Martin Ferguson gives ultimatum on solar energy
Feds give states ultimatum on solar, SMH Josh Jerga, June 10, 2011 Federal Energy Minister Martin Ferguson will tell his state counterparts they can either have a national solar feed-in tariff scheme or a renewable energy target, but they can’t have both.
At the Ministerial Council on Energy meeting in Perth on Friday, a plan for a national solar feed-in tariff is expected to be on the table, with West Australian Energy Minister Peter Collier backing the move.
Mr Collier has said the current situation is a “balls-up” with each state having a different feed-in tariff system and there was merit in introducing uniformity…http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/feds-give-states-ultimatum-on-solar-20110610-1fvx7.html
Fukushima radiation – a continuing catastrophe that is under-reported
The crippled reactors are acting like a huge dirty bomb, emitting significant quantities of radioactive isotopes that are, in fact, contaminating our air, water, soil and food in a steady stream that will continue for a long time to come……..The mainstream media is not reporting on this….
Those who deny or deceptively play down the catastrophic threats to public health from all phases of the nuclear power cycle, from mining to the lack of any proven solution to permanent and safe disposal of very long-term deadly spent nuclear fuel, recklessly ignore the medical/scientific lessons we should have learned from current and previous nuclear accidents,” writes Rudi H. Nussbaum who is a Professor emeritus of Physics and Environmental Sciences at Portland State University
Preface Nuclear Toxicity Syndrome, The Intel Hub, By Dr. Mark Sircus -June 9th, 2011 Arnie Gundersen, widely-regarded to be the best nuclear analyst covering Japan’s Fukushima disaster, indicates that the situation on the ground at the crippled reactors remains precarious and at a minimum it will be years before it can be hoped to be truly contained.
“I have said it’s worse than Chernobyl and I’ll stand by that. There was an enormous amount of radiation given out in the first two to three weeks of the event. And add the wind blowing inland, it could very well have brought the nation of Japan to its knees. I mean, there is so much contamination that luckily wound up in the Pacific Ocean rather than across the nation of Japan—it could have cut Japan in half.
But now the winds have turned, so they are heading to the south toward Tokyo and now my concern and my advice to friends is, if there is a severe aftershock and the unit four building collapses, leave. Continue reading
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