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This week’s news – not from the nuclear-military-industrial-complex

Some bits of good news – Australia quadruples the size of marine reserve near Antarctica. The world’s spending to fight global lead poisoning just doubled. Seoul’s Han River is being restored

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TOP STORIES

Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff: Middle East Exploding, Ukraine Crumbling, US to Take Action? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXDz1PdMWao.

“Escalation dominance” and the new nuclear threat: We face more than 1,000 Holocausts.

Israeli retaliation threat sparks call in Iran for nuclear weapons.

Japanese anti-nuclear organisation awarded 2024 Nobel Peace Prize – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCm3CStSao8

Radiation: Updated findings provide insights into radiation exposure’s impact on cancer risk.

Renewable Energy Surge Lowers UK Blackout Risk.

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Climate. Unprecedented peril: disaster lies ahead as we track towards 2.7°C of warming this century. The climate crisis threatens societal collapse—how many more hurricanes will it take for us to wake up?

Biodiversity. WWF: Average wildlife populations have fallen 73 per cent in 50 years.

Noel’s notes. Vitriolic hatred of Arabs and Russians versus THINKING and practical military strategy. The “tech bros” are going to have a global party with AI in warfare. Should we let them be in control?. How in the hell do you cope with Facebook?

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AUSTRALIA. Albanese and Dutton team up on toxic AUKUS nuclear waste deal. One of Australia’s largest unions, the ETU, questions Australia’s billion-dollar nuclear price tag. Australia’s evolving nuclear posture: avoiding a fait accompli (Part 1 of 2).

Labor springs surprise nuclear power committee to call Coalition bluff on energy policy. John Hewson –The opposition leader’s nuclear bullshit. More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/10/10/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-oct-7-14/

NUCLEAR ITEMS

ART and CULTURE. One Horrible Year on from October 7 2023, a Bleak Reflection.

ATROCITIES. Israel: Simply no red lines at all.  Let’s remember the365 days of genocide as well as October 7 attack.  Israeli Snipers Routinely, Deliberately Shoot Palestinian Kids In The Head.  As Israel Extends Its Genocide Into the West Bank, It Targets and Kills Children. Patrick Lawrence: Truths That Come Out Like the Sun.

ECONOMICS. Rolls-Royce mini nuke arm posts wider £78mln loss. Rolls-Royce suffers £78m loss on mini-nukes amid UK rollout delays. EDF Seeks to Raise Up to £4 Billion to Help Fund Construction of UK’s Hinkley Nuclear Plant. EDF reportedly seeking up to £4bn from investors to finish Hinkley Point C.

EDUCATION. Financing new nuclear. Governments paying the price?- ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/10/12/1-b1-financing-new-nuclear-governments-paying-the-price/  Nuclear lobby takes over tertiary education, with blatant lies about “clean” “green” nuclear.

ENERGY. Nuclear – not the way ahead. Renewables based systems are reducing blackouts in UK and USA! China to head green energy boom with 60% of new projects in next six years. Japan PM Ishiba eyes more renewables, less nuclear in energy mix.

ENVIRONMENT. Farmers warn over Hinkley Point C’s saltmarsh plan. EDF bosses grilled over River Severn salt marsh plans at ‘prickly’ meeting. Nuclear plant ‘will decimate fish stocks’.

LEGAL. Are DOE and NNSA Complying with the National Environmental Policy Act?.

MEDIA. “The First Live-Streamed Genocide”: Al Jazeera Exposes War Crimes Filmed by Israeli Troops Themselves.US-Backed Israeli Military Forces Have Executed Numerous Journalists Since October 7. Brutal lessons of 1984 nuclear bomb drama Threads. BBC viewers urge everyone to watch ‘bleak’ war film that has only ever been shown four times. “Threads” brings nuclear war fears to a new audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgT4Y30DkaA&t=11s

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Planned nuclear plant in a Kenyan top tourist hub and home to endangered species sparks protest. Nuclear power stations are neither wanted nor needed in Scotland.

PEACE. UK and Ireland partners congratulate 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

PERSONAL STORIES. Palestine Talks | Medea Benjamin ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB_OxrjJsRA)

POLITICS. As Milton bears down on Floridians, Joe and Bibi bear down on Iranians. Israeli Protesters Call for Ceasefire in Anti-War Demonstrations – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGw3XTLhIpk. Kamala Harris’ foreign policy agenda music to war party, anathema to swing state voters. Hinkley Point C saltmarsh plans ‘a disaster‘, say MPs.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY. Biden Officials Say Ceasefire Talks Are Suspended as Harris Names Iran Top Enemy. Biden Allowing Israel to March US Into War With Iran.  IAEA Missing in action, on Israeli nuclear strike threats, Iranian outlet argues. NATO state’s PM pledges to block Ukrainian membership.

SAFETY. Canada’s false ‘solution’ for used nuclear fuel waste. Canada’s nuclear watchdog green-lights operation of aging Pickering reactors to 2026 – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=Canada%E2%80%99s+nuclear+watchdog+green-lights Ukraine wants UN nuclear watchdog to place foreign observers near all its nuclear plants.

SECRETS and LIES. Is This The Last October 7 Where We’ll Be Able To Speak The Truth?Fulsome bribery to communities – from Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO).

SPINBUSTER. Sellafield’s “Social Impact Multiplied” Wins Greenwash Award for “The Edge” Water Sports Centre in Contaminated Harbour.

TECHNOLOGY. On Army bases, nuclear energy can’t add resilience, just costs and risks.

URANIUM. DoE awards next-gen nuclear fuel contracts backwards.

WASTES. Securing a nuclear waste disposal site for the future. A desire to leave not a ‘compelling need’ under nuke dump compo scheme say Nuclear Waste Services.

WAR and CONFLICT. Slaughter In Gaza And Lebanon As War With Iran Approaches. Report: US Considers Launching Airstrikes Against Iran To Support Israeli Attack. Carnegie nuclear expert James Acton explains why it would be counterproductive for Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear program.Israel may attack Iran’s nuclear sites to target weapons: See map.  Blinken approved Israeli attacks on Gaza aid convoys: Report. “Greater Israel:” Cabinet Minister Plots Seizure of Territory from 6 Neighbors, including Lebanon. ‘Russia doesn’t want to use nuclear weapons’: The view from wartime Moscow.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. US arms dealers witness ‘record profits’ from Israel’s year-long genocide in Gaza, war on Lebanon. US’ next-gen nuclear submarines suffer delay with costs soaring past $130 billion. Could small modular reactors be used to create nuclear warheads?.

October 15, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized