Martin Ferguson – Australia’s prime nuclear salesman
Ferguson backs nuclear power, post-Fukushima, The Age, Katharine Murphy, May 5, 2011, RESOURCES Minister Martin Ferguson has defended the nuclear industry following the recent crisis at Fukushima, …
….. Mr Ferguson has made a public call for the ALP to adjust its uranium policy to allow yellowcake sales to India even though the country remains outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Australia’s Liberal Party in the grip of fossil fuel lobby
…..could it be that the credulous and uninformed are being preyed upon today using the same chicanery big tobacco employed to such good effect in the ‘90’s; back then the credo was the same as today: deny the science, or failing that, delay action!…..
So we see the big polluters following the sordid history of big tobacco—creating doubt to delay regulation and extend by decades their market share…The fossil fuel lobby in Australia and the USA doesn’t attempt to convince the well informed: they target the credulous
The Liberal Party receives millions from fossil fuel lobby, Independent Australia, 4 May 11, The fossil fuel lobby has secretly donated millions of dollars to the Liberal Party in an attempt to prevent climate change action and hoodwink voters. Barry Everingham reports. Continue reading
USA – Australia deal for developing nuclear power
U.S.-Australia civilian nuclear cooperation: issues for congress, Australian Policy Online, Mary Beth Nikitin, Bruce Vaughn 2 May 11, READ THE FULL TEXT
| U.S.-Australia civilian nuclear cooperation: issues for congress |
On 2 December 2010 a new US-Australia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement entered into force, …
This report, written by the Congressional Research Service states, ‘The agreement permits the export, subject to licensing, of information, material, equipment, and components for nuclear research and nuclear power production. .http://www.apo.org.au/research/us-australia-civilian-nuclear-cooperation-issues-congres
Greens will not give up on renewable energy feed-in tariff
”The entrenched fossil fuel lobby still fills the airwaves and the corridors of parliaments with their nonsense that renewables cannot deliver and that clean coal or nuclear power are the only answers.
while the Government seems oddly implacably opposed to a feed-in tariff, we are not giving up on this world-leading policy option
Renewables could power nation: Milne, Canberra Times, BY CHRIS JOHNSON, 05 May, 2011 Opposition to renewable energy is more dangerous now than denying climate change even exists.
That’s according to Greens senator Christine Milne, who will use an address to the Clean Energy Council conference in Melbourne today to criticise the Government’s failure to fully embrace the sector……. Continue reading
Surprise, surprise, Australia’s new nuclear high priest supports nuclear power!
Well, did we really expect anything else?
I mean, if not, it would be like the Pope not believing in Saints!
ANSTO head in favour of nuclear power, Herald Sun 4 April 11, THE new head of Australia’s nuclear science agency says he personally supports the use of nuclear energy to help power the country.
Professor Paul Greenfield was appointed chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) in February, taking over from Dr Ziggy Switkowski.
He said while it was not the role of the ANSTO chair to advocate nuclear power, he personally supported it…….His comments come as Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant continues to leak radiation into the air, soil and ocean after it was severely damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March…… http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/ansto-head-in-favour-of-nuclear-power/story-e6frf7ko-1226049894483
Australia’s CSIRO – cutting edge solar energy research
CSIRO is progressing world-class technology, combining two of Australia’s largest energy resources– solar energy with natural gas. The resulting product is SolarGas….CSIRO is undertaking a solar energy storage research project to be conducted in Australia.
CST projects: CSIRO, EcoGeneration — May/June 2011, CSIRO has the largest concentrated solar thermal research team in Australia; there currently are approximately 30 scientists, engineers and technicians working on research projects in the industry. Continue reading
IAEA to help Australian company to leave radioactive wastes in Malaysia?
growing public pressure to scrap the plant as environmental activists say it could make Malaysia a dumping ground for radioactive by-products
IAEA panel to advise Malaysia on rare earths plant. Reuters May 3, 2011 VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear agency will organise an expert panel to advise the government of Malaysia on the potential radiation risks of a rare earths facility planned by Australian miner Lynas , the agency said on Tuesday. Continue reading
Noongar Aboriginal people confront Warren Mundine on uranium mining
Noongar people berate Mundine over uranium, National Indigenous Times, 3 May 11, Noongar anti-nuclear activist, Marianne McKay interrupted a speech by Warren Mundine at the Australian Uranium Summit in Perth to tell him he had “no shame” if he wanted to promote and support uranium mining. Continue reading
South Australia to be radioactive industries hub?
Christina Macpherson, 3 May 11 Today’s glowing uranium industry news for South Australia carries the promise of future developments. South Australia has long
been suggested as the location for a radioactive nuclear waste import industry. Could this be a logical extension of its nuclear bomb testing past, and its uranium mining future?
Today, Mineweb tells us: South Australia seen as China’s next mining investment frontier. A mining conference in Adelaide today was told that Chinese mining and metal companies view South Australia as the world’s next mining frontier.
While Sydney Morning Herald enthuses about opening up of Woomera to uranium mining
the area was estimated to contain..about 78 per cent of the nation’s uranium… “jolt to drive further development in the future.”[ says Premier Rann]
SA hopeful of mining in Woomera zone, Sydney Morning Herald, Tim Dornin, May 2, 2011 , South Australian Premier Mike Rann says he’s hopeful of a decision soon from the federal government to unlock the mineral wealth in the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA).
Aboriginal objections to uranium mining’s “Self Regulation”
150,000 litres of contaminated water a day escapes from a tailings dam at Rio Tinto’s Ranger mine, in Kakadu.
Mining must come clean, Northern Territory News, ELLIE TURNER | May 3rd, 2011 TRADITIONAL landowners and support bodies are pushing for an overhaul of the uranium mining industry’s “self-regulation”. Continue reading
Western Australia’s gas project – a precedent for nuclear waste importing?
Australians seem to be preoccupied with their domestic lives, looking outwards now and then for football, rugby league, royal weddings, blessed popes..
It is a worry that in the bigger picture for this country, hugely important decisions are just not on our radar. An example is the Liquified Natural Gas industry. The maneuverings and manipulations in this might well be the precursor to maneuverings to bring about a nuclear waste import industry.
The background of the LNG development is one of a rushed process, lacking rigourous scientific and environmental study.
The main political players – W.A. Premier and Federal Resource Minister Martin Ferguson both show that their political ambitions and subservience to big corporations are their main consideration. Martin Ferguson’s conflict of interest is apparent.
The LNG project threatens the environment, and the substantial tourism and fishing industries, including existing Aboriginal enterprises.
The deliberate tying of of the location of the gas hub to the proposed ‘Indigenous benefits package’ for Kimberley Indigenous communities makes a mockery of the principle of “informed consent” for Aboriginal people – Christina Macpherson
Uranium mining in Australia makes no economic sense
….“With nuclear power in decline, ambitious projections about the future of uranium mining are either delusional or disingenuous. Uranium mining makes no environmental sense and it has become clear that it makes no economic sense, given that it already contributes just 0.3 percent of Australia’s export revenue and just 0.03 percent of Australian jobs.”
Australia – Nuclear industry over-taken by renewable energy – WA Senator, —Social justice and Sustainable Living, Tony Serve , 2 May 11 Nuclear powerhas been out-performed and over-taken by the renewable energy sector and Australian governments must embrace the rise of clean power, say the Australian Greens. Continue reading
Bloomberg predicts Australia’s renewable energy growth
Bloomberg Forecasts Renewable Energy Growth in Australia, Solar Novus Today, 3 May 11 Australia’s current policies to promote renewable energy will drive at least AUD 36bn of new investment from now to 2020, according to energy market research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Continue reading
Australia’s smug drift into anti science
the authority of science has come under challenge……In no Western country, again with the exception of the US, is the political force of climate change denialism as potent as it is in Australia….This is an inherently unstable political situation…. Unless the mood of national complacency is successfully challenged, the victor in this battle seems certain to be Tony Abbott.
Threat of the new Australian smugness, Sydney Morning Herald, Robert Manne, May 2, 2011, Our leaders encourage a mood of self-satisfaction in which the nation’s goodness and wisdom are beyond question. Continue reading
ERA uranium company delays improvements to Ranger water management
Ranger uranium miner accused of delays, ABC News, 2 May 11, By Anna Henderson, An environmental scientist is calling on a uranium miner in Kakadu National Park to urgently improve its water management or it risks serious harm to the environment. Continue reading
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