Antinuclear

The week to June 4 in nuclear and climate news

It’s SOUTH AUSTRALIA again. You might all be getting sick of hearing about South Australia’s nuclear woes. But, spare a thought for the indigenous people of South Australia!  They’ve been through all this before – and now again – the nuclear lobby planning to radioactively trash their homeland! And a thought for the decent, aware people of South Australia, who also fight to prevent their State, and their country being radioactively trashed.

It’s Submission Time Yet Again. Submissions about nuclear waste dumping will be received up until 1st July by the new JOINT COMMITTEE ON FINDINGS OF THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE ROYAL COMMISSION , Parliament of South Australia.  Great timing, just the day before the federal election – so they hope that nobody will notice. Except perhaps again  for all those nuclear companies, who have already sent in their secret submissions to South Australia’s shonky Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission.

South Australian ‘Citizens’ Jury’ to kick off expensive nuclear publicity juggernaut.  Nuclear ‘Citizens Jury’ will be a farce if it relies solely on that biased South Australian Royal Commission. However, New DemocracyCo’s co-CEO Emily Jenke says Citizens’ Jury not about manufacturing nuclear consent.

NORTHERN TERRITORY. Rum Jungle still polluted 45 years after uranium mine was closed

FEDERAL

Globally unprecedented scale of Nuclear waste shipments target Australia. Nuclear Royal Commission recommends building special deep sea port to receive and store High level Nuclear Wastes.

Pro coal, pro nuclear John White still quietly running Liberal govt’s resources policy.

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce all for the full nuclear fuel chain   Senator Jacqui Lambie comes out fully supporting the nuclear industry.

Australia covered up plight of Great Barrier Reef, Tasmania wilderness and Kakadu in UN Report

ELECTION  2 JULY

• Major political parties downplay environment as election approaches.
• Australian Conservation Foundation’s environment election scorecard.
• Transition to renewable energy favoured by most voters.
• Labor’s community solar hubs would benefit renters and pensioners.  Labor’s renewable energy plan won’t cost taxpayers – Shorten. Labor will not support Adani’s proposed $16 billion Carmichael coalmine.
• Greens energy plan to generate $53 billion of investment in Queensland.
• Coalition electorates have highest proportion of solar powered homes

Infrastructure Victoria draft report includes nuclear power as an option.

CLIMATE. Climate Council reports on Australia’s top solar states and suburbs. Despite our solar resources, Australia way behind Britain in solar energy. Coober Pedy headed for 70% renewable energy.

June 3, 2016 - Posted by Christina MacPherson | Christina reviews