Australians march against climate change | Environment | Reuters
Australians march against climate change
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Australians took part in mass protests around the country Saturday to call for tough government action on climate change, organizers said.
The demonstrations were held as Australia prepares to set national greenhouse gas emissions targets, expected around the end of this month. Environmentalists accuse industry of pushing for targets that are likely to compromise the environment.
Australia is the world’s 16th biggest carbon polluter, producing about 1.5 percent of the world’s global emissions. It is the fourth largest emitter per person, with five times the pollution per person of China.
The center-left government will outline its preferred emissions following public consultations involving global miners such as BHP Billiton and power companies like AGL Energy………………………..Cate Faehrmann, executive director of the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales state, said the march came amid a background of pressure from the fossil fuels industry for the government to adopt relatively soft emissions targets……………..
“There is not enough investment in renewable energy in this country. Job creation can occur there.”
Australia was one of the longest holdouts against the Kyoto protocol, which Prime Minister Kevin Rudd finally committed the country to joining following his landslide election win last year, leaving the United States as the only major country not to have joined it.
Australians march against climate change | Environment | Reuters
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Nuclear energy nonsense – Salt Lake Tribune
Nuclear energy nonsense
The Salt Lake Tribune Public Forum Letter 11/14/2008 The Tribune reported that Utah’s School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration is finalizing a lease agreement with Emery County that could pave the way for a nuclear power plant in Utah…………..South Carolina’s Charlotte Observer recently reported that Duke Energy now says its new nuclear power plant will cost $11 billion, double its estimates of two years ago.
Nuclear energy nonsense – Salt Lake Tribune
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Renewable Energy To Surpass Gas by 2012
Renewable Energy To Surpass Gas by 2012 SustainableBusiness.com 14 Nov 08 Renewable energy will surpass gas as the second largest source of electricity by 2012, according to the latest report by the International Energy Agency (IEA)……………………….”Renewables-based electricity generation is expected to grow substantially over the coming decades, benefiting from high fossil-fuel prices, declining investment costs and government support,” said the report………………The ‘Global Wind Energy Outlook 2008,’ published by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Greenpeace International, looks at the global potential of wind power and found that it could play a key part in achieving the dramatic shift needed to reduce emissions by 2020, which the IPCC indicates is necessary to avoid the worst consequences of climate change.
Renewable Energy To Surpass Gas by 2012
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Tonawanda News – HEALTH: Schumer calls for action on nuclear program
HEALTH: Schumer calls for action on nuclear program
By Mark Scheer The Tonawanda News 13 Nov 08 U.S Sen. Charles Schumer, D-New York, has asked the U.S. Department of Labor to speed up the processing of compensation claims filed by Western New Yorkers who took part in the development of the nation’s nuclear weapons program during the Cold War……………………..“The one thing our Cold War heroes who were exposed to nuclear radiation don’t have is time,” Schumer said. “The Department of Labor must put their applications for much-deserved health compensation on the fast track immediately.”…………………….Workers who can document their employment history and who have contracted radioactive cancer, beryllium disease or chronic silicosis after working at sites where nuclear weapons work was performed are able to apply for compensation. The workers have long contended that the federal government is purposely delaying the processing of compensation claims to avoid having to pay benefits. While Western New York has one of the highest concentrations of facilities involved in the development of the nation’s nuclear weapons program, Schumer says it continues to lag behind in terms of the number of claims processed.
Tonawanda News – HEALTH: Schumer calls for action on nuclear program
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EU-Russia summit to ignore nuclear safety concerns
PHILIPPA RUNNERT 14 Nov 08 EUOBSERVER BRUSSELS – EU concerns about Russia’s nuclear safety and human rights standards will not get much attention in Nice on Friday as French President Nicolas Sarkozy celebrates his role in ending the Georgia war.
Two internal documents on EU-Russia relations prepared by the European Commission and EU diplomats ahead of the summit point to mounting environmental concerns about Russia’s defunct nuclear submarines and ageing power plants.“More than 200 nuclear reactors and some 20,000 spent fuel elements coming from dismantled submarines and icebreakers are stored in poor conditions,” in north west Russia, the EU analysis paper – seen by EUobserver – says.
“Russia has prolonged the lifetime of its first generation nuclear reactors, some of which are of the Chernobyl type and close to the EU’s border,” it adds, noting that an EU-Russia nuclear safety group last met in 2005.
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New Yankee discoveries raise doubts about NRC: Rutland Herald Online
New Yankee discoveries raise doubts about NRC
RUTLAND HERALD November 14, 2008By Susan Smallheer Herald Staff BRATTLEBORO — The discovery of more degraded wooden support beams in Vermont Yankee’s cooling towers — this time in the reactor’s only safety dedicated cell — raised questions Thursday about how thorough a special Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection was this summer.Workers at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant had to immediately replace five deteriorated major support columns in the one safety-related cell of the reactor’s two cooling towers during the plant’s recent refueling outage, according to the NRC.
New Yankee discoveries raise doubts about NRC: Rutland Herald Online
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RNN-TV: New York’s Hudson Valley News Authority – National News and Politics — Upstate nuclear plant shuts down reactor after pump problem
Upstate nuclear plant shuts down reactor after pump problem
Associated Press – November 13, 2008 11:25 AM ET
SCRIBA, N.Y. (AP) – Operators of 1 of the nuclear reactors on Lake Ontario near Oswego shut down their reactor today to fix a leaky cooling water re-circulation pump.
Constellation Energy, owner of the Nine Mile Point nuclear plant in Scriba, says it shut down its Unit Two reactor in a planned and controlled shut down. Utility spokeswoman Jill Lyon says an upper pressure seal on a large pump failed and will be replaced.
She would not comment how long the repair work would take.
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NCAI endorses UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | Indian Country Today | Southwest
NCAI endorses UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Coulter urges action atOrganization of American States
By Gale Courey Toensing
WASHINGTON – The National Congress of American Indians has passed a resolution supporting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and urging its endorsement by state governments and Congress………………………………While it is not binding in law, the declaration represents the highest moral standard for the treatment of the world’s estimated 370 million indigenous peoples, written as it is in a human rights framework that will guide government policies for indigenous communities and promote the participation of indigenous peoples in the political processes and decisions that affect them………………………….The UN Declaration lays out the minimum human rights necessary for the “survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous peoples of the world.” These include the right of self-determination, protections from discrimination and genocide, and recognition of rights to lands, territories and resources that are essential to the identity, health and livelihood of indigenous peoples.
NCAI endorses UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples | Indian Country Today | Southwest
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Uranium price plunges to $46/lb as global economic price bites
Uranium price plunges to $46/lb as global economic crisis bites
Published on 14th November 2008The uranium spot price has dipped sharply in the face of the current global economic crisis, plummeting from the $90/lb reached in January to the current level of $46/lb.
This is some way off the all-time-high spot price of $136/lb reached in 2007, when fears of a supply shortage loomed large, and the nuclear industry moved back in vogue …………………….
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KYRGYZSTAN: Landslides threaten radioactive waste dumps
24 News Agency 13 Nov 08 «IRIN»Residents of the village of Min-Kush in Naryn Province, central Kyrgyzstan, are worried that a mudslide could destroy a nearby radioactive waste dump and contaminate the local river. The Soviet-era radioactive waste dump is about 2km from Min-Kush and close to the River Tuyuk-Suu……………………..The area is mountainous and earthquake prone, and Ministry of Emergencies experts say torrential rain could trigger potentially devastating landslides which could change the course of the River Tuyuk-Suu, and/or wash away the waste dump, one of the biggest identified. It contains about 450,000 cubic metres of radioactive waste…………………Some 6,500 hectares of land in Kyrgyzstan have been exposed to radioactive contamination. The country has 92 hazardous waste dumps holding 254 million cubic metres (475 million tonnes) of waste, including radionuclides and other toxic substances. Dormant mines, untreated tailing dumps and untreated rock debris pose a risk. The most urgent clean-up measures needed to render the tailings safe would cost up to US$40 million, the United Nations Development Programme has estimated.
Talks seek to ease way on land rights | theage.com.au
Talks seek to ease way on land rights *
The Age Jewel Topsfield * November 12, 2008VICTORIA would become the first state in Australia where Aboriginal people could establish land rights without pursuing onerous native title cases in the Federal Court under a ground-breaking deal being negotiated with the State Government.Former social justice commissioner Mick Dodson, who is chairing a committee to develop a framework for the alternative land settlements, described the proposal as a “huge breakthrough”.”It would be the first in Australia where there would be an agreement to negotiate land justice outside of native title or land rights law,” he said……………………………Under the draft framework, which will be presented to the State Government next month, Aboriginal people could negotiate to obtain access to land on the basis of cultural heritage or traditional claims.
Professor Dodson said this would mean they had other options besides the “expensive and cumbersome” native title process, in which connection to the land must be proved in the Federal Court.
“We might find the Government is prepared to look at a different way of connecting people to the country than the native title test does,” he said.
A possibility could involve traditional owners jointly managing national parks.
Uranium mine still poses risks – Juneau Empire
Uranium mine still poses risks Company ordered to continue treating water at Superfund site
By Kate Golden | JUNEAU EMPIRE November 12, 2008The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week ordered a mine company to keep treating water at a radioactive defunct open-pit uranium mine that’s now a Superfund site of national priority.
The Midnite Mine is on the Spokane Indian Reservation in eastern Washington. About 350 acres were mined 100 miles north of Hanford, a former plutonium plant that is the world’s largest environmental cleanup project.
The much less well-known Midnite site has the EPA status “Human Exposure Not Under Control.”
The water, soil and waste rock are contaminated with radium-226, uranium-238 and lead-210. The air carries particulate matter and radon gas, a carcinogen. Plants are taking up the contaminants.
Push to ban Arkaroola mining – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Push to ban Arkaroola mining
ABC News 13 Nov 08 Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary owner Marg Sprigg says she hopes the public will support her push for mining on her land to be banned.
Exploration company Marathon will soon be able to re-apply to continue its search for uranium in the sanctuary.
The company was forced to stop drilling until it cleans up about 35 tonnes of drill samples buried in Arkaroola………………………….I hope the people of South Australia will support Arkaroola in working to see that no mining ever happens in this country.”
Push to ban Arkaroola mining – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Uranium Mining in the Coastal Bend – Part 2 | KIII TV3 South Texas | Local News
Uranium Mining in the Coastal Bend – Part 2
KIIITV News 13 Nov 08 Some residents in the coastal bend believe uranium mining has contaminated their ground water supply. Environmentalists who support their claim want a moratorium to halt the mining…………….
The coastal bend is one of the nation’s top producers for uranium. In Ricardo, Garcia Hill residents blame the uranium mining industry for contaminating their ground water. They claim their water has dangerous levels of radioactive elements. Levels substantiated by the EPA. And that’s devastating to folks like Humberto Garcia, a life long resident.
Garcia says, “They should have checked into it to make sure it was safe and safe for the people around here.”
State leaders, like Coastal Bend State Representative Yvonne Gonzalez-Toureilles heard those complaints. She sponsored a bill that became law last year requiring ground water be restored to its original condition before mining began. Now the tough thing is to sort out the quality of the water before mining………………..Opponents are critical of state agencies that regulate the uranium mining industry. They claim companies are allowed to skirt environmental laws and not return ground water to original standards…………..residents living near uranium mining think their water should not be sacrificed for power needs of nuclear plants.
Uranium Mining in the Coastal Bend – Part 2 | KIII TV3 South Texas | Local News
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Radioactive legacy of ‘lost bomb’
Radioactive legacy of ‘lost bomb’
By Gordon CoreraSecurity correspondent, BBC News, Thule, GreenlandThe crash of a B-52 aircraft, armed with nuclear warheads, in north-west Greenland back in 1968 has left a lasting legacy, according to those involved in the clear-up and those who live in the region now.
There are claims of long-term damage to the environment and to the health of individuals, allegations disputed by the governments involved………………….Radioactive material was widely dispersed across the ice and was also thrust into the sky in a plume of smoke, declassified documents show.
Danish workers rushed to the scene of the crash, near Thule, and were heavily involved in clearing up the wreckage in the subsequent weeks and months as part of an enormous US military operation.
However, some of those workers believe not enough thought was given to their safety, given the presence of radioactive material from the bombs on board the plane………………….The (sick) workers have taken a case through Europe’s courts, arguing that Denmark failed to abide by a European directive requiring their health be monitored…………………..former workers believe that the lack of proof of a link between the crash and their ill-health is precisely because they have not been monitored over time in a way that would allow such a link to be proved.
The head of the Association of Former Thule Workers, Jens Zieglersen, who also helped at the crash, remains unconvinced.
“I think it’s a cover-up. We are getting older and the Danish authorities and the Danish government will wait and keep their mouths sealed for another 15, 20 years; then there’s no-one left that remembers and who was a part of the accident back in the days of ’68.”
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Radioactive legacy of ‘lost bomb’
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