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Renewable energy bounding ahead in China

China’s Push for Renewable Energy, donga.com[English donga] 18 May 2010, The popularity of renewable energy sources including wind, photovoltaic and biomass is growing dramatically in China. Beijing designated renewable energy as a strategic industry last year, and invested 34.6 billion U.S. dollars, twice as much as the U.S.Despite the global financial crisis, the renewable energy industry knows no recession. Continue reading →

May 18, 2010 Posted by | China, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

Anti nuclear film might just change the world

Cannes blog: Documentaries determined to change the world, SBS Films, 17 May 2010 By Lisa Nesselson in Cannes The world’s documentary makers provide some much-needed perspective to the madness of Cannes. “….Countdown to Zero , Lucy Walker’s spooky analysis of why all extant nuclear weapons must be eliminated –…… Continue reading →

May 18, 2010 Posted by | general | , , , | Leave a comment

Film launched to push for elimination of nuclear weapons

Queen Noor –  “I believe this film needs to be seen throughout the world, and help those populations mobilize to put pressure on political leaders or support political leaders who support the elimination of nuclear weapons.”

Cannes 2010: Queen Noor and Valerie Plame Wilson on Nukes – THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, May 17, 2010 Queen Noor of Jordan and former CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson were among the luminaries who gathered at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday to support “Countdown to Zero,” a new film about nuclear proliferation. Continue reading →

May 17, 2010 Posted by | general | , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear weapons free zone in Middle East is pivotal issue

Half-time at the NPT | World news | guardian.co.uk16 May, 2010, We are half-way through the negotiating marathon that is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference and the crunch is approaching. The speeches have been made, the working groups set up, and drafts assembled. There are now two weeks left for the tough bargaining between the nuclear haves and have-nots over what the global arms control regime should look like.
The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) has a very useful summary of the positions of various key countries, from which two main themes emerge: there is an Obama-effect at play, and the idea of a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East is becoming a make or break issue………

Half-time at the NPT | World news | guardian.co.uk

May 17, 2010 Posted by | general | , , , | Leave a comment

UK’s nuclear plans hit by one blow after another

Another blow to nuclear plans, Ruscombe Green, 17 May 2010, “….new uncertainty over new nukes following the appointment of anti-nuclear Energy Secretary Chris Huhne. He has strengthened his assertion that new nuclear build will not receive any Government subsidies including in the event of a nuclear accident…….
Nuke-waste subsidy?
Chris Huhne may also be under pressure from anti-nuclear Lib-Dem colleagues to examine other potential aspects of Government subsidy Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by | politics, UK | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear fuel cycle requires huge energy, and emits huge C02

Some estimate that the energy requirements of mining and milling lean ores may surpass the energy produced in a nuclear reactor.

5 Questions Iowans Should Answer Before Accepting Nuclear Power, Blog for Iowa, by Paul Deaton, 17 May 2010,” .… 2.    Do you accept the socialization of nuclear power? In a recent study in Idaho, Warren Buffet’s MidAmerican Energy found that there is no financial return on investment in nuclear power without substantial government subsidies. Our open market system of capitalism won’t support nuclear power without government subsidies. Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Switch from uranium mining to wind farming in New Mexico

VIDEO       NM uranium capital turns to wind energy

NM uranium capital turns to wind energy | Mount Taylor, N.M. | KRQE News 13

KRQE News 13, 16 May 2010, MOUNT TAYLOR, N.M. (KRQE) – A part of New Mexico that was once one of the world’s major sources of uranium is about to become a major supplier of wind energy……The Cibola County Commission officially endorsed the project this week. Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by | renewable, USA | , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

UK Green Party set to grow, due to the nuclear issue

Green Party Set to Gather Disaffected Lib Dems, The Energy Collective, Vicky Portwain on 05/15/2010, The Green Party has asked Lib Dem voters not happy with Nick Clegg joining forces with the Tories to talk to the Greens instead. Green Party MSP Patrick Harvie said “Lib Dem members and supporters did not work hard over the last weeks and months to see their party become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Tories“. He said the Liberal Conservative coalition decision “will be the death-knell for the Lib Dems here in Scotland“.Caroline Lucas MP, leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, said:“The Lib Dems have shown themselves to be not so much a party of change as a party of changing its mind…….The Lib Dems are likely to lose people who are anti-nuclear energy to the Greens who have confirmed their “unequivocal opposition to nuclear power“. Green Party Set to Gather Disaffected Lib Dems

May 16, 2010 Posted by | politics, UK | , , | Leave a comment

How USA has helped Israel to get nuclear weapons

How US Weapons Grade Uranium was Diverted to Israel | Before It’s News, May 17, 2010“……. U.S. presidents have long acquiesced to “strategic ambiguity” – a policy of neither confirming nor denying that Israel even possesses nuclear weapons. This pretext has allowed the U.S. to deliver the lion’s share of its foreign assistance budget to Israel, despite clear legal prohibitions imposed by the Glenn and Symington amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act. Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Japan urges China to reduce nuclear weapons

Japan, China in spat over nuclear arsenal (AFP) todayshotnews.net, 16 May 2010, SEOUL (AFP) –Japan has urged China to cut its nuclear arsenal or at least to stop stockpiling more atomic weapons, prompting a strong reaction from Beijing at their foreign ministers‘ talks, officials said Sunday. Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by | Japan, politics international | , , | Leave a comment

UK’s opportunity for alternatives to nuclear power

In fact more nonnuclear generation is already under construction and will come on-line by 2015 than is scheduled to go off-line.

Another blow to nuclear plans, Ruscombe Green, 17 May 2010, Alternatives to nukes Last month a PricewaterhouseCoopers study showed that Europe could meet all its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2050 by using a “super-smart” grid powered by solar farms in North Africa, wind farms in northern Europe and the North Sea, hydro-electric from Scandinavia and the Alps and a complement of biomass and marine energy Continue reading →

May 16, 2010 Posted by | renewable, UK | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mules used to detect radiation in nuclear test area


….The mules will spend their days carrying “a gamma scanner..that will register gamma energy emitted by radioactive material……”

Cute Animals Sent to Check Dangers of Former Nuclear Site : Disasters : Curbed LA, by Adrian Glick Kudler, 14 May 2010, First kids, and now animals are taking the weight of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory mess on their shoulders. Continue reading →

May 15, 2010 Posted by | Religion and ethics | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Cancer cluster among children – investigation for ionising radiation

OH Dept. of Health wonders if radiation is causing cancer cluster WTOL.com – Toledo’s News Leader  May 15, 2010 CLYDE, OH (WTOL) – The Ohio Department of Health is still trying to determine why so many kids in eastern Sandusky County are getting sick from cancer. Currently, they’re searching for radiation. ….OH Dept. of Health wonders if radiation is causing cancer cluster – WTOL.com – Toledo’s News Leader |

May 15, 2010 Posted by | general | , , , | Leave a comment

Dangerous radiation scanning for illegal immigrants banned

French ban X-ray scans for illegal immigrants as radiation makes them ‘too dangerous’,  Mail Online, By Jack Doyle and Lee Sorrell 14th May 2010

British officials searching for illegal immigrants in trucks have been told to stop using an expensive new X-ray scanner because of radiation fears. The machine was unveiled last month as part of a £15million investment in UK border controls in Calais.

But now France’s nuclear regulator has warned it can only be used to look for illegal goods. Using it to find people is banned in case the radiation damages their health,  …French ban X-ray scans for illegal immigrants as radiation makes them ‘too dangerous’ | Mail Online

May 15, 2010 Posted by | France, health | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear power: far from a done deal in UK

Nuclear or no nuclear….the first dispute for the UK’s newly elected Cameron-Clegg coalition, The Energy Collectiev, 14 May 2010,”……….. A major dispute already facing our new parliament in the first day of office is that of nuclear energy. Whilst the Tories are supportive of building nuclear power stations, the Liberal Democrats are against this. Simon Hughes, energy spokesperson for Liberal Democrats states that “A new generation of nuclear power stations will be a colossal mistake, regardless of where they are built. They are hugely expensive, dangerous and will take too long to build.”(Source: Guardian Environment, 11-May-10)

Nuclear or no nuclear….the first dispute for the UK’s newly elected Cameron-Clegg coalition

May 15, 2010 Posted by | politics, UK | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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