Antinuclear

Hiroshima Day August 6th, and the Australian weekly news

A survivor of the atomic bombings in 1945 remarked, “This pain that we carry, let it end with us.” As memorials are held, in Japan,  in UK,  and around the world, there is hope for an end to nuclear weapons, as the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty is developed.

On climate, there’s a gradual realisation that it is still worth fighting climate change: but catastrophic change might be inevitable.

On nuclear – well – things are grim for the nuclear industry, with the abandoning of 2 reactors being developed in South Carolina – after $9 billion already spent on them, just about the last straw following the Westinghouse bankruptcy, the French and Finnish nuclear build problems, and Britain’s dubious Hinkley and Moorside projects.

CLIMATE.

• Australia’s national security is threatened by climate change. Great Barrier Reef‘s great value as a coastal defence. Climate change brings Australia’s hottest July on record. Since Australia’s carbon tax was abolished, greenhouse gas emissions continue to soar. Ski resorts relying on machine-made snow: climate change is making this worse.
• Australian Academy of Science warns on our shortage of climate scientists.  Scott Pruitt, Trump’s Chief Against the Environment, will be touring Australia 
• A critical fight against corporate villainy: Australia’s public interest versus Adani  $1 billion loan to Adani Carmichael mine project a big loser for taxpayers?  Adani spending spree as coal megamine gains pace.  Glencore, company with global history of corruption and environmental degradation urges “business before climate action.

Matt Canavan, (now resigned as Resources Minister)  makes it quite clear that he WAS the Minister For Mining 

NUCLEAR. Lucas Heights nuclear reactor was always intended as a step towards nuclear weapons, AND IT STILL IS.  South Australians Brett and Michael Rayner overjoyed at the beauty of nuclear wastes at ANSTO, – apparently unaware of the toxicity of the nuclear waste they’re inviting to their property.

Garma 2017[ Aboriginal reconciliation congress)  pushes for nationwide Makarrata (Treaty)

Lithium Australia – company seeks to recycle rare earths. – Western Australia’s boom in lithium mining.

RENEWABLE ENERGY – I can’t keep up. Go to REneweconomy.

August 5, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews