Nuclear and Climate News as June ends
As June ends, Australians have just a few weeks in which to put in submissions to the South Australian Nuclear Royal Commission. (Submissions due by 24 July and 3rd August) They’ve made it as difficult as they can – it’s complicated, and you have to sign before a JP etc. The nuclear lobby’s subtle spin implies that it’s for South Australians only – and the mainstream media goes along with that.
But wait! It’s OK if you happen to be an overseas nuclear company. Then you’re invited to submit – and – best of all – submissions from nuclear companies need not be published – they’re “commercially sensitive”
If you’re Aboriginal – no worries – the Commission will coach you, (like a fox coaching the chickens)
Through July please look on this website for guidance summaries and links for submitting, and for latest news.
NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE ROYAL COMMISSION NEWS
- Have your say for the future of South Australia – submissions close soon for the Royal Commission into the Nuclear Fuel Cycle.
- Kevin Scarce, Nuclear Royal Commission chief, shows up in his true pro nuclear colours.
- Nuclear Royal Commission holds a second meeting at Coober Pedy.
- Commission doing a quick round of regional meetings then on July 8, off to USA and Canada
- Dr Timothy Stone should not be a Royal Commissioner: has financial interest in a nuclear company.
- Why Barry Brook should be removed from the South Australian Nuclear Royal Commission.
CLIMATE CHANGE Australia’s New Climate Roundtable. World is watching Australia’s pathetic performance on Climate Change. Australian farmers urge Liberal Party to defeat climate denialism
LEGAL WIN for Australia’s nuclear veterans
Trans Pacific Partnership – putting Australia’s democracy in a noose.
Lynas Rare Earths shares at all-time low.
URANIUM. Pro Nuclear Expert John Carlson warns on selling uranium to India Rio Tinto fears that the uranium market will not pick up. The game is up for uranium miners ERA and Paladin?. Half of ERA’s board quits. It’s the end of big uranium mining projects in Australia.
ABORIGINAL ISSUES. Rallies across Australia protesting shutdowns of remote Aboriginal communities. Melbourne city’s hub stops as protestors rally. Aboriginal People Need A Treaty First– Forget constitutional recognition. British musician Antony Hegarty joins the Martu people in their struggle against uranium mining
RENEWABLE ENERGY. Weakened Renewable Energy Target legisation passed in Parliament : still, big economic benefits to regional communities, from new wind and solar farms. South West Victoria’s wind farm goes ahead General Electric ready to spend $billions on renewable energy in Australia. Wind farm research: Tony Abbott’s strategy to delay development by creating uncertainty.
Lynas Rare Earths shares at all-time low
A tiny paragraph on page 25 of the business section of The Age (print version 29/6/15) tells that Lynas shares have plunged. Meanwhile Alkane resources, near Dubbu, NSW, is launching mining of rare earths.
What The Age didn’t tell us, in this tiny paragraph – is what is happening about the reprocessing of these rare earths, and disposal of the highly radioactive wastes. . I’m pretty sure that in the case of Alkane – thi is to be done in China. China, having learned very much the hard way, has now become a lot more careful about these wastes.
In the case of Lynas, they plan to process the rare earths in Malaysia. Lynas has been vague on what they planned to do with the radioactive wastes. No wonder the Malaysians objected – as they too have in the past, suffered a rare earth’s wastes radioactive disaster. No wonder Lynas is struggling now.
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