Australian designed renewable energy car around world in 80 days
Australia’s green car completes world tour in $400, Sify News, 2011-02-28 A two-seater renewable energy vehicle crossed the finish line of a global zero emissions race covering 16 countries and 30,000 km in 80 days in only $400.The Google-sponsored car Team Trev arrived at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday night.
Initially designed by University of South Australia (UniSA) and driven by UniSA researchers, the three-wheeled electric machine was Australia’s only representative in the first zero emission global race for vehicles powered by renewable energy…….Clean electricity for the around-the-world trip cost us about $400, so it’s really cheap to run as well as clean – it makes you wonder why we are still driving around in petrol cars because we’ve shown it is possible to do it differently,’ he said……Australia`s green car completes world tour in $400
Business Council of Australia joins nuclear lobby’s marketing push
Business backs a ‘big’ Australia and nuclear energy Matthew Franklin, The Australian March 01, 2011 Big business has rejected Julia Gillard’s distaste for a big Australia, advocating strong population growth and calling for the use of nuclear energy to slash growth in carbon emissions.
The Business Council of Australia ….. report argues that the nation must consider all power sources to meet rising energy needs, including nuclear power ……Mr Burke yesterday would not comment on the submission, and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson refused to comment on the nuclear power call.
Bullying, cover-ups, safety lapses at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Science Minister Kim Carr said last week that the issues raised in the Comcare report were serious enough to warrant the launch of an independent inquiry into practices at ANSTO,
Lucas Heights nuclear reactor staff ‘bullied over safety concerns’ Amos Aikman and Leigh Dayton The Australian * February 28, 2011 At least six employees of Australia’s only nuclear reactor claim they were bullied by management and, in some cases, suspended from work after expressing concern about the safety of the plant’s operations. Continue reading
Australian govt spends 12 $billion for fossil fuel industries, 1 $billion for clean energy
Fossil fuel incentives and subsidies will cost an estimated $12.2 billion this financial year, compared with $1.1 billion spent on programs designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost clean energy research.
Federal spending favours fossil fuels, study finds, The Age, Adam Morton, March 1, 2011 AUSTRALIAN taxpayers spend 11 times more encouraging the use of fossil fuels than on climate change programs – and the sum is growing. Continue reading
The devious politics of uranium mining – example Arkaroola
To thread their way through environmental protection laws and keep Marathon investing, supporters of mining in the sanctuary have performed a range of unedifying gymnastics.
For years, Labor has joined with Marathon in a flagrant misreading of the SA Development Plan.
SA Labor buckling on Arkaroola uranium?, Green Left Weekly, February 27, 2011By Renfrey Clarke,”……….As insurance against lingering environmentalism among government ministers, Marathon — one of whose largest shareholders is the Chinese mining group CITIC — has brought a suite of former Labor politicians on board. Continue reading
Huge job creating potential with carbon tax
Carbon tax ‘could create thousands of jobs’, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By David Mark 28 Feb 2011, A new report says a price on carbon could create 34,000 new jobs in the renewable energy sector in regional Australia over the next two decades. Continue reading
South Australian govt under pressure over Arkaroola’s environment
Some of the worst effects would be on the region’s scant groundwater resources….five million litres of water a day for mining and processing. “That’s a heck of a lot of water in a very dry environment,”
SA Labor buckling on Arkaroola uranium?, Green Left Weekly, February 27, 2011, By Renfrey Clarke, Adelaide Under heavy public pressure, the South Australian government of Labor Premier Mike Rann appears to be wavering in its support for mining uranium in the Arkaroola wilderness in the state’s north. Continue reading
Koch brothers’ influence will reach Australia to fight carbon tax
The nastiest end of the anti-tax campaign will come from a right-wing extremist grouping that includes Fox News’s Glenn Beck and is backed by the notorious Koch brothers. Koch and Koch are oil barons who run the largest private company in the USA and fund climate sceptics, race haters and the Tea Party, with funding tentacles reaching into Australia……
Another step towards renewable energy – Unleashed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 25 Feb 2011, “…..The “can’t do” campaign will be meeting in PR war rooms across Australia this morning, deciding how much to spend on lobbying, advertising and astro-turfing. Continue reading
Legal proceedings begin on Muckaty nuclear waste dump plan
“Everyone knew that the wrong people gave permission to have that land destroyed by these government people who weren’t listening to the main Traditional Owners.
Traditional Owners angry at Muckaty decision, ABC Rural, Northern Territoary, By Caddie Brain, 25/02/2011 Mediation proceedings begin today in the court challenge over the nomination of Muckaty station as the proposed site for a nuclear waste dump.Traditional Owners have reaffirmed their opposition to the facility claiming that the government failed to consult all traditional owner groups. Continue reading
Mirrar Aboriginals tell European Parliamentarians of Ranger uranium mine dangers
Speaking through an interpreter, Mirarr elder Annie Ngalmirama said the people’s key concerns included mine waste and water management, contamination threats and the long-term social and cultural impacts of mining.
Scott Ludlam quotes prestigious international medical group on danger of uranium mining
“I think we disregard [these health professionals] at our peril….[M]embers of parliament and advocates who are hitching their political fortunes to this most volatile and dangerous of industries, should be warned and should listen to the words of these health professionals. “…There are no second chances with this unforgiving technology. This is an industry that we should be getting out of rather than getting ourselves further into.”
Australian senator questions uranium policies; cites IPPNW resolution « IPPNW peace and health blog, February 25, by John Loretz Senator Scott Ludlam, a member of the Australian Parliament from the Green party, has been asking the government some pointed questions about the health and environmental effects of uranium mining. Continue reading
Australia’s secretive nuclear waste Bill tramples on Aboriginal rights
“It’s a secretive piece of legislation in that it takes away people’s rights. It specifically removes procedural fairness and legal recourse from the people of Muckaty and it really restricts options for people all round Australia to have their say.
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25 Feb 2011,By Santilla Chingaipe, Controversial legislation allowing the creation of Australia’s first nuclear waste dump has been passed in the House of Representatives. Continue reading
Aboriginal traditional owners challenge Australian government to meet them over nuclear waste dump issue
“Come Out and Camp with Us” Traditional Owners Challenge Government to Meet Over Muckaty Waste Dump, 26 Feb 2011, Muckaty Traditional Owners met outside the offices of the Northern Land Council in Tennant Creek today to protest the passing of the National Radioactive Waste Management Bill through the House of Representatives.
The protest coincided with a federal court mediation in Melbourne about the contested Muckaty site nomination, attended by Traditional Owner Mark Lane Jangala. The Traditional Owners resolved to continue fighting the proposed waste dump and reiterated calls for politicians and the NLC to come to Tennant Creek and meet with the community. Continue reading
London court rules on Julian Assange’s extradition to Sweden
JULIAN ASSANGE: Why is it that I am subject – a non-profit, free speech activist – to a $360,000 bail? Why is it that I am kept under electronic house arrest when I have not even been charged in any country?
Wikileaks founder to appeal extradition decision, ABC 25/02/2011 TONY EASTLEY: A London court has ordered that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be sent from the UK to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault.His defence lawyers have argued the former computer hacker won’t get a fair trial in a country where they say he’s regarded as “public enemy number one”.Mr Assange has already flagged he’ll appeal against the British ruling. Continue reading
Nuclear waste dump imposed on Northern Territory
“Territorians have a right to have the laws passed
by their Parliament respected in the same ways that states’ laws are respected.”
Nuclear dump laws ‘show need for NT statehood’, – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Jane Bardon Feb 24, 2011 The imminent passage of national nuclear waste dump legislation is another argument for the Northern Territory to become a state, the Territory’s Statehood Committee says. Continue reading
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