Antinuclear

Counteracting the nuclear-corporate- military-media complex -week to 16 December

Some bits of good news – 

Women Wage Peace and Women of the Sun, have received a joint Nobel Peace Prize nomination this year.  Growing Corn in the Desert,No Irrigation Required.The Benefits of Gardening Just Keep Sprouting.

TOP STORIES . Trump Transition Team Considering Strikes on Iran.      Inside Israel’s opportunistic invasion of Syria.       Chilling Warnings for Syria: When Foreign Interventions Go Bad.           From ‘Terrorist’ to ‘Freedom Fighter’: How the West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani as Syria’s ‘Woke’ New Leader.

Climate. Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record. Antarctica is in crisis and we are scrambling to understand its future.

Noel’s notes. Australia’s coming Dutton-deluge of nuclear propaganda. The legal decision on the Murdoch media – what does it mean for us?

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AUSTRALIA. Solar switch off: Dutton’s nuclear plan amounts to declaration of war against household energy systems. Biggest losers from Coalition’s nuclear plan will be Australia’s 4 million solar households, industry says. The Coalition’s master plan: Bring large scale wind, solar and battery storage installations to a halt. 

Dutton to reveal just how much he’s gambling on nuclear power. Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan: Mad, bad, and extremely dangerous. 

How anger at Australia’s rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network .      Inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia: Exposing Ted O’Brien’s dishonesty. Advance’s plan to destroy the Greens. Nuclear Neverland: The Lost Boys of Costings | The West Report -masse? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSeaybp9oAA   

 Peter Dutton in his ignorance is pushing nuclear reactors in Australia – including small nuclear reactors.  

Netanyahu and Australia. More Australian nuclear news at https://antinuclear.net/2024/12/13/australian-nuclear-news-10-16-december

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NUCLEAR ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Finding the Unmentionable: Amnesty International, Israel and Genocide.

CLIMATE. France’s New Nuclear Power Plant Is a Ticking Bomb.

ECONOMICS. Ed Miliband to bring more misery for Brits and send bills skyrocketing. Nuclear Stocks Were Super Hot Just A Month Ago: What’s Changed? France deal raises concerns over EDF dominance – Collective intelligence or failure?

EDUCATION. Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum

ENERGY. Murder, mayhem, and minerals: The price of the renewable energy revolution. A nuclear-free energy future for Hydro-Québec, says Michael Sabia.

ENVIRONMENT.

• Radioactive contamination halts work on SSEN subsea link near Dounreay. World War II airplanes to blame for radiation halting work on SSEN cable near Dounreay.
•  ‘Shambolic’ plans for Severn saltmarshes blasted. Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) make appeal over Areas of Focus in South Copeland.
• Oceans: Nuclear waste to be dumped into Cape Cod and turn ocean radioactive -ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/12/13/2-b1-nuclear-waste-to-be-dumped-into-cape-cod-and-turn-ocean-radioactive/

MEDIA. US mainstream media missed biggest news story of 2024 . Rupert Murdoch loses his legal battle, leaving future of media empire in the balance. Why Murdoch’s succession case could be major blow to his rightwing legacy. Book: The Scientists Who Alerted Us To The Dangers of Radiation.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . New generation must take up fight against nuclear weapons, Nobel laureate group says.

POLITICS.

• Syria – Winners And Losers Or Both. Taliban In Afghanistan Bad, Al-Qaeda In Syria Good.
• A promissory note to sway the vote? – Lincolnshire opts to seek nuclear waste Hosting Agreement.
• Trump and Nuclear Energy: There Are Questions. Nuclear sector’s views on second Trump administration mixed as Rogan interview raises questions.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

• The Fall of Assad & What it Means for The Middle East (w/ Alastair Crooke) | The Chris Hedges Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgEgHVtRbg4 Why is Biden cheering terrorist takeover of Syria? US, UK consider removing Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)from terror blacklist to ‘deepen contact’ with Al-Qaeda offshoot.
• US Backs Israel’s Land Grab in Syria. Canada considers financing for Polish nuclear power plant.
• Six major NATO states sign document on Ukraine’s accession plans.  
•   Will Donald Trump kill US-UK-Aussie sub defense deal?.

SAFETY. Rocket fuel eating away at US, China nuclear weapons. Drone strikes UN vehicle on way to inspect Ukrainian nuclear plant.

SECRETS and LIES. Some Thoughts On The Mystery Drones.Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. Remember the dark skies?

SPINBUSTER. Atomic revival: A new age for nuclear?

URANIUM. How a uranium mine became a pawn in the row between Niger and France.

WAR and CONFLICT.

• The First Phase Of A New War Returns To Syria. US Bombs Over 75 Targets in Syria After Assad Falls.
• Why is Israel attacking Syria? Israel preparing to strike Iranian nuclear sites – media. Hitting Iran now could halt its nuclear plan – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/12/13/2-b1-hitting-iran-now-could-halt-its-nuclear-plan/
• “Terrorist Organization” Means Whatever The US Wants It To Mean.
• Airwars Finds Israel Killed Over 5,000 Civilians in Gaza in October 2023.
• Trump blasts Biden over long-range missile strikes into Russia . Ukraine conflict updates: Record Russian gains, Kursk encirclement and Donbass push. Biden Aims to Go Out With a Bellicose Bang.

December 17, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina reviews