No clarity in Australian govt’s $31 million grants for communities to host nuclear waste dump

Tim Bickmore No Nuclear Waste Dump Anywhere in South Australia August 20

Australia Institute report 16 August 2018
Down in the dumps
Economics of a national radioactive waste management facility (NRWMF)

“The federal government now promises $31 million in local grants and infrastructure allocations for the hosting community, up from $10 million previously. However, whether these are net benefits, or simply relabelling spending that must occur to build and operate the NRWMF, or would occur
through other public funding channels, is not clear.”

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Changing climate change“2040” paints an optimistic picture of the future of the environment

The film focuses on technological and agricultural solutions that are already being implemented to help combat climate change, The Economist Feb 19th 2019

by C.G. | BERLIN ……….In “2040”, a documentary which premiered at the Berlinale, Mr Gameau seeks to wrest hope from the bleak reports of climate change. He was inspired by Project Drawdown, the first comprehensive plan to reverse global warming, and the film is intended as a “virtual letter to his four-year-old daughter to show her an alternative future”. “Many films,” Mr Gameau thinks, are too dystopian, and “paint a future that is really hard to engage and to connect with”. “2040” acknowledges that the Earth has set off down a hazardous path, but focuses on the work that is being done now to steer the right course. What, the film asks, could make 2040 a time worth living in?…. (subscribers only) https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/02/19/2040-paints-an-optimistic-picture-of-the-future-of-the-environment