Video: the plight of Koodankulam’s anti nuclear protestors, in supposedly ‘democratic’ India
David Bradbury, 26 March 12, Please do watch this video….from Kudankulum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xloBd59xC7I
Please take a look at the youtube clip and at these brave, poor but passionately dedicated fisher folk struggling to keep their kid’s environment nuke free people in southern India – facing off across the Indian ocean expanse to our wonderful land. We need to give them all our moral support and prayers we can possibly give in their uphill battle against the central Indian Govt who is telling PM Gillard to trust them with their uranium. They are a ‘robust democratic’ country….so says Julia.
Australians’ ‘moral duty’ to dump nuclear wastes on Aboriginal land – Ferguson
If you read, or listen to, this ABC TV story, it gives an insight into the question of storing radioactive wastes. Medical experts explain the management of the short-lived medical radioactive wastes. A radiology expert explains that the major waste problem is the nuclear wastes generated by the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor.
The point of view of the Aboriginal landowners is shown.
Martin Ferguson continues to claim that the purpose of the Muckaty dump is to store ‘medical wastes” – ” — “It is a 
moral issue. If you want access to nuclear medicine then take on the responsibility of storing your waste.”
So Ferguson is more or less telling Australians that -” no Muckaty waste dump, no nuclear medicine for you”. Apparently it is also our ‘moral duty’ to impose these wastes on Aboriginal people, whether they like it or not. Of course, we can always bribe them by providing the living standard facilities that the rest of us get, anyway, without having to host a nuclear waste dump.
National radioactive waste dump faces resistance Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 21/03/2012 Reporter: Rebecca Baillie http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3460703.htm
Intimidation tactics against climate scientists
“I have been subject to all sorts of personal attacks, threats to my safety, my life, threats to my family, and it’s not just me, it’s
dozens of climate scientists in the US, in Australia and many other regions of the world where our findings are finding that climate change is real and potentially poses a threat to civilisation if we don’t confront that challenge. That represents a threat to certain vested interests and they’ve tried hard to discredit the science, often by discrediting and intimidating the scientists. “
VIDEO http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3454652.htm Climatologist slams intimidation of scientists Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 15/03/2012
Reporter: Emma Alberici Climatologist and director of the Earth System Science Centre in Pennsylvania State University Michael Mann joins Lateline.
Transcript Continue reading
Please donate to fund an Australian film-maker’s new documentary on today’s global nuclear issue
We have never asked for donations to Antinuclear, and we’re not doing so now.
However, we’re just very keen to support Frontline Films David Bradbury is an Australian film-maker who has earned an international reputation as a film maker willing to go to extraordinary lengths for a cause, exposing political oppression and environmental vandalism.
Bradbury has won many international film festival prizes, received five Australian Film Industry awards, and two Academy Award nominations.
He is currently producing a very up to date film on the situation of nuclear power – globally. Bradbury’s Frontline Films nevertheless runs on the proverbiial shoe string – and with little encouragement from the mainstream media.
We believe that Frontline Film’s newest documentary will be a remarkable and eye-opening film. But David Bradbury needs funds to get these filmed events and interviews edited, and onto DVD and film. And then – to get this – the most up to date film about the global nuclear scene – to the 2nd International Uranium Film Festival of Rio de Janeiro 28. June – 14. July 2012.
So – we’re calling for donations. The Frontline Film Foundation is a registered charity and has tax deductible status. All you need is these banking details:
Frontline Film Foundation
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Aboriginal legal fight against nuclear waste dump
VIDEO http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-13/canberra-approves-nt-nuclear-waste-dump/3887536
Parliament approves NT nuclear waste dump
VIDEO http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-14/traditional-owners-to-fight-nuke-waste-dump/3888116 Traditional owners to fight nuclear waste dump ,ABC Radio AM By Simon Santow, March 14, 2012 People who say they are traditional owners of Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory say they will not stop fighting against a nuclear waste dump on their land.
Federal Parliament has passed legislation that will allow a dump to be built on the station near Tennant Creek. The Federal Government insists it will not defy the wishes of traditional land owners in the area.
But the Federal Court is still deciding who the traditional owners of the land are. Continue reading
More heat, more rain for Australia – with global warming
VIDEO also Audio Australia getting hotter, sea levels rising: CSIRO, ABC TV Lateline, TONY JONES, PRESENTER: A snapshot of the nation’s weather 
reveals Australia is getting hotter, sea levels are rising and we can expect a lot more rain. That’s the view of the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology. They found that globally, temperatures could rise as much
as five degrees by 2070. And the greenhouse gases have hit their highest level since modern humans evolved. From Cape Grim in Tasmania, our environment reporter Conor Duffy reports…. http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3453647.htm
Barry Brook and his brave new nuclear climate refuted
Barry Brook – Brave New Climate Friends of the Earth Australia
Introduction and conclusion to the detailed (PDF) : Introduction :
This is a review of the nuclear power advocacy of Prof. Barry Brook, a conservation biology / climate change scientist/academic at Adelaide Uni who runs the Brave New Climate (BNC) website……. http://www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/oz/barry-brook-bravenewclimate
Video: Fukushima fallout does not augur well for Australia’s uranium industry
Richard Broinowski gives a detailed explanation of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, and why South Australia might be on the wrong economic track, in its enthusiasm for uranium mining, and things nuclear.
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) needs to move quickly
Energy Matters Video News – Episode 57 – February 9, 2012 by Energy Matters In this episode, Virginia reports on Senator Christine Milne’s criticism of Energy Minister Martin Ferguson’s handling of Solar Flagships, a $1.3 million solar power system for Hervey Bay Hospital, a 189 megawatt wind farm for Victoria and Intel the USA’s biggest purchaser of green power
– Earlier this week, Australian Greens Deputy Leader Senator Christine Milne accused Energy Minister Martin Ferguson of mismanaging the Solar Flagships program. Senator Milne also stated the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) must get off the ground as soon as possible to stop political interference in renewable energy scheme design and decisions. …. http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=3038
Western Australia ideal for “solar energy chimney”
Video: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/video-worlds-tallest-building-could-be-a-247-australian-solar-chimney/12558 World’s tallest building could be a 24/7 Australian solar chimney Smart Planet, By Mark Halper | January 26, 2012, “…..Perth-based Hyperion Energy wants to build a kilometer-high “solar chimney” in the Western Australian outback, in partnership with German engineering firm Shlalch Bergermann. …. The monumental scheme rests on the principle that hot air rises. A ground level canopy less than a millimeter thin and covering 3600 hectares would heat air that would escape up the .62-mile high shoot. Along the way, it would drive 32 turbines, with a total capacity of 200 megawatts – roughly the same as is often proposed for small modular nuclear reactors.
“The taller the tower and the bigger the collector, the more electricity is generated,” proclaims the Australian narrator in a Hyperion video promoting the CO2-free energy scheme (see below).
Hyperion believes the so-called “solar updraft tower” would provide much needed power to mining operations in western Australia, and could also connect to the grid. It hopes to go live by 2014. Recharge News says the company is currently seeking approval for the $1.7 billion plan.
Unlike many solar projects, this one would keep the generators humming day and night, as the ground continues to give off captured heat from dusk to dawn, Hyperion says. See for yourself: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/video-worlds-tallest-building-could-be-a-247-australian-solar-chimney/12558
ABC Rural Radio on wind farms and rural communities
Audio http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2012/s3413587.htm Rural acceptance of wind farms, ABC Rural Radio – Bush Telegraph, By Greg Muller, 23 January 2012 Wind farms are popping up across the country and the forthcoming carbon tax will make renewable energy projects even more attractive to developers.
But wind turbines are dividing regional communities. Most objections are based on the aesthetics and noise but others see a diversity of income for farming communities, tourism opportunities and a source of clean energy.
The CSIRO has just completed a study, ‘Exploring community acceptance of rural wind farms in Australia’ and found support for wind energy is often greater than the media coverage suggests.
Dr Jim Smitham, Deputy Director of energy technology at the CSIRO; David Griffin, General manager of development at Infigen Energy http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2012/s3413587.htm
Worldwide depletion of groundwater
since the year 1900 up to the year 2008, something in the order of 4,500 cubic kilometres of depletion; most of that occurring in the last 50 years. That’s how much less water is in the ground today than 108 years ago.
Audio http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3413882.htm Is the world facing a groundwater crisis? ABC Rural radio Dubravka Voloder reported this story on January 23, 2012 MARK COLVIN: Water is not just a sensitive subject in Australia. In a crowded world of seven billion people, water is an increasing source of friction and the lack of it could have damaging results.
International water researchers say that water shortages could affect world food production in the next few decades unless something’s done about it. The scientists are meeting in Sydney to discuss whether there’ll be a groundwater crisis. Continue reading
Energy matters video on Australia’s energy costs, community energy projects
http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=1980 Energy Matters Video News – Episode 53 – January 11, 2012 by Energy Matters In this episode, Virginia covers the SolarKindle, the power of buying solar in groups, electricity prices in Victoria jump again and what commercial enterprises can do to combat electricity cost increases resulting from Australia’s carbon tax and other price hikes. In this episode:
– Weighing just 215 grams, the SolarKindle is a solar powered cover for the Kindle E-Reader. A one hour charge in direct sunlight can provide almost three days worth of reading time, according to the company that created the device, SolarFocus Technology. Read more.
– A growing number of communities in the UK are starting renewable energy schemes through cooperatives and other forms of collaboration. A recent report states that 43 UK communities are producing renewable energy, having invested money to install solar, large wind turbines or hydro-electric power in their area. While these types of schemes are still relatively uncommon in Australia, a popular method of using the power of collaboration to install solar here is through buyers groups. Read more…….. http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=1980
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