Nuclear news Australia to June 1st
With the world still teetering about North Korea etc, and the famous Kim-Trump summit still supposed to be happening, the nuclear weapons industry continues to thrive.
The impacts of climate change will not affect all regions equally – they will be worse in places with already fragile social and ecological systems. The nuclear waste time bomb will keep ticking – America’s 60 years of radioactive trash. And, as if the facts were not enough to worry about, Margaret Attwood (of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale”), suggests a future dystopian world, as the result of climate change.
AUSTRALIA
USA rejected Julian Assange’s offer to talk about Wikileaks and ‘Russiagate’.
Yet another failure for Australian uranium company Paladin – Namibia uranium mine mothballed.
South Australian Parliament Bill to protect whistleblowers.
NUCLEAR. There’s quite a disgusting silence both from the Australian media and Australian politicians, about anything nuclear, but especially about the plan for dumping nuclear waste, (which they call “medical” waste) on rural South Australia. Also, were it not for REneweconomy, Australians would learn hardly anything about the renewable energy transition now going on. But our media did a splendid coverage of the British royal wedding!
Federal nuclear waste dump plan Federal Government National Nuclear Waste Dump Selection Process – a B-grade horror movie plot. Sydney’s Opal nuclear reactor’s High Level Wastes off to France, later to return to planned Federal Nuclear waste Dump Adnyamathanha Traditional Land Association again confronts Resources Minister Matt Canavan on nuclear waste dumping.
Some more of the 108 Submissions now published on the Senate website.
- Leanne Lienert not necessarily opposed to nuclear waste dump, but very critical of the process.
- MNEMOSYNE GILES’ powerful submission exposes the deceit in the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility plan.
- Submission: NO RADIOACTIVE WASTE ON AGRICULTURAL LAND IN KIMBA OR SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
- Australians trust Labor more than Liberals, on energy policy.
CLIMATE
Clean Energy Council and Smart Energy Council call for high emissions reduction targets, as Frydenberg promises no change to the party room’s energy policy. Global and Australian food companies failing to deal with climate, health issues.
Adani coal mining company to pay for Isaac council staff working on Carmichael coal mine activities Greens MP refers Adani to Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC). Wangan and Jagalingou Traditional Owners: “We’re on the frontline defending our lands against Adani” -Activists take to the streets to Stop Adani .
RENEWABLE ENERGY
- Tesla plans 18 new EV supercharger stations for Australia, in major global roll-out. The Australian Energy Market Operator and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency want to expand their successful trial of demand response activities in wholesale markets and by networks.
- Australian renewable energy developer CWP Renewables brings in Partners for 1,300MW of wind, solar and batteries.
- Japanese companies(one is TEPCO!) join in starting storage battery business in South Australia. Gladstone approves 350MW solar farm – another for Queensland coal centre . Queensland’s biggest solar farm starts generating to grid. Adelaide shopping centres take Gupta’s lead, in 1MW shift to solar. Mars goes 100% solar for six Australian factories.
- New 40MW wind farm approved in western Victoria. Victorian dairy producer signs 10-year wind farm PPA
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