The week in nuclear news
Today, Dr Helen Caldicott speaks out forcefully on the omnicidal threat of nuclear war, on male aggression, and the need for women to take control in national governments.
On matters nuclear – not much is happening – news items this week, from UK, Canada, France and USA show that nuclear development is stalling. Meanwhile renewable energy is charging ahead globally – cheaper and faster. I am not able to keep up with solar, wind, developments etc.
CORONAVIRUS – What’s happening in Canada and around the world.
CLIMATE. Cascading Tipping Points & Permafrost. Germany the latest victim of extreme weather.
A bit of good news. Huge Supply of Water is Saved From Evaporation When Solar Panels Are Built Over Canals
AUSTRALIA
- ANSTO aims to speed up return to Australia of highly hazardous nuclear wastes.
- Military exercises put the Great Barrier Reef in danger. US and Allies’ military machine – out of Afghanistan (where it’s needed)and into the Pacific – against its new enemy – The Great Barrier Reef.
- Australia’s weapons lobby drumming up fear of nuclear attack by China, against all logic.
- Liberal-led committee raises concerns about Morrison government’s charity crackdown.
- Australian cities not prepared for the coming heatwaves- poor urban planning.
Greenland moves toward a stricter ban on uranium mining.
INTERNATIONAL.
With all its wisdom, the human race is killing itself.
As the world starts to panic over climate change, nuclear evangelists offer spurious solutions.
British court ruling heightens danger of Assange extradition to the US.
How Right-Wing Extremists Pose A Nuclear Threat.
The International Atomic Energy Agency is well aware of that danger we don’t discuss – NUCLEAR TERRORISM.
Automation in nuclear weapon systems: lessons from the man who saved the world.
The Catholic Worker Movement, and its anti-nuclear heroes in prison.
3rd-gen Nagasaki A-bomb survivor continuing decades-long work for nuclear free world
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