The week in nuclear news – to 6 July
Today I found an article which, although it’s about America, expressed a dilemma for the whole world. Tom Engelhardt of Tom Dispatch discussed the 3 global horrors of – the pandemic, climate change, and nuclear weapons. I recommend his article, lucidly explaining how vast sums of money now goes into nuclear weapons, and not into defeating the pandemic, nor saving the world from the slow apocalypse of global heating.
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world.
Climate Change Disaster Isn’t a Future Threat — It’s Already Here.
Good news? I’m sure there is some, but it’s hard to find. News is, by its nature, bad – because most people behave fairly reasonably – and therefore, reasonable behaviour and normal life are not newsworthy.
AUSTRALIA.
Maralinga nuclear bomb tests – British and Australian governments’ callous cruelty to First Nations people.- Premier Marshall should stand up for South Australia and reject the federal Liberal’s unlawful, unfair, unsafe and unnecessary nuclear waste dump plan.
- Keith Pitt MP, Minister for Resources, enthuses about nuclear power. Barnaby Joyce is back as Deputy PM – pushing for nuclear and coal. Bob Hawke – his allegiance to USA was greater than to the union movement.
- Australian government’s unnecessary crackdown on charities and on peaceful protest.
- THE AUSTRALIAN newspaper sinks to a new low in pro nuclear propaganda. (A reminder to Australians – Even nuclear executives must be embarrassed at the pro nuke propaganda aimed at young women. and – Exposed! Extinction Rebellion fact checks pro nuclear front, and Zion Lights.)
Wittenoom – largest contaminated area in the southern hemisphere.
INTERNATIONAL
Even this conservative journal recognises renewables as the only meaningful future energy source – nuclear is irrelevant.
The world is bequeathing to our descendants the costly nightmare of unsolved nuclear waste disposal,
Canada is a warning: more and more of the world will soon be too hot for humans.
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1.This month.
The Road to War brings a sharp focus to why it is not in Australia’s best interest to be dragged into a war with China which will almost inevitably go nuclear very quickly. The filmmaker has interviewed some of Australia’s senior foreign policy analysts who have vast experience behind them in analysing what really is going on here as the United States rattles its sabres with China. And sets us up to be its proxy, like the poor Ukranians have been fed into the Meatgrinder. So America can remain the Top Dog. The Road to War reveals how the United States through its spy base at Pine Gap and by stationing six nuclear capable B52 bombers in the Top End (without permission from the traditional owners) is making Australia a prime nuclear target if the current war of words suddenly melts down into full scale war.
The Road to War shows the implicit connection between Carbon emissions (the US military uses a whopping 70% of America’s annual petroleum to move its armies and vast War Machine around the globe to its 800+ military bases..but under a loophole wangled at Kyoto, the US military does not have to report its C02 annual emissions). The Road to War starts screening at selected cities and regional centres in March. See the trailer end for details.
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