Martin Ferguson, Top Nuclear Salesman will lead push for nuclear power
Unlike fellow Labor party member Mr Ferguson, Ms
Gillard says that in Australia, “nuclear power doesn’t stack up as an economically efficient source of power”.
Nuclear Debate On the Agenda for 2011 | Australia | Epoch Times, By Shar Adams, 22 Dec 10,“………..The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has long had a policy of caution about the nuclear industry, stating in its National Platform that uranium and the nuclear fuel cycle “present unique and unprecedented hazards and risks”.Their nuclear policy lists threats to human health, nuclear weapons manufacture and dangerous nuclear waste as major concerns. The policy will “prohibit the establishment in Australia of nuclear power plants and all other stages of the nuclear fuel cycle” Continue reading
Rooftop solar power, solar jobs, growing in Australia
The group’s 2010 report also predicted more than 55,000 jobs would be created in the industry by 2020, up from about 8085 now.
Green Australia turns to solar power | The Daily Telegraph, Cameron England , 22 Dec 10, THERE were more than 100,000 solar power systems installed across Australia last year which is more than in the previous decade combined. Continue reading
Renewable energy a more resilient system for Australia’s future
Renewables will need to be a mix of technology and scales, he explained, combining small and medium solar-powered stations with a mix of wind power, biomass and, in the future, geothermal and wave power….“It is a different kind of system and I think it is a system that is more robust and more resilient,”
Nuclear Debate On the Agenda for 2011 | Australia | Epoch Times, By Shar Adams, 22 Dec 10“……….Despite concerns that renewables cannot provide enough consistent energy to meet Australia’s and the world’s needs, Dr Diesendorf said he was confident an energy system built on renewables would not only be sufficient, but would also offer a safer, more reliable energy source. Continue reading
Labor heavies and Chinese interests push for uranium mining in Arkaroola wilderness
Labor powerbroker and union heavyweight Paul Howes has also lent his support to mining in Arkaroola……”Greens MLC Mark Parnell said the project was being pushed by “a conga-line of Labor luminaries”. “The only reason it is still alive is due to powerful and influential lobbying by ALP mates,”
- Labor mates’ lobbying a ‘threat’ to Arkaroola | Adelaide Now, Sarah Martin, December 21, 2010 POWERFUL lobbyists connected to the Labor Party are winning the fight to mine Arkaroola, say the directors of its wilderness sanctuary. Continue reading
South Australian govt weak on protecting Arkaroola from uranium mining
Among opponents is Liberal powerbroker Nick Minchin, who believes Arkaroola’s outstanding environmental and heritage values must be protected by a ban on mining.
Marathon Resources gets conditional approval for uranium exploration at Arkaroola * Andrew Main * The Australian * December 21, 2010 MARATHON Resources has been given the green light by the South Australian government to resume exploration for uranium. Continue reading
About Julia and Julian, well, you’re wrong, Julia
Lately, Aussie Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been banging on that the actions of Wikileaks and Assange is “illegal” – as recently as two weeks ago. There were mutterings that Australia might have him extradited over the leaking of official United States government documents. All designed to re-affirm how much Australia loves the USA.
Julian Assange has not broken Australian law, Coppers say Wikileaks is fair dinkum, TechEye, 20 Dec 2010 While the Australian government bays for the crucifixion of its citizen Julian Assange and Wikileaks, it seems that local coppers think that neither have done anything wrong. Continue reading
Northern Territory intervention aimed to get Aboriginals off their land
the real motivation for the intervention, which seems to be more about land than children…. the federal government intervention – entirely without consultation with the Indigenous people and ignoring the substantive recommendations of the report to which it was purportedly responding…..Wholesale compulsory acquisition of land for unstated purposes is another measure that would not be tolerated by the Australian community as a whole….to destroy Aboriginal culture and Aboriginal attachment to their traditional lands
Human Rights and the Northern Territory Intervention, Online opinion, By Alastair Nicholson – , 20 December 2010, Australia is the only western nation without a bill of rights and, indeed, is one of only a few countries in the world to lack such a bill. Continue reading
Why Australia must not sell uranium to India
We’ll be assured that “strict’’ safeguards will “ensure’’ peaceful use of Australian uranium. The problem is that IAEA safeguards inspections in India will at best be tokenistic…..the 118 countries of the Nonaligned Movement voiced objections to nuclear trade with non-NPT countries at the NPT Review Conference in New York last May.
Australia should switch sides and work with those countries attempting to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime.
Rolling the nuclear dice with Australian uranium, THE PUNCH, by Jim Green, 15 Dec 10, Secret US cables concerning nuclear politics in South Asia provide important context for debates over Australia’s uranium export industry. Continue reading
Australian NGOs condemn uranium and nuclear industries
We the undersigned Australian non-government organisations are united in our opposition to the nuclear industry including uranium mining, uranium enrichment, nuclear power reactors and nuclear reprocessing.
Accurate information and considered arguments regarding Australia’s energy options J oint Australian Non-government Organisations Statement on the Nuclear Industry and Climate Change, December 2010 Continue reading
Heart of Australia can develop solar energy
the price of these solar panels is coming within cooee of the cost of gas-fired production,…Alice Springs is very environmentally conscious. If we want to test anything in the environmental area this is where we will test it out.”
Sun shines on nation’s largest solar station, NT News | DAVID WOOD | December 16th, 2010 A NEW solar power station believed to be the biggest in Australia will be built at Alice Springs. The Federal Government will chip in half of the funding for the $6.6 million power station, to be built by Alice Solar City and SunPower Corporation. Continue reading
Dubbo can lead the way for NSW rural solar power
“Dubbo is an excellent location for a number of reasons,” he said.
“It has a very supportive council and local community for renewable electricity, very good sunlight intensity, and our business model is very much building solar power stations in regional australia, particularly regional NSW.”
Dubbo to become renewable energy hub ABC Western Plains NSW – Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 15, 2010 A solar power station, believed to be the first of its kind in Australia, is being planned for Dubbo in western New South Wales. Continue reading
Eyre Peninsula wants involvement in wind farm planning
“There is currently no published scientific evidence to positively link wind turbines with adverse health effects”….There is no evidence of wind farms having a negative effect on property values
EPLGA wants more involvement in planning Rural Report for West Coast: ABC Rural, December 16, 2010, Port Lincoln The Eyre Peninsula Local Government Association is not against any proposed wind farms in the region and has said locals aren’t either.The association wants to pursue more renewable energy options, but they want to be more involved in the planning process. Continue reading
Olympic Dam copper mine would be a goer without uranium recovery
expanding the project without uranium recovery was “clearly a realistic and technically feasible development option” but was not considered in BHP’s draft environmental impact statement for the upgrade.
Olympic Dam ‘viable without uranium’, Sydney Morning Herald, Chalpat Sonti, December 13, 2010 – The expansion of one of Australia’s largest resources projects will be viable without mining for uranium, according to a leading academic. Continue reading
Sunshine Coast Council takes positive action on Climate Change
“The Energy Transition Plan—which supports the Sunshine Coast Climate Change and Peak Oil Strategy—maps out the path to get there and sets energy conservation, low carbon energy generation, demand management and fuel reduction targets not only for council, but for the whole Sunshine Coast.”….
Report highlights Australia’s opportunity for renewable energy
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