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 Nuclear and related news – week to 19 November

Some bits of good news – No Matter Who Wins, the Real Work of Sustainability Will Continue.  ‘Lost’ species thriving again in Scottish waters.  Indian Soldiers Swap Candy with Chinese After Diplomacy Deescalates Troops at Diwali
TOP STORIES

. Trump’s Appointments Reflect a More Openly Hawkish Face of US Empire.

Media Coverage of Amsterdam Soccer Riot Erases Zionist Hatred and Violence. 

Big tech, bigger lies.       America Can’t Afford a

 New Nuclear Buildup.

Climate. ‘No sign’ of promised fossil fuel transition as emissions hit new high.

This year has been masterclass in human destruction, UN chief tells Cop29. 

• Fossil Fuel Giants Paying Thousands to Sponsor COP29 Events.  Almost 500 carbon capture lobbyists granted access to Cop29 climate summit. 
• COP 29 hosts accused of detaining climate defenders.
•  A ‘Cop of peace’?  How can authoritarian, human rights-trashing Azerbaijan possibly host that? 
• Cop29 could change the financial climate for the world’s wealthy polluters.   

Noel’s notes.  Cop 30 Climate Summit probable change of venue – CorporateHub, Hades   Time to ban Israeli sporting teams, just as the world banned South African teams in the 1970s.
AUSTRALIA.

B-2 Bomber Strikes in Yemen and their significance for Australia.      Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco that Sank Australia’s Sovereignty, book by Murray Horton.      World teeters on brink as Trump and cronies prepare to flood the zone with shit.     The 101 ways Google serves up Australians to known scammers. More Australian nuclear news headlines at https://antinuclear.net/2024/11/16/australian-nuclear-news-11-18-november/

NUCLEAR  ITEMS

ARTS and CULTURE. The Atom & Us: Min-Kyoo Kim.

CLIMATE. **Evaluation of Nuclear as a Solution **-ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/?s=Evaluation+of+Nuclear+as+a+Solution

CIVIL LIBERTIES. “America First” Means Stomping Out Free Speech In The US In Order To Help Israel.

ECONOMICS. Ratepayers First: The Economic Case Against Nuclear’s Data Center Dreams.
 Nuclear Decommissioning Services Market Expected to Reach $11.79 Billion by 2034. What to know about Elon Musk’s contracts with the federal government.

EMPLOYMENT. Hinkley Point C ‘using cheap foreign labour’, say striking workers. ALSO AT

ENERGY. Donald Trump’s election victory deals blow to US clean energy industry – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/11/13/3-b1-donald-trumps-election-victory-deals-blow-to-us-clean-energy-industry/ At COP29, IRENA Outlook calls for ambitious NDC update a ‘Make or Break’ for Global Goal to Triple Renewables by 2030  The Future of Nuclear Power is Wrought with Challenges.

ENVIRONMENT. North Somerset Council says no to ‘crazy’ EDF salt marsh plan. Farmers slam ‘crazy’ plans to flood 1,500 acres to save fish from a power plant. Leaked tritium reached the Mississippi.

EVENTS. 19 November – Webinar – Resisting the nuclear export and import policies in the age of climate crisis – Webinar on the International Joint Response to Nuclear Expansion- No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF)

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Ontario campaigners opposed to nuclear waste dumps suffer setbacks, but all is not lost as Canadian First Nations still to vote.

Project Pele: for Hawaii, DoD nuclear project besmirches Pele.

LEGAL. Imprisoned ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder to ask Donald Trump for clemency, campaign attorney says.

MEDIA.

• A new era dawns: America’s tech bros now strut their stuff in the corridors of power.
• How Trump Will Seek Revenge on the Press.
• How a Secluded 1984 Conference Forged Israel’s Unprecedented Influence Over US Media.
• A comprehensive review of the revolving door between Fox and the second Trump administration.

POLITICS.Ultra-Conservative War Hawks Dominate Trump Cabinet. Trump 2.0 promises US enabled Israeli genocide on steroids. Caitlin Johnstone: The Incoming Trump Administration Is Already Filling Up With War Sluts.Nuclear sector’s views on second Trump administration mixed as Rogan interview raises questions.Blinken Atrocious in a Dangerous World.Trump picks Liberty Energy CEO and Oklo nuclear company board member Chris Wright as Energy secretary.Restart of Three Mile Island tests US appetite for nuclear revival . Nuclear reactor in 2011 disaster-hit area restarted.Future of Point Lepreau Nuclear Power Plant: “All options must be considered,” including its closure – ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/11/17/2-b1-future-of-point-lepreau-nuclear-power-plant-all-options-must-be-considered-including-its-closure/

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.Head of UN nuclear watchdog: ‘Dire straits dynamic’ with Iran’s nuclear program amid Mideast wars.Saudi Crown Prince condemns Israel attacks on Palestinians as ‘genocide’.Biden Ramps Up Nuclear Brinkmanship On His Way Out The Door. Putin Tells German Leader That Ukraine Peace Deal Possible. Moscow continues to warn the West about the risk of nuclear escalation.

SECRETS and LIES.

The media’s role in lying about Amsterdam violence just keeps getting darker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HFM_V1rnPA

Secrecy ramping up as problems mount in the UK nuclear programme.

Inside the secret plan to re-open America’s most infamous nuclear power plant code named Tetris.

SPINBUSTER. Dispatch from a nuclear petting zoo.

TECHNOLOGY. Nuclear Fusion, forever the energy of tomorrow?

WASTES. Other sites considered for UK’s nuclear waste disposal. Missing: One nuclear waste dump site. Answers to the name of GDF..

WAR and CONFLICT.

• A new nuclear arms race is beginning: It will be far more dangerous than the last one.
• Israeli Military Planning To Stay in Gaza Through 2025.
• Biden Authorizes Ukrainian Long-Range Strikes Into Russia Using ATACMS Missiles – Reports.
• Witnesses describe alleged Ukrainian war crimes in Donbass city.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Biden’s Last Minute US-Saudi Deal Could Open Door to Nuclear Arms Race.

November 18, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized