(Mercifully short) nuclear news this week
The good news from 2020: 10 sunny stories from an otherwise dark year.
In ‘Huge Victory for Polar Bears’, Court Rejects Arctic Offshore Drilling Project. U.S. “climate mayors” are hopeful that a Biden administration will help cities accelerate progress toward climate goals.
AUSTRALIA
Curiouser and curiouser – the dishonest acrobatics of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
Cowardly silence from South Australia’s Premier on nuclear waste dump plan. Australia’s lying Minister for Resources gets an “F” in assessment of govt ministers.
INTERNATIONAL
The Madness of Nuclear Deterrence.
Nuclear power ridiculously expensive and uncompetitive – the market has spoken.
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EVENTS
Celebrating the entry into force of the Nuclear Weapons Ban– follow this link to find events in Adelaide, Ballarat,Canberra, Fremantle, Alice Springs, Melbourne, Sydney and more.
NATIONAL EVENTS ONLINE:
NUCLEAR WEAPONS: BANNED
Join the Tom Uren Memorial Fund and Anthony Albanese MP
22nd of January at 6-7pm AEDT via zoom.
Register here.
The 22nd of January 2021 is the day the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force. From this day onwards, nuclear weapons will be illegal under international law.
Join the Tom Uren Memorial Fund to celebrate this historic day, honour the past and look ahead towards Australia’s ratification of the treaty.
Contact: Gem Romuld, 0421 955 066 / gem@icanw.org.
CELEBRATE A NUCLEAR WEAPONS FREE FUTURE
22nd of January at 9am AEST Brisbane / 10am AEDT Sydney via zoom.
Register here.
One-hour webinar hosted by WILPF, ICAN and others. Featuring former federal Senator for QLD Claire Moore, Ray Acheson (US, WILPF), Aunty Sue Coleman-Haseldine, Dimity Hawkins AM (ICAN co-founder), Bishop Philip Huggins (President of the National Council of Churches in Australia).
26 January TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021 AT 5:30 AM UTC+11 – 6:45 AM UTC+11
Virtual Survival Day Dawn Ceremony – Online Event by Ballarat Koorie Engagement Action Group – KEAG
Submissions to the Senate Committee Inquiry into National Radioactive Management Amendment Bill. 2020. Go to our summaries of significant submissions, conveniently listed in alphabetical order at Kimba waste dump submissions or see all submissions listed at Read the Submissions
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