US charges Julian Assange with 17 counts under Espionage Act — Mining Awareness +
From https://cpj.org: “US charges Julian Assange with 17 counts under Espionage Act May 23, 2019 5:01 PM ET New York, May 23, 2019–The Trump administration today disclosed 17 new criminal charges [1] against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act for unlawfully obtaining and disclosing national defense information. “The indictment of Julian Assange under […]
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Adani approvals could be granted within weeks as Palaszczuk sets deadline — RenewEconomy
Queensland Premier issues expedited deadline for Adani environmental approvals, just days after company reaches agreement on water contamination breaches The post Adani approvals could be granted within weeks as Palaszczuk sets deadline appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Science and Technology: ¶ “Scientists Discover Sustainable Alternatives To Cement” • Cement manufacture is responsible for 8% of the global CO₂ emissions each year. Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg say they have found environmentally friendly, low carbon alternatives to cement can be made from two types of industrial residues. [CleanTechnica] World: ¶ “EDF And […]
Albo and the Green New Deal: Great name for a band, but is it good policy? — RenewEconomy
Labor under Anthony Albanese may look overseas in its search for a way to re-engage voters on climate change, and rebrand its policy suite. The post Albo and the Green New Deal: Great name for a band, but is it good policy? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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How serious is Queensland about its 50 per cent renewable energy target? — RenewEconomy
“Crazy” new laws, along with delays to auctions and grid upgrades, is raising question about how serious the Queensland Labor government is about its 50% renewables target. The post How serious is Queensland about its 50 per cent renewable energy target? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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WA taps into boom for raw materials for EV and storage batteries — RenewEconomy
WA is set to capitalise on rapid growth in demand for battery storage, with a surge in exploration activity for raw battery materials. The post WA taps into boom for raw materials for EV and storage batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Twin Creek wind farm and Australia’s biggest battery edge closer to approval — RenewEconomy
RES Australia plans for 183MW wind farm and a big battery in South Australia edge closer to reality, despite ongoing local opposition and concern about “extra frosts”. The post Twin Creek wind farm and Australia’s biggest battery edge closer to approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Gupta chooses Suntech for Cultana solar farm and big battery project — RenewEconomy
Gupta moves forward with Cultana solar project for Whyalla steel works, to be “firmed up” by big battery. The post Gupta chooses Suntech for Cultana solar farm and big battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Electric Landcruiser conversion – made for Australian mining – goes viral — RenewEconomy
GB Auto GM Bill Dunlop tells The Driven how the NSW auto electrical group got involved with Landcruiser conversions, and where it is going from here. The post Electric Landcruiser conversion – made for Australian mining – goes viral appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Corruption in the Australian uranium industry
Radioactive Corruption Video 1
Gal Vanise, · PREPARE TO BE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED ………………….Pilot Plant near Roxby 1996 . This was an elaborate Government and corporate cover up under the Lib Government of the day. If you think the mining companies are doing ALL THE RIGHT THINGS…They are not. You only need to ask anyone who works in a mine how things don’t get reported..Out of sight out of mind.
This site was later ‘repatriated’ but no one can say where the contaminated waste was taken to other than ALLEGEDLY by the truckloads carried on trucks from Roxby Downs to Port Adelaide ….through townships and urban residential areas.. I fully expect I will get in trouble for this even though I haven’t committed any free speech crimes. SHARE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.. NOW I ASK YOU THIS!.. WILL THIS NEW LIB GOV DO THE RIGHT THING IN REGARD TO THE PROPOSED RADIOACTIVE WASTE DUMP IRREGARDLESS OF WHERE IN SA THEY PLACE IT?.. NOT IF THESE VIDEOS ARE ANY INDICATION. THIS IS DYNAMITE… AND I WILL NEED A BLOODY GOOD LAWYER ONCE ITS OUT.
Radioactive Corruption Vid 2
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Peter Jack I worked at Roxby Downs in 1986. I got to go underground. Back then there was about 60 kilometres of roads down there. As we drove around we were shown these massive caverns some were filled with water possibly direct access to the great artesian basin and others with floor to ceiling blue plastic barrels full of yellow cake.
I assume they were all transported through residential areas.
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Brett Burnard Stokes These unsealed radioactive sources are highly dangerous and illegal. The dust is the big issue, along with radon gas which is heavy and collects in cellars etc, What are the longer term health impacts, you might ask. Radon and uranium dust can cause lung cancer and other issues.
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Trevor Vivian Outta sight, outta mind is the MO of all mining the world over and in Australia the state & Federal govt’s refuse to support whistleblowers. At Mt Todd (NT) photo evidence of unbunded drill pads with waste polluting local creeks caused A Senate review(early 90’s) which shut down this disasterous destruction of Jaywon Sacred sites. The hostility from Mine managers toward bird survey whistleblowers meant never working in Australian mining ever. To me it is a badge of honour to reveal these lying thieving Global Corporate miners outta sight, outta mind operations.
- Gal Vanise HERE IS A QUOTE FOR THE DISBELIEVERS.. I WONT REVEAL THE WHO’s OR IDENTIFY THE PARKERS IN THE SIN BIN. I GAVE MY WORD…………………………”I was XXXXXXXXXXXX I know where it is. 198X. I was told to never tell anyone. It’s worried me ever since We dumped the unprocessed concentrate into the main tailings dam. It’s was blowing all over the place as the nylon bags had broken. Took two nights. Myself xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxboss who oversaw the job.
A couple of days later one of those 7:30 type shows questioned the ……….. mining on tv. He denied any waste dumped.
xxxxxxxxxx only had about xxxxxxx working for xxxxxxxxx. But after we did that job he got all the contracts.
Really shonky. Ive never heard what happened toxxxxxxxxxxxxx but one of the older xxxxxxxxx mining blokes had to take samples from the bags.
Mr.xxxxxxxx went off at him because his radiation tag came back high.
He accused him of putting it in the concentrate. I never wore mine. xxxx was also a lazy buggar.
At the same time they had a ball mill break down.
It was going to take forever to screen the steel balls from the mill. xxxxxxxx got us to dump this as well.
We pushed the whole lot into the water and by day light it was covered.
We then went back and covered the pilot plant with fresh crusher dust.
and finished just before the inspector arrived.” MY ONLY HINT TO THIS IS… WHO WAS A PROMINENT COMPANY THEN AND ISNT ANYMORE? THANK YOU ELEMENTARY FOR YOUR STORY… I HOPE YOU CAN BREATHE NOW YOU GOT IT https://www.facebook.com/danlee67/posts/587530574936680
The Australian Labor Party wavers about the Adani coal project, but the anti-coal activists are not giving up.
While the Morrison government, including Resources Minister Matt Canavan, have been quick to seize on pro-Adani sentiment, especially in regional Queensland, after the election trouncing Labor too will likely review its stance on the mine.
Joel Fitzgibbon, Labor’s agriculture spokesman, on Monday warned that the party’s emphasis on climate change over coal jobs cost it heavily, including a 10 per cent swing in his own seat in the Hunter.
But the fight is not likely to go away.
As little as 1 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef will remain if global temperatures rise 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, and we are halfway there, the UN reported earlier this month in a landmark report on global biodiversity.
And the climate risks aren’t restricted to the reef. The Reserve Bank’s deputy governor, Guy Debelle, has warned that climate change could cause financial shocks if companies didn’t take the risks seriously in their planning.
By risks, he was meaning everything from reputational damage to the damages from bushfires and cyclones, events worsened by climate change. It’s for reasons such as this that major lenders QBE, Japanese trading companies and China’s State Development and Investment Corporation have all reduced their investment exposure to coal.
Are anti-mine activists about to give up?
The Stop Adani campaign says it’s not going to give up its national efforts.
“We’re not going to let that basin be mined,” a spokesperson for the movement said.
Stop Adani’s local organisations have increased to 190 across the country and these groups won’t be put off by the election outcome.
“These kinds of moments are when movements grow,” the spokesperson said. “Nothing has changed about the science nor what’s at stake.”
What’s next for the coal mine that helped to return Morrison to power? https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/what-s-next-for-the-coal-mine-that-helped-to-return-morrison-to-power-20190520-p51p7j.html
It’s been a byword for division but, post-election, moves are speeding up to approve Adani’s Carmichael coal mine in Queensland. How did we get here and what’s next? By Peter Hannam Adani’s proposed mine in Queensland has long been a lightning rod for division over coal-mining and climate change in Australia. It is also being named as a big reason for Labor’s lost seats in Queensland amid the Morrison government’s upset re-election.Now Queensland’s Premier says everyone’s “had a gutful” of the issue – and she wants it sorted out.
“I am expecting a definite timeframe by Friday,” Premier Palaszczuk said on May 22.
So what’s next for this controversial project and what are the implications of it finally going ahead?
First, what exactly is the project? Continue reading
There are still serious obstacles to Adani’s coal mine expansion
Any impact on the underground aquifers that feed into the Great Artesian Basin would not only be devastating for the environment, but also for all the communities that rely on its water resources.
The original groundwater model submitted by Adani was not “suitable to ensure the outcomes sought by the EPBC Act conditions are met”
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With the LNP returned to power, is there anything left in Adani’s way? The Conversation, Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University, 22 May 19, After months of “start” and “stop” Adani campaigning, the coalmine is poised to go ahead following the surprise success of the Coalition government at the federal election.So is anything still stopping the coalmine from being built?Australia has a federal system of government, but states own coal. This means the Queensland Labor government is responsible for issuing the Adani mining licence……
what has “delayed” the state government so far is its legal duty to make sure the coalmine has an effective plan to manage matters of environmental significance. Before the election, the federal government already approved two controversial environmental plans – the groundwater management planand the finch management plan. The only thing left now is for the Queensland Labor government to give its nod of approval. Not ‘delay tactics’, but a legal duty Continue reading |
Washington Has Become a Warmonger’s Paradise
 Donald Trump needs to reclaim control over his policy toward Iran. National Interest, he current crisis atmosphere in U.S.-Iranian relations, in which the risk of open warfare appears greater than it has been in years, is solely, unequivocally due to the policies and actions of the Trump administration. To point this out does not mean that actions of the Iranian regime have not come to be part of the crisis atmosphere as well. It instead means that such an atmosphere would never have existed in the first place if the administration had not turned its obsession with Iran into the relentless campaign of stoking hostility and tension that has become one of the single most prominent threads of the administration’s foreign policy.Without that campaign, and without the administration’s assault on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the agreement that restricts Iran’s nuclear program—Iran would continue to comply with its obligations under the JCPOA and all possible paths to an Iranian nuclear weapon would remain closed. Continue reading |
Climate crisis – the Impact of Ocean Acidification?
Journalism should awaken the world to the looming climate catastrophe
What if we covered the climate crisis like we did the start of the second world war? In the war, the purpose of journalism was to awaken the world to the catastrophe looming ahead of it. We must approach our climate crisis the same wayI have been asked to bring this gathering to a close by summing up how we can do better at covering the possible “collapse of our civilizations and the extinction of much of the natural world,” to quote the noted environmentalist David Attenborough, speaking at the recent United Nations climate summit in Poland.
I don’t come with a silver bullet …… Continue reading
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