Solar energy park opened in Victoria
Ballarat Solar Park officially opened The Courier , CATHY MORRIS, 29 Nov, 2009
The park, located near Ballarat airport, which will provide enough energy for 150 houses into the national grid, was officially opened Saturday. Continue reading
Shareholders protesting BHP’s uranium mining
BHP chief takes on shareholder activists ABC Radio PM Annie Guest reported this story on November 26, 2009
The protestors outside and shareholder activists inside raised concerns about uranium mining and storage……..PROTESTOR: Mr Argus… that would be millions of tonnes of radioactive waste… Continue reading
Government’s aboriginal policy – convenient for nuclear industry?
Two points of view here, on the Australian government’s aboriginal policy. How I would like to think that our government is completely sincere in its policies towards the aborigines. And perhaps the government is sincere, in many regards. Continue reading
BHP shareholders challenged on ethics
Activists attack BHP’s ‘ugly side’ news.com.au 25 Nov 09
THE displacement of villages in Colombia, the destruction of sacred Aboriginal sites, human rights abuses and health concerns are the ugly side of BHP Billiton, environmental and human rights activists say. Continue reading
Four Mile uranium mine stalled by quarrels
Four Mile partners still squabbling
QUASAR Resources is asking shareholders of joint venture partner Alliance to urge the company’s board to move ahead on the Four Mile uranium mine soon. Continue reading
Modest assistance towards clean energy
Australia’s “Green Start” For Low Income Households Renewable Energy News 26 Nov 09 Environment Minister Peter Garrett yesterday provided details of a new $130 million initiative called Green Start. Continue reading
Alice Springs families back anti-uranium medicos
Uranium mine stoush threatens Alice doctors ABC News By Barbara Miller Nov 24, 2009 Doctors in Alice Springs are threatening to stop work at an Aboriginal medical service if the Government allows a Canadian company to open a uranium mine close by………………. Continue reading
Alice Springs protest against uranium mining
We will quit if uranium mine opens, say doctors Sydney Morning Herald DEBRA JOPSON November 23, 2009
DOCTORS at the only Aboriginal medical service in Alice Springs have threatened to leave if the Federal Government allows a Canadian company to mine uranium near the town.
Protesters will press Northern Territory MPs to stop their support when Parliament sits in Central Australia tomorrow. Continue reading
Medical protest against uranium mine
Doctors threaten to leave over uranium mine – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) By Eric Tlozek Nov 20, 2009 group of Alice Springs doctors say they will leave the town if a uranium mine goes ahead in the area. Continue reading
Solar energy shining in Queensland and Victoria
Solar farm thrives in heat ABC News By Chrissy Arthur Nov 20, 2009 The extreme heat in outback Queensland is proving ideal for the state’s first solar power station. Continue reading
Nuclear power uneconomic for Australia
Peak Energy: Crikey’s Bernard Keane has the next installment of his series on why nuclear power is unlikely to be seen in Australia – 20 Nov 09
To those who say “beaudy nuke”: why should taxpayers suffer? What would it cost Australia to go nuclear? Good question. Excellent question, in fact, because no one really knows. Continue reading
Amnesty calls for re-instating Racial Discrimination Act
Australia: government must overturn law which discriminates against aboriginal people Amnesty International 18 November 2009
Slamming decades of failure by Australian governments to address the dire living conditions and discrimination faced by many of the country’s Indigenous peoples, Continue reading
Climate sceptic rails against “irrational” anti-nuclear movement
Climate change plan coul d”ruin Australia” news.com au AAP November 19, 2009 AUSTRALIA will go broke and become the laughing stock of the world if politicians ignore basic science on climate change, a leading global warming sceptic…..Adelaide University professor of mining geology, Ian Plimer, saidProf Plimer’s comments came as he delivered the annual Essington Lewis Memporial Lecture honour of a former chief executive and chairman of BHP. He is one of Australia’s most outspoken climate change sceptics and rejects the suggestion that increased levels of carbon dioxide are responsible for global warming. Continue reading
Australian uranium to China not monitored
Australian Uranium to China, a Worry for Many Reasons Second shipment of uranium heads to Australia, environmental whistleblowers still in jail By Shar Adams Epoch Times Staff 18 Nov 09 AUSTRALIA Continue reading
Money into ‘clean coal’ better spent on renewables
Clean coal: miracle or furphy? 17 November 2009 SBS World News Technology ‘will be ready too late’ Mark Diesendorf, from the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales, says clean coal won’t be commercially available before the early 2020s. Continue reading
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