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Poznan, Poland. Nuclear Energy must not be an option in Climate change talks :: PEJ News :: Stories, Features, Opinion and Analysis :: Peace, Earth & Justice News

Poznan, Poland. Nuclear Energy must not be an option in Climate change talks
PEJ News – Joan Russow -26 Nov  From 1-12 December, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 14, will be held in Poznań, Poland . The nuclear industry is lobbying states to include carbon trading credits for nuclear energy. The flawed campaign of the nuclear industry must end, and citizens must call for environmentally safe and sound renewable energy………..
…..…….the nuclear industry is trying again–at the upcoming climate negotiations in Poznan, Poland, the industry is again seeking to become eligible for lucrative carbon trading credits. And again, NIRS, WISE and the world’s environmental and clean energy movements are gearing up to stop them.YOU CAN HELP!…………………………………

Nuclear energy’s ‘contribution’ to fighting climate change would come too late (long after 2020), with huge costs (US$ 10 trillion) and would create a myriad of other serious hazards related to accidents, waste and proliferation. These large costs and negative impacts make nuclear energy an obstacle to the necessary development of effective, clean and affordable energy sources – both in developing and industrialised countries.
Activities related to nuclear power must not be allowed to become eligible for the Kyoto Protocol’s flexible mechanisms in order to avoid:Undermining climate protection by wasting time and taking resources away from more effective and clean solutions;Dumping this expensive and unsafe technology on developing countries who would be landed with the associated economic and environmental impacts (accumulation of massive financial debts, increased dependency on foreign fuel and technologies, increased risk from reactor accidents and contamination); andDecreasing global security as volumes of nuclear waste with no safe methods of disposal increase massively and both nuclear materials and technologies are spread. Nuclear power is not only expensive and slow to develop, it would provide only a marginal contribution to carbon mitigation

Poznan, Poland. Nuclear Energy must not be an option in Climate change talks :: PEJ News :: Stories, Features, Opinion and Analysis :: Peace, Earth & Justice News

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November 26, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics