Antinuclear

To April 23 Australia in nuclear and climate news

It’s getting monotonous, as well as scary,  – news reports on all the sabre rattling going on, mainly about North Korea, but also about Syria and Iran. The upshot of all this: –  risk of ‘catastrophic’ nuclear accident increases.  – communities fearful of nuclear war, especially in South Korea, and luxury bunkers in high demand by the filthy rich.

Spin  for “new nukes” – Generation IV nuclear reactors – ramps up.

AUSTRALIA

Effusive (?nauseating) meeting as Trump’s Vice President visits Australia, seeks support for potential attack on North Korea. Australia all too ready to join America in fighting World War 3. North Korea warns of nuclear strike against Australia: Turnbull tight-lipped about joining any USA military action.

Marches For Science held in Australia yesterday, in cities including in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane and Townsville.

NUCLEAR. Stop Australia signing up to develop new nuclear reactors -submissions by 28 April. Australia quietly joins international forum to develop new Gen IV nuclear reactors.

A March on Anzac Day: 6 years of FRONTIER WARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmVAxy59WVI

CLIMATE and RENEWABLE ENERGY We are about to choose Adani or Australia.   Adani coal mine just does not make economic sense. John Hewson says $1bn loan to Adani the ‘last thing’ Coalition should be doing. There’s An Army Of Indian Twitter Accounts Pushing Suspiciously Identical Pro-Mining Tweets.

The great gas con: There are cheaper, cleaner alternatives.

Bid for rare earths mining and processing in Australia.

• South Australia. 19 big South Australian industrial users join to buy electricity in bulk: a path to more wind and solar projects?  Opposition in South Australia to $500 million solar and wind farm.
• Queensland. Queensland govt calls for large scale renewables hub near near major coal port
• Tasmania. Switch from coal to gas – still polluting. Turnbull also touts hydro-power
• Victoria. Victoria’s 132MW Mt Gellibrand wind farm set to be developed. Victoria’s Ararat Wind Farm now supplying power to Victoria and ACT.
• Western Australia. Carnegie raises $18m for Northam solar farm and micro-grids . Western Australia’s State-owned regional power provider Horizon encourages off-peak electricity use.
• New South Wales. NSW becoming a quiet achiever in renewable energy. Gladys Berejiklian government taking on a green tinge on energy and climate change.

April 23, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews