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Australian news, and some related international items

Australian Capital Territory leads the way on solar feed-in tariffs

“This is the most progressive policy reform for renewable energy in Australia, from any state or territory government,”

ACT ‘has got it right’ on solar, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Julie Doyle and Jessica Nairn 14 Sept 10, The solar industry says the ACT is the first jurisdiction to put forward such a comprehensive plan.: Simon Corbell speaks with 666 presenter Louise Maher (ABC Canberra) The solar energy industry has welcomed the ACT Government’s decision to dramatically expand the solar feed-in tariff scheme. Continue reading

September 14, 2010 Posted by | ACT, climate change - global warming, energy, solar | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Solar technology for Canberra stores

” “Retailers often have expansive roof spaces that should be perfect for capturing the sun’s rays, a clean resource Australia has in abundance.”

Woolworths Pumping Petrol With Solar Power : Renewable Energy News 23 March 2010, Last year, Woolworths Limited announced that due to the ACT’s generous gross feed in tariff system, the company had selected Canberra as its first location nationwide for the installation of renewable energy generation technology. Continue reading

March 25, 2010 Posted by | ACT, energy, solar | , , , , | Leave a comment

Aboriginal’s sacred land versus AREVA’s uranium

Jeffrey just wants to go fishing  Live, smile, and breathe  12 Jan 2010 The following article was first written by Lindsay Murdock on July 14, 2007.

Who wants to be a billionaire? I don’t JEFFREY Lee is not interested in the soaring price of uranium, which could make him one of the world’s richest men.”This is my country, look, it’s beautiful and I fear somebody will disturb it,” he said, waving his arm across rocky land surrounded by the Kakadu National Park, where the French mining giant Areva wants to extract 14,000 tonnes of uranium worth more than $5 billion. Continue reading

January 13, 2010 Posted by | aboriginal issues, ACT, uranium | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Australian National University quietly working with ANSTO on nuclear reaearch

New agreement for nuclear research
Sky News September 21, 2009
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) and The Australian National University (ANU) will join forces to further research into nuclear science.Science Minister Kim Carr will launch the national research partnership in Canberra on Tuesday.
The new agreement will see the two organisations collaborate on research into future energy sources and nuclear non-proliferation as well as share the use of testing facilities like particle accelerators.

Sky News: New agreement for nuclear research

September 22, 2009 Posted by | 1, ACT, business | , , | Leave a comment