Nouse.co.uk » From the centre of the mayhem: Prince Hassan of Jordan
From the centre of the mayhem: Prince Hassan of Jordan
Nouse.co.uk 20 Nov 08 The world is closer to World War Three than it ever has been, and the breeding ground is the Middle East, said Prince Hassan of Jordan in an interview following his inaugural lecture on peace prospects in the Middle East. “It is more possible today than it was back then [the Prince warned about the possibility of a Third World War back in 2004]. If you look at the players today, with Iran becoming a potential nuclear power, you are looking at six nuclear realities in Asia alone…This will be a very destabilising force.”……………………“People have this illusion about a ball-park figure of several hundred millions or billions that will make the problems in the Middle East go away. I want to say that the money will be misspent unless it is monitored from the ground up.” He backs this up with an alarming statistic. For every $1 spent on conflict prevention, $1,885 was spent on weapons in the region………………………The second largest export from Iraq is scrap metal. Our children are dying as we speak; from eating out of cooking pots that are uranium depleted; from climbing on climbing frames that are uranium depleted………………………….He talked briefly about commodities, saying that the three most important commodities that any region possesses are water, energy, and the human environment. In all three areas, he feels that humanity has let itself down badly, but particularly water
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Top priority to safety, security of N-plants must: IAEA
Top priority to safety, security of N-plants must: IAEA officialMumbai,
ZEENEWS.com Nov 17: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday said safety and security of nuclear power plants should be given top priority………………..it was important to have strong and independent national regulatory bodies, a top IAEA official said here.The regulatory bodies should have independence so that safety regulations are carried out independently and free from undue pressure from any interested party, Deputy Director General of IAEA T Taniguchi said here.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it was important to achieve strong safety management culture.
This is applicable to the countries with existing nuclear power plants as well as the new entrants…………………… In his keynote address, J Laaksonen from Finalnd pointed out the important role of regulatory bodies in upkeeping the safety.
He said with the expanding nuclear programme, even the vendors have to be screened thoroughly. Vendors may be having competence but with long chain of sub-contracting, there could be some major issues related to safety, he said.
Even those countries who were experienced in buying from vendors till 1970s may have to rethink when it comes to safety and security. This he said after the long delays and problems Finland experienced in building its first EPR-1600 Mw reactor which is under construction.
Top priority to safety, security of N-plants must: IAEA
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Winds of change blow through energy market : thewest.com.au
Winds of change blow through energy market
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A revolution is taking place in Australia’s electricity market – and wind is driving it.
Coal provides the vast bulk of the nation’s electricity, but research released on Wednesday shows that will change towards greater dependence on wind and natural gas.
The government’s economic research agency – ABARE – has for the first time mapped out all energy projects which are in the pipeline.
There are 42 wind farms being developed, making up almost half the total number of energy projects.
Wind dwarfs other renewable sources such as wave, biomass and solar.
About a third of the total generating capacity of energy projects will come from wind, second only to natural gas for future energy projects.
New coal projects are well behind both gas and wind.
Winds of change blow through energy market : thewest.com.au
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Trainees make progress – Local News – News – General – Myall Coast
Trainees make progress
Myall Coast Nota 20 Nov 08 THE team of trainees from the Karuah Local Aboriginal Land Council is making fantastic progress in their conservation program around the Yacaaba Peninsula.The program is run over a 26 week period to allow the team to gain accreditation in Certificate Two in Conservation and Land Management.
The team is learning about a range of bush regeneration techniques, while working to preserve significant cultural heritage sites and restore native vegetation communities through the Yacaaba Peninsula Aboriginal Protection and Coastal Vegetation Regeneration Project………………………………The team of eight envisage their accreditation at the end of the 26 week long course will assist them to gain full time employment as bush regeneration professionals to continue the important work at Yacaaba and in the surrounding region,” Ms Winner said.
Conservation Volunteers Australia, Great Lakes Council, Karuah Local Aboriginal Land Council, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Hunter Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority and Taree Indigenous Development and Employment Ltd have joined forces to deliver this exciting new project.
Trainees make progress – Local News – News – General – Myall Coast
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ABC Perth – Barnett refuses to intervene in share dispute
Barnett refuses to intervene in share dispute
ABC Perth 17 Nov 08The Premier, Colin Barnett, says he would prefer it if the wife of the Mines Minister, Norman Moore, did not own shares in BHP Billiton and Woodside.
However, Mr Barnett says he is not putting any pressure on the couple to sell the shareholding.
The Opposition has been demanding Mrs Moore sell the shares, or that Mr Moore be demoted due to a conflict of interest, however Mr Moore is standing firm.
ABC Perth – Barnett refuses to intervene in share dispute
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Moore’s position untenable: Labor : thewest.com.au
Moore’s position untenable: Labor
thewest.com.au 18 Nov 08 West Australian Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore is under increasing pressure to resign from his portfolio over shares held by his wife in mining companies BHP Billiton and Woodside Petroleum.Mr Moore, the government leader in the upper house, is the second minister to face claims of a conflict of interest since his appointment to the ministry in September…………………………….Opposition Leader Eric Ripper said that under the guidelines in the Ministerial Code of Conduct, Mr Moore should have left the cabinet room………………………..Mr Barnett has said Mr Moore should “ride out” the issue.
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WA Labor ‘won’t back’ uranium mining – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
WA Labor ‘won’t back’ uranium mining
ABC News 17 Nov 08 Western Australian Opposition Leader Eric Ripper says Labor will continue to oppose uranium mining in WA, even though the State Government formally lifting the ban on mining the resource today.
WA Labor ‘won’t back’ uranium mining – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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EDITORIAL: National role for local councils – The Geelong Advertiser
EDITORIAL: National role for local council
Geelong Advertiser November 19th, 2008
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THE mayors’ summit meeting in Canberra yesterday has highlighted just how important our third tier of government is to Australia.
More than $300 million has been provided by the Federal Government to prime the economy from the bottom up and there are more than 650 organised, responsible and professional organisations ready to spend the money………..This example of our councils at work performing a national role is timely. ……………State rights have been consistently under siege over the past 20 years with all Federal governments happy to over-ride the states “in the national interest”. Water rights, potential nuclear plant sites, conservation issues and health and education areas have all felt the hot breath of federalism under the guise of “common good”.ocal government annually spends about $20 billion _ about two per cent of GDP _ and employs about 1.3 per cent of the Australian labour force. It provides the majority of the essential services and infrastructure in local and regional communities and, in many cases, is the only reference point for communities………………………..Over the past 30 years there has been a broadening in responsibilities from the traditional roads, footpaths and rubbish to the growing area of human services……………………Particularly in the area of climate change, local councils should be the front line troops.
EDITORIAL: National role for local councils – The Geelong Advertiser
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‘Peace won’t cost the earth’ but it might save the environment – On Line Opinion – 19/11/2008
Peace won’t cost the earth’ but it might save the environment
OnLine opinion By John Tomlinson – 19 November 2008 Essentially human beings cannot afford war. Nor can we continue to breed like rabbits. The imprint of humans on this planet is getting close to a tipping point which, once reached, will result in massive disruption, destruction, significant loss of life and, inevitably, in vast civil unrest…………………….Whether people choose to speak about global warming or climate change they are using a metaphor to highlight or deny the impending environmental catastrophe that awaits us if we continue to mine, pollute, pillage and exploit the natural environment………………………In the short term military forces will be seen by many of our friends and neighbours as necessary for their protection. So we will need to explain why we can no longer afford to maintain military forces at anything beyond a sufficient force to repel an aggressor from our shores. During the Cold War, Russia and the US amassed sufficient nuclear weapons to eliminate life as we know it many times over…………………. Depleted uranium is causing the deaths of babies and children in Iraq and Afghanistan………………………War was a ruinous dementia. It silenced law, it killed poets, it exalted the proud, filled the greedy with good things, and oppressed the humble and meek; no good could come of it, it was hopelessly out of date………………Apart from the overt environmental destructive nature of war, there is the environmental cost of just keeping the defence forces mobile……………..If we want to keep the world environmentally healthy then we certainly can no longer afford such profligate military consumption of carbon products. We just need to convince our fellow citizens that it is better to have a world at peace rather than one in pieces, because as Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote “the real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.”
‘Peace won’t cost the earth’ but it might save the environment – On Line Opinion – 19/11/2008
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Readers’ Comments: WA ends uranium ban – PerthNow
Readers’ Comments
WA ends uranium ban
The Liberal-National Government has lifted a ban on uranium mining in Western Australia. Has the Government got it right? perthnow 18 Nov 08 Nuclear energy is old technology. There are much better ways of generating energy being developed. Selling it to other countries is like selling guns to the bikies. Sure there’s nice profit but how will you feel when your family is shot down. The amount of greenhouse gases used is mining uranium and building nuclear power stations is enormous and far outweighs any benefits. Barnett and his cronies have moved us back into the 20th century – just look at the what they did to our logo – it’s back to the old fashioned coat of arms. Very backward.Posted by: Wayne of Perth 9:02am November 18, 2008Comment 91 of 131
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