Australia is on the verge of deciding whether to expand operations at its Ranger mine in the Northern Territory, according to chief executive Rob Atkinson. Continue reading
Desperate need to get funds for Chernobyl cleanup
Chernobyl Leak Forces Ukraine to Seek $1 Billion After 25 Years, Bloomberg, 18 April 11, Ukraine is seeking $1 billion to seal Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, and concern is mounting the accident at Fukushima in Japanand a growing debt crisis may make it harder to raise the money. Continue reading
Renewables solve carbon tax problem
Avoid the Carbon Pollution Tax By Switching to Renewables , StreetCorner.com.au, by Climate Action Sydney Eastern Suburbs CASES18/04/2011
The simple response to avoid the proposed tax on carbon pollution is to switch to renewable electricity generation and implement energy efficiency measures.
Big business will need to finance and build renewable energy infrastructure as they transition from fossil fuels, with Federal government assistance by virtue of the carbon pollution tax.
Medium and small businesses will source their supplies from companies whose costs are lower by virtue of them switching to sustainable practises and avoiding carbon pollution tax.
Households will have larger electricity bills, again fully compensated by the carbon pollution tax. They can also choose to implement energy efficiency measures to lower those bills, a win/win situation for them and the environment.
Prices of goods and services will not rise as much as the naysayers spruik, if at all, because the usual market constraints will apply. Businesses that adapt and adjust will thrive because they won’t be paying the tax on carbon pollution.
Australia, having switched to 100% renewable energy, will be insulated from world fossil fuel pricing fluctuations. In fact, we’ll eventually have complete energy security, no longer needing to play the ‘chase the ever diminishing energy resources’ game. Employment will skyrocket. We will have a competitive world market advantage, pricing our exports below those of countries still reliant upon fossil fuels.
Avoid the Carbon Pollution Tax By Switching to Renewables | StreetCorner.com.au
Carbon tax good for jobs
Carbon emissions cut good for jobs: Combet, Latrobe Valley Express, BY JARROD WHITTAKER, 18 Apr, TAKING action to cut carbon emissions will be good for jobs and boost investment in renewable energy, according to Climate Change Minister Greg Combet.
Mr Combet told The Express the Federal Government’s proposed carbon tax would work by placing a price on every tonne of pollution which is produced and would be paid by “less than 1000 companies that are the largest polluters in our economy”.”The latest data shows that the 5 Continue reading
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