Aboriginals’ welfare quarantining to provide land for uranium mining
It is clear who will benefit [mining companies, esp uranium] as Aboriginal people move off their land, settle in larger towns and lose connection with country.
What’s behind the NT intervention? | Green Left Weekly. July 3, 2010By Peter Robson, Continue reading
24 years of radiation testing on British sheep
Before farmers in restricted areas can sell or move any of their livestock, they must have each animal tested…….
Scottish sheep farms finally free of Chernobyl fallout – Science, News – The Independent. By Kevin Rawlinson and Rachel Hovenden, 7 July 2010 Continue reading
Australia’s Northern Territory intervention a guise for taking Aboriginal land
Gillard backs Nuclear Salesman Ferguson, not Science
Government-commissioned scientific reports have identified Woomera in South Australia as the best site. The Tennant Creek area is a known hotspot for earthquakes.But Ms Gillard said she would stick
with the decision announced by Resources Minister Martin Ferguson in February……………..
Gillard dumps Muckaty in it after refusing to reconsider | Northern Territory News July 8th, 2010 Continue reading
Northern Territory govt wimping out on nuclear waste dump issue?
A spokeswoman for the Territory Government last night told the ABC the nuclear storage issue was mentioned but was not discussed in detail.
Labor missed chance on nuclear dump: CLP ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 8 July 2010, The Northern Territory Opposition says the Henderson Government missed a golden opportunity during the Prime Minister’s visit to take a stance against a nuclear waste dump being built in the Territory. Continue reading
India’s nuclear plans just a “plum market” for USA nuclear companies
In the event of a tragedy, tax payers will have to cough up the compensation while foreign companies will go scot free,” ….. foreign nuclear companies have seen their market dry up in the US, UK and France because no new plants have been set up there in 20-30 years, and therefore, India was a plum market. And it is with an eye on securing these companies’ interests that the US and other developed nations are insisting that India pass the Nuclear Civil Liability Bill.
Public hearing nukes civil liability bill. Indian Express, 07 Jul 2010, HYDERABAD: Speakers at a public consultation on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 held here today pilloried the Union government for learning nothing from the Bhopal gas tragedy. They described as a sellout the Bill’s provision to impose a ceiling on the compensation payable by foreign nuclear suppliers in the eventuality of a nuclear accident. Continue reading
Australia’s students take to the streets against the uranium/nuclear industry
7 July 2010, Students take to the street to hold nuclear scumbags accountable.
Today hundreds of students from across Australia will take to the streets of Adelaide on The ‘Nuclear Scumbags Tour’. This will be a creative and informative demonstration by Traditional Owners, students, and community members speaking out against the coercion and exploitation of Aboriginal communities by Government and nuclear industry alike. The irresponsible industry practices combined with the lack of ethical government policy shows complete disregard for the environment, water and indigenous rights. Continue reading
X-rays to foetus linked with memory impairment in adults
They exposed fetal monkeys to x-rays and then examined their behavior when they were adults, approximately 5 years later. They found that irradiated adult monkeys exhibited a profound deficit in working memory ability compared to adult monkeys that had not been exposed to x-rays.
Fetal X-ray exposure interferes with memory in adulthood, monkey study finds, ScienceDaily , (July 5, 2010) — Learning and memory impairments are important contributors to the disability associated with schizophrenia. These functional impairments emerge long before the onset of other symptoms associated with schizophrenia, suggesting that they are a consequence of a disturbance in brain development. Continue reading
How the USA exploded a hydrogen bomb in space
VIDEO A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space 1962 | Before It’s News, 3 July 2010, “…..Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will. Here it is:
A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space 1962 | Before It’s News
A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space, NPR, by Robert Krulwich, 1 July 2010 :A Very Scary Fireworks Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space : NPR
Uranium Awareness from Experts, with Aboriginal Interpreters
Uranium awareness tour hits the road 5 July 2010, The Kimberley Uranium Awareness Community Forums kick off this week with meetings in Kununurra, Halls Creek, Billiluna, Fitzroy Crossing, Looma, Mowanjum, Derby and Broome.
The forums aim to inform Kimberley people about the risks of uranium mining and how this activity has affected Indigenous in other parts of Australia. Forum organisers have invited technical experts and Traditional Owners from the Northern Territory and South Australia to speak at the meetings. Continue reading
Devastation of indigenous land by uranium mining
VIDEO Another Green World: McCain declares (nuclear) war on Navajo & Sioux McCain declares (nuclear) war on Navajo & Sioux, Another Green World, by Derek Wall, 1 July 2010 ‘Our Mother is 
suffering….’Radiation levels rising, uranium mining for ‘clean’ nuclear power is killing indigenous land in Arizona and McCain wants more, bet it would be different if his house was next to a radioactive mine.
BP oil spill endangers coastal nuclear power plants
A May 12 situation report from the Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability acknowledged the potential for problems.
“If water supply for these facilities becomes contaminated with oil, cooling water systems could be damaged,” it said.
(USA) Gulf Coast nuclear plants at risk from BP oil spill, FACING SOUTH, 1 July 2010, Watchdog groups are warning about the BP oil spill’s potential damage to Gulf and Atlantic coast nuclear power plants that use seawater to cool pumps and other safety equipment. Continue reading
South Australian govt ordered to pay legal costs of anti uranium protestors
Anti-uranium protesters win legal costs from SA Government , ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 30 June 2010, A court has ordered the South Australian Government to pay the legal bills of nine people who were assaulted and unlawfully detained during an anti-uranium protest. Continue reading
Ionising radiation risk of airport scanning has been underestimated
Zane Alcorn speaks out: the uranium industry must go
Zane Alcorn, candidate for Newcastle , Green Left Weekly, 26 June 2010, We need to stand behind the first people of this country and fight for their land and cultural rights. The government’s so-called concern for Aboriginal welfare and living conditions is nothing but a cloak for a blatant land grab.The uranium-rich land of central Australia is coveted by government and private mining corporations alike. Aboriginal land rights are a direct threat to this potential source of huge wealth. Continue reading
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