Cutting down on cancer risks from medical radiation
….Radiation is a known carcinogen. Therefore, before exposing a person to this amount of radiation, the pros and cons of performing a CT scan must be carefully considered……
Dr. Murray Feingold: Weighing in on radiation controversy – Chillicothenews, 20 July 2010, Continue reading
Victoria: large scale solar plant and feed-in tariff
There is no doubt this initiative will mean that many local and international solar developers will remain in the country, and that Australia will have the opportunity of ranking among the leading developers of large-scale solar in the world…..
CLIMATE SPECTATOR: Brumby’s solar hit…Giles Parkinson, Business Spectator, 22 Jul 2010 Victorian Premier John Brumby certainly didn’t miss with the timing of the state’s large-scale solar power plant initiative…..announcing a 5 per cent large-scale solar energy target, supported by the country’s first large-scale feed in tariff.…. Continue reading
Big Oil Disaster would be minor compared to Big Nuclear Disaster
Contrary to the nuclear industry’s propaganda, nuclear power is therefore not green and it is certainly not clean” and stands, as it has since the 1950′s as the most environmentally dangerous of all possible energy sources
Big Nuke Power = Big Potential for Disasters, OpEdNews, by mahdi ibn-ziyad, 20 July 2010, Imagine what a nuke facility disaster of like magnitude would do to whole regions of the US. The awful immediate and long term terrorunleashed on the environment, including us humans ,is almost unimaginable. Certainly, an end of the world, apocalyptic scenario would unfound and engulf us all in one way or another Continue reading
Australia’s Greens tell it like it is on Uranium, Nuclear Industry
“Recently we have been hearing a lot about ‘surging uranium prices’ and a ‘global nuclear renaissance’ but you only need to chart uranium miners’ share prices and the world uranium price to see the reality is strangely at odds with the hype,” Senator Ludlam said……..”Worldwide, the global civil nuclear industry is in serious trouble and nuclear weapons disarmament negotiations are suppressing world uranium prices.
Greens step up anti-uranium mining campaign, 21st July 2010, Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam will deliver a straightforward message to uranium miners and investors at the Australian Uranium Summit in Fremantle today
“The industry remains unsafe, unwanted and uneconomic. Pursuing investments in this least sustainable of industries will end in tears,” Senator Ludlam said. Continue reading
International plea to save Arkaroola wilderness from uranium mining
the region could take centuries to recover from any mining…..
Arkaroola wilderness bid for UN recognition, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 20 July 2010, A bid has been made for Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary to be given United Nations recognition as an international geopark.
The sanctuary operators have been fighting to protect the Arkaroola area of the northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia from mining. Continue reading
Nuclear Lobby active in Australia pre election, and opposing renewables
While Climate Change is acknowledged as an issue for the coming Australian election, the nuclear issue still goes on, pretty much under the radar, because it is not popular with the public.
Despite Tony Abbott’s protestations, the Liberal Party still is a pro-nuclear party. Meanwhile the nuclear industry’s corporate lobby is working hard on Labor, too.
The Australian: 20 July 2010 quotes Business Council of Australia president Graham Bradley – “We would consider that white paper to be deficient if it does not canvass the merits of nuclear power as one of the longer-term options for Australia for the future economic generation of electricity and reduction of carbon emissions.” He also warned that the renewable energy target, coupled with other rising input costs, could lead to the need for higher power prices.
Australia: the electoral power of Climate Change activism
on July 12 Tony Abbott said the Opposition had “no plans to promote nuclear power”. This is a watershed.Politicians now fear the electorate’s environmental commitment, and its preparedness to punish lax environmentalism.So let’s use our electoral power.
Watershed for voting power – inMyCommunity – Perth, Western Australia, David Freeman , 20 July 2010, Continue reading
Climate and Energy Policy IS Water Policy
energy efficiency and many forms of renewable energy–such as wind power and solar photovoltaics–use little or no water.
These key messages delivered and explained in new report, Protecting t
he Lifeline of the West: How Climate and Clean Energy Policies Can Safeguard Water,
(USA) In the West, Climate and Energy Policy Is Water Policy, Dan Grossm and Bart Miller, 19 July 2010, “………………scientists are concluding that the extended droughts of the past may become the norm of the future. So what should we do about this bleak situation? If we are serious about avoiding the biggest looming crisis of meeting the water needs of the West, we have to understand the energy-water connection and advance clean energy solutions. Continue reading
Still time to stop Muckaty nuclear waste dump
Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says it is not too late to reconsider the most appropriate location for the waste dump.
Crossin rules out change to nuke dump stance – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), By Eleni Roussos Jul 19, 2010 Northern Territory Labor Senator Trish Crossin says her party’s decision to build a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory will not change if it is returned to government. Continue reading
In-situ leaching uranium mining contaminates groundwater
Scientists Back Navajos’ Uranium Mining Fight: Tribe fears contamination of drinking water BRENDA NORRELL Indian Country 19 July 2010, Continue reading
Navajo’s fight to save water from uranium mining
“They think in-situ mining will be done easily without contamination or accidents, but that is not the case.’
These wells are the sole source of drinking water for thousands of people that live in the area.”
Scientists Back Navajos’ Uranium Mining Fight: Tribe fears contamination of drinking water BRENDA NORRELL Indian Country 19 July 2010, RED ROCK, N.M. Continue reading
The nuclear fuel cycle and Climate Change
“When the Dust Settles” can now be viewed on You Tube
A final word on climate change | Coober Pedy Regional Times July 17, 2010 The ETU does not accept the argument that nuclear energy is an answer to the harmful impact on the world’s climate of burning fossil fuels.
Mr Simpson said you do not solve one problem by creating another, more dangerous one.
“How can anyone credibly argue that the answer to global warming or atmospheric pollution is to significantly increase the risk of people getting cancer or them giving birth to deformed babies? Continue reading
$953 million spent to promote nuclear power as “climate solution”
there is real danger that the nuclear industry will continue to promote itself as a ‘silver-bullet’ solution to climate change
Nuclear Energy Steals Billions from Other Technologies « Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist, 20 July 2010, “……..This lavish lobbying effort by the energy and nuclear power sector has been ongoing since the mid-1990s, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a U.S. NGO and now totals at least 953 million dollars. Continue reading
World’s biggest uranium hole, BHP’s Olympic Dam. in doubt
“we are hearing from engineering circles that BHP has gone cold on the project. And it’s my gut feeling that the enthusiasm isn’t quite there any more.” – shadow mining minister Mitch Williams
Hole lot of trouble for BHP – The Independent Weekly, KEVIN NAUGHTON, 17 Jul, 2010 BHP Billiton’s Clark Shaft at Olympic Dam is set to return to full production, ending a nine-month lull in copper and uranium output.
But the news comes as speculation again surfaces about the company’s long-term plans for the mine…….
Young Australians want action on Climate Change
As both major political parties dilly around, mouthing comforting statements about Climate Change, young people are turning to the Greens and Independents for any kind of sensible approach on Climate Change.
It is their future. One wonders about the baby boomer mining executives who put Julia Gillard into the role of prime Minister. One wonders about the baby boomer journalists, toeing the fossil fuel lobby’s line on Climate Scepticism.
Do they actually give a damn about their children and grandchildren?
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