This week in nuclear news
So much news, so overwhelming – the pandemic, climate extremes in China. South Asia, USA, Europe, UK. In the middle of all the gloom, quite an inspiring article from science writer Julian Cribb, with a method to save the world. He argues, passionately and persuasively for putting the ”weaker” sex in charge. In The Age of Women, Cribb says that If humanity is to survive the vast and growing threats it faces, women must assume the leadership of government, business, religion and social institutions around the world.
Some bits of good news – Overwhelmed by environmental disaster? Here’s a scorecard to inspire optimism. The bright spots in the State of the Environment report.
AUSTRALIA.
Documents show Australian Labor government supports Assange’s extradition to the US. INSIDE LABOR’S ASSANGE GAME PLAN.
Militarism and submarines: The tragic obsession with the Chinese threat. AUKUS – contrived to foster the unrealistic and unattainable aims of American foreign policy. Defence Minister Richard Marles is confident about AUKUS, nuclear submarines, and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. Not everyone is so sure. Ask Fuzzy: Will Australia’s nuclear-propelled attack submarines require weapons grade fuel?
Military chiefs to hold talks on basing UK nuclear submarines in Perth. Australia’s price tag for nuclear submarines could soar by $billions. Nonsense to say ‘Australia needs nuclear submarines to defend itself.
British soldiers used as radiation guinea pigs in nuclear bomb tests in Australia.
Climate: Climate protesters criminalised as climate crisis escalates.
Environment: A scientist reacts to State of Environment report. Be scared, very scared, as the environment goes from disaster to utter catastrophe. State of the Environment: Blinky Bill is in intensive care. Thousands of dead and dying frogs found across Australia. What the bald eagle and a tiny bat can tell us about Australia’s broken system for protecting nature.
‘Poor and deteriorating’: Australia’s environment is sick and getting sicker. Plibersek says Morrison government hid ‘shocking document’ outlining the state of Australia’s environment. ‘We do need to change our laws’: Environment Minister. It’s about time we acted like we’re in a crisis”: Greens to push Labor ‘further and faster’.
INTERNATIONAL
War wins the ‘big bucks’ while climate gets the ‘change’
Calling Putin ‘Hitler’ to Smear Diplomacy as ‘Appeasement’.
NATO: The Most Dangerous Military Alliance on the Planet. Phil Wilayto column: The provocations behind the ‘unprovoked’ war. The Biggest Lie The Hawks Ever Sold. In Ukraine, a proxy war on the planet. US Military Analyst: West Can’t Afford Ukraine Spending, Will Run Out of Ammo to Send to Kiev. Global action urged to block AUKUS plan on transfer of nuclear materials.
Nuclear Power Plants Are Struggling to Stay Cool.
Baseload nuclear power not needed in an all-renewable future – Claverton Energy Research Group.
Death toll rises above 1,500 as temperatures soar across Europe.
As Europe burns, the world’s climate plan, such as it is, unravels.
UKRAINE.
- Russia is using captured Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station as a launch pad for military attacks .
- Greenpeace radiation investigation at Chornobyl to assess accuracy of IAEA data. Greenpeace investigation challenges nuclear agency on Chornobyl radiation levels. Greenpeace experts find Chornobyl under Russian occupation – radiation levels much higher than the IAEA estimated.
- Russia says Ukrainian drone struck nuclear plant, but caused no damage.
- Ukraine Defense Minister Offers Ukraine as a ‘Testing Ground’ for NATO Weapons.
- Money Pit: Zelensky govt signals intent to default on tens of billions in foreign
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