2016 Australian Issues For Nuclear News
I plagiarise myself here – Five big nuclear issues for 2016 — and Australia’s role in them. In short the issues are:
- Nuclear Weapons. We can’t go on pretending that Australia is a disarmament hero when we continue to host America’s secret Pine Gap site, rely on the “nuclear umbrella”, and enthusiastically support USA’s every militaristic move – e.g by surveillance flights near China coast.
- Indigenous rights. This is such a big one. When is mainstream Australia going to wake up to the fact that we can’t just leave it to the Aborigines to resist the nuclear empire? Are we going to sit back and let the nuclear/mining industries take over heritage Aboriginal land – as in Western Australia right now.
- Renewable energy. The dinosaur energy industries, and especially nuclear, prevail on the Australian Government to stifle 21st Century renewables – and this, in the country that has the best potential for renewables, and the greatest likelihood of climate disasters. Are we going to stay an international climate pariah? And anyway, despite the government, it’s all happening in solar and wind here.
- Australia as the world’s nuclear waste dump. The shonky South Australian Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission has from the outset, aimed for Australia as the global nuclear toilet. The pretense that this is just a little South Australian State matter cannot go on. It’s a National matter, and our media is a disgrace for not having covered this throughout 2015. It will be an election issue, too, and Labor will be put on the spot.
- The propaganda war. Gotta restrain my rage here, but Australia, like the rest of the world, will be hearing plenty about how “nuclear fixes climate change” and how “radiation is not bad for you, after all”. That’ll be a test of our journalists – will they toe the corporate line? (Well we know that THE AUSTRALIAN will)
Australia 2015 in nuclear news
You wouldn’t think this, from the mainstream media coverage, but 2015 has been a successful year for the Australian nuclear-free movement, with Aboriginal led opposition to nuclear waste dump plans, the end to the Ranger uranium mine, and a lively anti-nuclear movement. In polling, 72% of Australians oppose this nation becoming the world’s radioactive trash dump.
The key nuclear issue for 2015 was radioactive trash. Australia is obligated to take back nuclear trash, reprocessed in France, UK and Argentina, but which originated at the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor in Sydney.
An intelligent visitor from Mars might wonder as to why Australia doesn’t just shut down that reactor, store that small amount of trash at Lucas Heights, and stop producing more, especially as a nuclear reactor is now not necessary for production of medical radioisotopes.
But hey – you’d have to explain to that Martian that Lucas Heights is the nuclear lobby’s foot in the door to Australia, and also that the lobby hopes to confuse Australians into accepting something entirely different – a global nuclear waste import business.
Hence the setting up of South Australia’s Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission, an attempt to establish a waste-dump in South Australia. With breathtaking hypocrisy, this clearly biased Royal Commission pretends that this is just a South Australian matter. Australia’s government and truly pathetic mainstream media go along with this hypocrisy, so the question of Australia becoming the world’s nuclear toilet is just not even discussed across the nation.
The Australian government had already learned, to its cost, that Northern Territory indigenous landowners can defeat their plans for nuclear waste dumping on Aboriginal land. So the government was forced to set up an unwieldy system of inviting volunteers to host the nuclear waste that must be received back from France in 2016. So far,only non indigenous volunteers have been forthcoming, and these met with strong local opposition.
Despite continual funding cutbacks, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency is pushing ahead, and investing in projects which will change the face of Australia’s energy market — if the government allows it for any longer. Australia leads the world in home rooftop solar.
The Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission might have bitten off more than it intended to. There were numerous powerful and well constructed Submissions to this Commission, opposing its nuclear waste dump plan. You can read some of these at the Submissions pages on my Antinuclear website.
Space does not here permit discussion of Australia’s rather embarrassing role at the December Paris climate talks.
19 Dec wrap of Australian nuclear news
Investigative journalism lives! In this media climate of the 24 hr news cycle, and of journalists losing their jobs – it can still happen! This week:
McClatchy News Service’s Washington Bureau’s Rob Hotakainen, Lindsay Wise, Frank Matt and Samantha Ehlinger spent a year, over 100 interviews across USA, and analysing over 70 million records in a federal database obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. for this story: At least 33,480 American nuclear workers dead from radiation-caused illness
The Center For Public Integrity’s India’s nuclear industry pours its wastes into a river of death and disease, and also India’s repression of activists who protest about its poor safety record.
AUSTRALIA
SOUTH AUSTRALIA NUCLEAR FUEL CHAIN ROYAL COMMISSION has gone very quiet, following its low key rural community propaganda meetings earlier this month. It’s getting ready to release findings in February. I note A couple of good Submissions. Aboriginal, environmental, public health groups produced a composite report on assessing the Commission:
The report raises serious concerns about the Royal Commission, from the unrepresentative and unbalanced composition of the Expert Advisory Committee, conflicts of interest, the Royal Commission’s unwillingness to correct factual errors, to a repeated pattern of pro-nuclear claims being uncritically accepted and promoted.
FEDERAL SEARCH FOR WASTE DUMP SITE for Lucas Heights’ returning nuclear wastes. Aboriginals near Alice Springs, and medical experts fight nuclear dump plan, but they’re up against complete stupidity! Even more stupid, the Shire of Leonora, Western Australia is enthusiastic for nuclear waste dump. Hill End community (NSW) not satisfied with MP John Cobb’s attitude to nuclear waste dump proposal. Lithgow, New South Wales, is very concerned about transport of radioactive trash.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Yeelirrie uranium proposal poses genuine extinction threat.
QUEENSLAND Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners continue to fight $16.5 billion Carmichael coal mine. Queensland Premier says “focused on solar and wind’ but also ‘committed to coal’
CLIMATE CHANGE. Prime Minister Turnbull returns from Paris Summit with the same old Abbott fossil-fuel pleasing policies, but with an unnerving jollity “great optimism and faith in humanity’s genius”.
RENEWABLE ENERGY new wind farms to go ahead as Turnbull removes barrier to Clean Energy investment. Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funding new solar technology to reduce solar costs. In Australian Capital Territory panasonic home battery trial launched.
Today’s climate change and nuclear news – Australia
CLIMATE CHANGE. Australia ranked way down the bottom for climate change action. Julie Bishop won ‘fossil of the day’ award for her coal-praising speech at Paris climate talks. Australia is at this stage refusing to join the ‘high ambition coalition’ of 100 nations wanting to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees C, to save our Pacific neighbours. Important contribution of Australia’s indigenous people at Paris Climate Summit.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA NUCLEAR FUEL CHAIN ROYAL COMMISSION quietly pressing on, with public hearings in Adelaide dominated by nuclear proponents. Commission blocks lessons learned from Maralinga.
Royal Commission chief Kevin Scarce has been making ?soothing comments about nuclear industry for Australia being a long term project, and understanding opposition to it “ “I think (the fear) is probably a mixture of seeing the impact of accidents and perhaps not understanding the technology,” (the good old argument – don’t worry – the technical experts know best) . At the same time, Scarce is clearly moving on to the next phase – that of getting Australia’s environmental legislation overturned.
While Scarce clearly has his sights on this National issue, and is discussing this with Australia’s pro nuclear Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, the propaganda spin goes on very quietly at the rural State level only, with “community information” sessions at Port Pirie Yacht club (3/12), at Port Lincoln and Whyalla this week.
The South Australian government has just granted an addition $3 million to the Royal Commission. Additional to how much already, we wonder? A super expensive exercise – submissions, months of hearings, and junkets around S Australia, and to Japan, France, South Korea, Canada etc for the predominantly pro nuclear Commission members.
Meanwhile a poll,finds that 72% of Australians oppose this nation becoming the world’s radioactive trash dump.
NUCLEAR WASTE Even Right wing Senators Madigan and Bill Heffernan angry about unsafety of nuclear waste ship bringing back reprocessed Lucas Heights spent nuclear fuel rods. Elaborate secret operation transports deadly nuclear wastes through Sydney. Search goes for national site for Lucas Heights nuclear reactor wastes though they pretend that it is for “medical” wastes. Local communities are not fooled, for example, as expressed at a meeting at Hill End (NSW).
RENEWABLE ENERGY. Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore in Paris: upbeat about city’s climate change action. Increasing popularity of community solar energy projects in Australia. Govt talks big on renewables ‘innovation’, but will close Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funds CSIRO’s solar energy initiative.
How much is the #NuclearCommissionSAust farce costing the taxpayer?
How much has the South Australian tax-payer already spent on the Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission? The public should be informed – how much are they paying Kevin Scarce and his overwhelmingly pro nuclear merry men for all their ‘hearings’ and ‘information sessions’ and junkets to rural Australa, and to Japan, France, Canada, South Korea etc?
Blind Freddy could tell that the purpose is now, and always has been , to set up an international nuclear waste importing business – aimed at enriching a very few South Australians – and bugger the costs to the State’s children their children their chilred and beyond.
A whole heap of blah has gone on about nuclear power stations – which, everybody knows, is not an option, due to their astronomic expense. Then Kevin Scarce presumably will look good when he rules that one out, and just goes for the waste dump.
Anyway, it’s about time we all knew how much this whole sorry farce is costing.
ABC News reported thuis week that an extra $3 million will be pumped into the Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission
South Australia Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission quietly spinning to rural SA
It’s hard to keep up with developments in the South Australian Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission.
On the one hand, as Kevin Scarce has recently revealed, the first move for the nuclear lobby is to get rid of Australia’s national legislation against setting up a nuclear waste dump. (There is special legislation allowing only the Lucas Height reprocessed nuclear wastes to be deposited)
On the other hand, the Royal Commission is keeping a very low profile, nationally.
Do they think that rural South Australia is stupid? Quietly quietly, the Royal Commission is doing its propaganda bit in rural centres – at Port Pirie Yacht club (3/12), at Port Lincoln and Whyalla this week.
Nuclear and climate news in Australia this week
The global nuclear lobby is blitzing Paris, and the world, with propaganda, as the nuclear industry makes a concerted effort to hijack the Climate Summit.
As this email flies through cyberspace, some community groups and unions prepare to protest at Port Kembla, NSW, the arrival of radioactive trash on its return trip to Lucas Heights. However, the dock workers union, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) , will unload the wastes, without incident, as they recognise Australia’s obligation to take back the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor wastes reprocessed in France. The MUA makes it clear that they will not co-operate in the event of other nuclear wastes that might be imported separately as part of an international nuclear waste industry as proposed by the South Australia Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission.
In tandem with the global nuclear PR, one of Australia’s most long term and most hypocritical nuclear pusher delivered a volley of support for importing nuclear wastes, and a volley of attack on anti-nuclear critics. Gareth Evans, enjoying world-wide prestige for his involvement in Nuclear Disarmament, has always promoted “peaceful” nuclear power. At the South Australian Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission he rejoiced at the plan to import nuclear wastes – Australia would “stand very tall in the international community”. He dismissed safety concerns as “emotional” .
Dr Margaret Beavis of Medical Association for Prevention of War explained that a national waste dump is NOT NEEDED for medical nuclear wastes.
Yet another delay in radioactive cleanup of Sydney’s Hunter’s Hill.
Malcolm Turnbull in Paris: the dinosaurs are still in charge of climate policy. Australian govt’s contribution to UN Climate Summit – pro coal video “Coal is Amazing”! United Nations call on Australia to produce a consistent climate policy, not ‘mixed messages’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vGW49gJE-Q Greens expose the Australian govt’s ‘paltry’ contribution on climate change. Australia refuses to sign Paris communique on phasing out fossil fuel subsidies . No new money for Pacific Islands climate help: Australian govt just taking it from foreign aid.
Australian govt still will axe Australian Renewable Energy Agency despite ARENA’s big new project. City of Melbourne leads new renewable energy project.
Climate special news 28 November
The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.
What kind of world do we want to leave to those who come after us, to children who are now growing up?
It is time to acknowledge that light- hearted superficiality has done us no good.
We need to be alert to one sad sign of the “globalization of indifference”: the fact that we are gradually growing accustomed to the suffering of others, as if it were something normal
We are confronted with a choice which cannot be ignored: either to improve or to destroy the environment. – Pope Francis
As I write, the Paris Climate Change Summit COP21 gets underway. There is one important message about COP21 – IT’S A START – NOT A CONCLUSION. UNICEF reports that the greatest harm from climate change will be to children. Impetus for action should come from COP21, but corporations are geared up to undermine climate agreements.
I am happy to report that it looks very much as if nuclear power is off the table as an energy source to be chosen at the Paris summit – too dangerous, and more significantly, too expensive.
AUSTRALIA
Melbourne kicked off the global wave of rallies with a huge climate march. Rallies will follow in capital and other cities. Firefighters will march for climate action: global warming increases their dangers. Strong contingent of young Australian activists attending Paris climate summit. Rural Australia will be represented in Paris. The head of the UN climate talks confirmed that videos of our marches will play on a huge screen as Heads of State walk into the Paris climate conference on Monday! Can’t say our political leaders will be much use there. Same pro corporate policies as old PM Abbott, – just said more slimily.
NUCLEAR ISSUES: Lack of space here to detail the numerous protests going on against setting up a national waste dump, supposedly for medical wastes, but really for nuclear reactor wastes, returning from overseas.
New report rules out nuclear power for Australia, on economic grounds.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
Deadly bushfires (a dangerous place to locate a nuclear waste dump) . South Australian govt has already ruled out nuclear power. South Australia to aim for zero emissions by 2050.
Nuclear Royal Commission:
- Expert Dr Mark Nutt Nutt on waste storage showed up the reality of untested, in fact non existent solutions for radioactive trash disposal.
- Dr Edwin Lyman said Direct nuclear waste disposal is best: pyroreprocessing has dangers, and discussed the dangers of transporting radioactive wastes.
INTERNATIONAL – more at http://nuclear-news.net/
Pope and Muslim leaders in call for climate action.
Declaration of the World Nuclear Victims Forum in Hiroshima.
The unmentioned apocalyptic ISIS terror – attack on nuclear reactors. Nor do world leaders talk about the terrorism possibility regarding nuclear weapons. Increasing risk of sabotage by extremists working in the nuclear industry.
Government and media are lying about the purpose of the hunt for nuclear waste dump ,site
Australia’s mainstream media keep on repeating the same old lie about the “national 
nuclear waste dump being all about medical wastes.
It’s not. It’s about the highly radioactive wastes now being returned from France to the Lucas Heights nuclear site in Sydney. By contracts made long ago, Australia is obligated to take back spent nuclear spent fuel rods that were sent to France, UK and Argentina for processing. And this will continue to happen, as long as the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor is kept going.
Production of medical radioisotopes is not the major function of the reactor. And these medical isotopes are now being made much more safely in non nuclear cyclotrons – without all those problems of safety, of being a terrorism target, and of radioactive trash, and its dangerous transport.
Hospital medical wastes are overwhelmingly of short-lived radioactivity, and therefore well suited to disposal near the site of use. No need to cart them all the way to South Australia. That’s just an nexcuse fofr the real aim – the storage of lucas heights highly radioactive trash returning from overseas.
Nuclear news as end of November nears
Last week, it was all about the nuclear waste returning from France. This week, a very successful nuclear lobby lie has taken over. All of the mainstream media, even the ABC who should know better, are pitching the search for a dump site as necessary for “medical” wastes – a lie that needs exposing.
Kimba – Wow – do we ever need good old Kimba the White Lion to check out this spin! Officials from Kimba , South Australia, shown around Lucas Heights nuclear reactor, to admire the “solely medical” purposes of the reactor – and presumably therefore to later on welcome in the very toxic radioactive trash returning from France, UK and Argentina. Farmers at Kimba are less enthralled.
It’s a charade really. Blind Freddy could tell that the govt-cum-nuclear-lobby has already earmarked South Australia. The logic runs like this. South Australia’s already polluted: it’s the place to start. But we will start on “whiteys’ land, to avoid Aboriginal fuss. (For THE OTHER, later plan – We’ve already fairly well radioactively stuffed up the Maralinga area. Pity about the Aborigines – but we can bribe them into agreeing to completely radioactively stuff it up.)
Meanwhile a few other sites are pitched – from 28 voluntarily nominated sites around Australia – Sallys Flat in NSW, Hale in the Northern Territory, Cortlinye, Pinkawillinie and Barndioota in South Australia and Oman Ama in Queensland. Australian govt to pay 4 times land value for nuclear dump site, plus #10 million to local community. Communities object – Queensland, including the govt there, New South Wales, Northern Territory.
Indigenous Adnyamathanha Camp Law Mob shocked at selection of South Australian site for radioactive trash dump.
Australian Conservation Foundation wants wide-ranging public review into Australia’s nuclear materials.
SAFETY ISSUES : Indonesia will close their waters to ship carrying radioactive trash to Australia. Danger in transporting radioactive trash.
South Australia bushfires: crazy to suggest nuclear waste dump there!
POLITICS Australia’s Prime Minister Turnbull happy to have this nation be the world’s nuclear waste dump. Turnbull assures India they can now buy uranium from Australia. South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill to Paris climate conference – to preach “nuclear as climate solution”?
Adelaide branch of University College London (UCL) to close, and good riddance to this nuclear industry academic front group!
Why is the media not being clear about this haste to get a nuclear waste site?
It’s NOT about medical wastes.
yes. But not in the long run.Nuclear news this week in Australia
Latest news is all about Lucas Heights nuclear wastes soon to arrive back from France. Many Australians do not realise that this is an exception to Australian law that makes it illegal to import nuclear waste. France took it to process, on condition that the resultant radioactive trash returns to Australia.
RADIOACTIVE TRASH:
- Govt releases 6 sites short-listed for Lucas Heights nuclear wastes returning from France.
- Scrutiny on the Australian govt’s plan for Lucas Heights nuclear waste.
- Govt announcement of South Australian sites for Lucas Heights wastes: is this a Trojan horse for international waste import plan?
- Yami Lester, victim of nuclear testing urges communities to fight nuclear waste dumping.
- Residents near Sally’s Flat, NSW, appalled at their area as potential radioactive trash site.
- Australian govt avoiding opposition from Aboriginals, as it selects nuclear waste dump sites.
- Why interim storage at Lucas Heights is the least worst solution for returning nuclear wastes.
- A Non-Reactor Future for Lucas Heights.
Nuclear fuel leasing – not economically viable for Australia.
University College London in Adelaide is key player/driver in South Australia nuclear push. Australia’s demonstrated incompetence on dealing with radioactive trash.
Uranium to India: Australian govt: slap in the face for its own Standing Committee, on uranium sales to India.
CLIMATE CHANGE. Malcolm Turnbull all tied up over Climate Change and Paris Conference. Australia’s obligations to Pacific climate migrants. Australia’s ’empty promises’ on phasing out fossil fuel subsidies. Pope’s climate cardinal to visit Australia.
This week today – in nuclear and climate news Australia
Apologies, everyone, because the Australian section is so lo oong. Also because the International section is practically non existent.
I find the International scene gloomy, as:
- Japan’s Fukushima disaster is unending.
- Britain’s govt is happily promoting the Hinkley Point nuclear boondoggle, with China’s help.
- Obama govt buying into the nuclear lobby’s climate lie. (Well, Obama does owe the nuclear industry, for all the campaign funding they’ve given him.)
- Trans Pacific Partnership fails the environment, ignores climate change.
March on Paris The Don’t Nuke the Climate campaign will be present in Paris to organise and
coordinate actions, gatherings and lobby efforts. On December 12 we organise a strong and visible anti-nuclear contingent in the Global Climate March. We call upon everyone to come to Paris for December 12 to make your point clear.
- 28 & 29 Nov, 2015: Mass demonstrations in European Capitals.
- 30 Nov – 11 Dec, 2015: The 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC – Paris, France.
- 12 Dec 2015: Mass demonstration in Paris.
AUSTRALIA – well, the nation at large sleeps on, thinking that the removal of half-witted PM Abbott has fixed things. Well, it hasn’t!
FEDERAL POLITICS
- Turnbull backs Sen Edwards plan to make South Australia the world’s radioactive trash toilet. Senator Sean Edwards wants the whole toxic nuclear chain here, as well as the radioactive trash dump. Fact-checking Senator Sean Edwards’s claim on future nuclear bonanza. Nuclear waste dump idea is a political stinker: Liberal powerbroker Michael Kroger is worried.
- MP Rowan Ramsey explains difference between Lucas Heights nuclear waste and the Sean Edwards import plan.
- Australia’s nuclear/uranium giants don’t want nuclear technology (just waste dumping).
- Why is Australia suddenly embracing both nuclear industry AND Green Climate Fund?
- Senator Scott Ludlam explains why nuclear power is ‘the dream that failed’.
- Australians would be ill-advised to accept Turnbull’s “green” credentials.
- Christopher Pyne joins Australia’s pro nuclear dance troupe. Matthias Cormann joins, too
On uranium sales to India, Malcolm Turnbull should heed Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Treaties.
Costs of new nuclear, high, higher, and astronomic – Australia, USA, South Africa, China.
CLIMATE CHANGE Australia has no environmental credibility, yet seeks to co-chair the Green Climate Fund. Banks NAB and CBA support climate action (but watch out for nuclear investment). Big companies urge action on climate change (but beware of BHP’s nuclear lobbying). Australian insurance companies must come clean about climate change.
Adelaide’s January heatwave attributed to climate change.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Forget climate change spin: Nuclear lobby’s aim is South Australia as radioactive trash dump – Helen Caldicott. South Australia’s Nuclear Royal Commission THE APPEARANCE OF BIAS – NOT A GOOD LOOK. Don’t let strident pro nuclear voices drown out alternative voices.
Karoonda Council, South Australia, considering floating solar plant.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Cameco’s uranium plans in Western Australia stalled indefinitely by low prices. But Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg expresses nuclear lobby’s religious belief in future uranium boom. Australian media continues to confuse return of Lucas Heights wastes with plan to import world’s radioactive trash.
Western Australia’s wave power microgrid – a world first.
VICTORIA Iluka Resources to subdivide West Victoria land with radioactive trash tomb.
QUEENSLAND State aims to prevent green ‘lawfare’. McKinley Shire, Queensland, promotes local business with renewable energy initiative.
RENEWABLE ENERGY Too good to be true? Environment Minister Greg Hunt’s new found enthusiasm for renewable energy. AUSTRALIA CAN GO GREEN AND HAVE ECONOMIC GROWTH. WHY WE SHOULD GO IT ALONE ON CLIMATE CHANGE. The Balunu Foundation’s healing programme of green energy with Aboriginal people.
Australia’s chance for a new “mining” boom – mining the sun. Council approval for central Queensland solar farm near Baralaba. Sunshine in your beer in Sydney.
Why is Australia suddenly embracing both nuclear industry AND Green Climate Fund?
The Australian government and the subservient mainstream media have just kept mum for many months about South Australia and its rather disgusting Nuclear Fuel Chain Royal Commission.
Now, suddenly, it’s all the rage with the Prime Minister,Liberal politicians, (and under 
the cover – Labor, too) , and the new Chief Scientist Alan Finkel (who’s not even a scientist anyway), and the media.
At the same time the government is trying to become co chair of the International Green Climate Fund.
There is a connection. At the December UN climate talks, the very powerful and well funded nuclear lobby wants to get nuclear power classed as a ‘low emission’ industry – qualifying for financial incentives and tax breaks.
Our government has been bought. Malcolm Turnbull or Julie Bishop will front up at the Paris Climate 
Conference, assisting the nuclear industry to push its barrow. They might even be able to hold out the hope that saintly Australia will charitably take in the world’s radioactive trash – in the interests of resuscitating the nuclear industry (especially USA’s) by solving the industry’s trash problem.
If only the rest of the world would praise Australia’s ‘green credentials’!
They couldn’t do that while we had the apparently half-witted Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. Now we have a much smarter PM Turnbull – who is doing exactly the same things, but expressing it all more subtly.
This week. Climate and Nuclear News Australia
It would be funny if it were not so desperately serious. Today’s Age (print version, business section) tells us that the big corporate winner from the El Nino heat wave will be Coca Cola – yes, a double whammy as kids will get rotten teeth and diabetes, as well as heat exhaustion.
I could feel guilty that I bang on about nuclear, when climate change is the massive planetary threat. But if we let the nuclear lobby get away with its lies, true climate action (renewables + energy efficiency) will be stymied – along with the increased danger from every phase of the nuclear fuel chain.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA NUCLEAR FUEL CHAIN ROYAL COMMISSION Dr Caldicott was aggressively interrogated by Mr Jacobi – a veritable inquisition!. Dr Gordon Edwards explained the Conflict of interest in nuclear authorities
FEDERAL POLITICS: NUCLEAR PM Turnbull appoints a nuclear energy enthusiast as Chief Scientist. Malcolm Turnbull favours importing radioactive trash to Australia. Malcolm Turnbull not keen on nuclear power, but keen on nuclear waste import. Australia’s govt and Opposition swing towards the nuclear industry. Labor Leader Bill Shorten says he opposes nuclear industry mainly because it is ‘not viable’.
Josh Frydenberg, Australia’s Minister For Nuclear soon to release shortlist for waste dump site. – these wastes returning to Lucas Heights – not to be confused with the South Australian plan to import everybody’s radioactive trash.Time that Australia took a responsible attitude to radioactive trash management at Lucas Heights.
AUSTRALIA UNDER HEAVY CRITICISM FOR NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH INDIA.
Poll shows Australians overwhelmingly reject coal and nuclear- solar is tops.
Camp Concern: protestors recall and reactivate anti nuclear campaign in Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory
Tourism industry at Maralinga – but how safe is Maralinga nuclear bomb site?
FEDERAL POLITICS: CLIMATE. Turnbull on a tricky tightrope. Fijian PM slams Turnbull for giving in to climate denialists. Turnbull tangled in knots over climate change and coal policy. PM Turnbull’s deceptive answers on coal and climate change – Senator Larissa Waters. Barrier Reef to become a fossil fuel highway .Prince Charles to Australia to speak on climate change. Turnbull will attend Paris UN climate conference.
Seed – Indigenous Youth Declaration for Climate Justice. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders‘ legal action against coal port at Abbot Point.
RENEWABLE ENERGY 100% renewable energy electricity company launched in South Australia. Opportunity for Port Augusta to be repowered with solar thermal energy. Queensland’s huge wind solar plant goes ahead.
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