Nuclear news this week – worrying times!

Some bits of good news – What went right this week: hope for the climate, plus more positive news. Nature has priority’: Rewilding map showcases nature-led restoration . Once Rocked by Nuclear Disaster, Fukushima Is Now a Renewables Hub. Solar Panels That Make Electricity at Night are Finally Here – And They’re Cheap and Don’t Need Batteries.

CORONAVIRUS. Global COVID-19 cases pass grave milestone as highly contagious BA.2 subvariant surges around the world.

CLIMATE. Pole to Pole with Paul Beckwith – I highly recommend this Radio Ecoshock interview with this top climate communicator

NUCLEAR. What can I say ? Are we on the brink of nuclear war? Can we have any confidence in our leaders to make sensible decisions? It is exhausting to rummage through the media spin in the search for accurate information.

AUSTRALIA.

Pine Gap’s role in China–US arms race makes Australia a target. Nuclear risks, the war in Ukraine, and Australia’s significant contribution to these dangers. Defence expert spills the beans – small nuclear reactors for Australia are all about militarism, not ”peaceful energy”,

Cameco Corp still set on WA uranium mine, despite government knockback, Indigenous opposition.

This should be a climate change election

Why the ABC cannot rely on the coalition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPycNs6mlxU

INTERNATIONAL

Caitlin Johnstone sheds a critical gaze on media reporting on Ukraine, and asks why Julian Assange is criminalised for revealing military atrocities. Glenn Greenwald: The Censorship Campaign Against Western Criticism of NATO’s Ukraine Policy Is Extreme. How Much Are We Prepared To Sacrifice To Help The US Win A Propaganda War Against Putin?

NATO gloats over second, bloodier phase of Ukraine war

NATO’s military buildup on eastern flank to lengthen, broaden war — Anti-bellum

The US-Australia-UK pact seems determined to pursue great power competition at the risk of real conflict.

UKRAINE. Russian soldiers received ‘shocking amount’ of nuclear exposure at Chernobyl site – some may have less than a year to live. Carelessness of Russian soldiers around Chernobyl – shows danger of nuclear sites in wartime. Kyiv Independent news is anything but independent. It’s a mouthpiece for NATO-USA-Azov-nazi propaganda and unverified atrocity stories. Ukrainian blogger gets 15 years gaol for saying that Zelensky govt takes orders from other governments. Zelensky gives his vision of peace deal with Russia.

Zelensky adviser: Ukraine war can last till 2035, best option is for Russia to be broken

NATO’s shift to Asia-Pacific: Biden trip to Japan designed to rally Asia against Russia, China