This week: Australian nuclear news, and more

Some bits of good news: Giant Floating Solar Panel Flowers Replace Coal in Korea.

Most significant environmental deal since Paris’: UN agrees on landmark plastic pollution treaty. Solar Panels Built From Waste Crops Can Make Energy Without Direct Light. The ‘charismatic’ Mexican tequila fish has been saved from extinction

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I know that it’s all about Ukraine. BUT – is anybody noticing? – the global climate is weird- it’s getting hot at the Poles. In the total scheme of things – that process is going to matter more to the world, even than the Ukraine horror.

Meanwhile, inexplicably, governments are pushing futuristic not-yet -existing gee-whiz nuclear reactors to solve this climate problem, which is already upon us! A space alien, observing us, might have a laugh at that. And also laugh that, just as the Ukraine war is demonstrating the awful danger to nuclear reactors there, politicians are touting nuclear as the safest energy source.!

Oh, and by the way, – the pandemic is still happening.

AUSTRALIA.

Extradition of Julian Assange. REMEMBER – he’s an Australian citizen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv5GDnApfqc

Nuclear.. South Australian Unions stand with Traditional Owners in rejecting nuclear waste dump. A genuine Environmental Impact Statement must thoroughly cover the plan for National Radioactive Waste Dump, including transport issues, and the alternative option.

Report to U.S. Congress on AUKUS agreement, allows Australia access to Highly Enriched Uranium and Plutonium. Australia’s ‘Historic’ Submarine Pact Enters 1st Phase; Will Become Only The 2nd Country With US Nuclear Propulsion Tech. Nuclear testing in Maralinga, sixty years on. HOW AUSTRALIA GOES TO WAR.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton off-target with claim Labor cut billions from defence.

Scott Morrison says coal power stations should ‘run as long as they possibly can’ Honest Australian Government explanation on the flood crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvFy2TuPDaw After the flood: Lismore’s future in doubt with 4000 homes uninhabitable. What does a ‘once-in-100-year’ weather event actually mean?

INTERNATIONAL

A “no-fly zone” does not becalm the skies. Veterans warn against no-fly zone in Ukraine: Examine Western propaganda critically. Putin’s ‘Peaceful Atom’ Apocalypse Draws Closer by the Minute. How Much Less Newsworthy Are Civilians in Other Conflicts?

Chris Hedges: Waltzing to Armageddon .

HELEN CALDICOTT: Russia’s war could spell worldwide nuclear disaster. International Committee of the Red Cross calls for States to join UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The $multibillion question. Will UKraine have to pay for all those foreign weapons?

“Russian Invasion of Ukraine Spotlights the Dangers of Nuclear Reactors in War,”

Why New Technology Is Making Nuclear Arms Control Harder.

Fears of nuclear war in Europe stoke demand for fancy bunkers.

What the nuclear industry and its supporters have to say about the economic viability of nuclear power.

ANTARCTICA. Record minimum amount of Antarctic sea ice. Temperatures in eastern Antarctica are 70 degrees warmer than usual.

ARCTIC. Exceptional warmth at North Pole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nJczShXwaU

UKRAINE. Zelensky Says He’s ‘Cooled’ on Joining NATO, Ready for Talks With Russia on Crimea, Donbas. Shrouded in doubt: safety issues at Russian-occupied nuclear stations in Ukraine. Electric Power Restored to Ukraine’s Chernobyl Plant. Safety fears, as Chernobyl nuclear staff tired and stressed. Danger of radioactive disaster at Chernobyl and other nuclear sites, with exhausted staff, and risk of loss of remote control. Understanding the war in Ukraine. What next for Ukraine’s nuclear sites and Wylfa and Trawsfynydd?
Zelensky Announces Ban on 11 Political Parties-, although no evidence linking any to Russian government.