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Renewable energy jobs refuelling the global economic recovery

Globally, research from the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) has shown that a shift to a a low-carbon and sustainable economy can create millions of green jobs across many sectors of the economy.

How Green Jobs Are Fueling The Recovery Responsible Careers, just means, 16 Jan 2011, “……………..The good news for responsible professionals and socio-eco innovators is that green jobs are likely to fuel the recovery both globally and in the US. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | 2 WORLD, employment | Leave a comment

Transport of plutonium meets huge opposition in Germany

By using MOX, Grohnde will become even more dangerous than other nukes.
The protest was supported by 10 civic action groups across the region

2,200 protest at plutonium shipments from UK to Germany | Indymedia Australia, Diet Simon, 18 Jan 2011, About 2,200 nuclear opponents demonstrated outside the Grohnde power station in central north Germany on Sunday 16 January. The protesters, from very young to quite elderly, squatted outside the nuke in a symbolic action. They demanded that the federal and state governments scrap nuclear transport plans. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | Germany, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

Uranium cargo ship turned back due to extreme weather

Cameco says ship carrying uranium to China returns to home port  (Platts)–David Stellfox-17Jan2011 A cargo ship carrying uranium concentrate, U3O8, from Canada to China has returned to port in British Columbia, after severe weather caused two U3O8-containing drums to spill outside their container, Canadian uranium miner Cameco said Sunday.
The ship had left Vancouver on December 23 and encountered severe weather conditions on January 3 between Hawaii and the Midway Islands.Cameco was notified that sea containers had shifted and two opened drums were outside of their container……..Cameco says ship carrying uranium to China returns to home port – Electric Power | Platts News Article & Story

January 18, 2011 Posted by | Canada, secrets,lies and civil liberties | Leave a comment

India’s nuclear agency keen to ‘educate’ public

“Right info needed to ease nuclear power safety fears’ – The Times of India, ‘Srinivas Laxman , TNN, Jan 18, 2011, MUMBAI: Director-general of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano on Monday said that if “appropriate information” were passed to the public, it would go a long way in allaying their fears about safety of nuclear power.

Amano made this point during an interaction with the media when he was asked about public opposition at Jaitapur towards the construction of nuclear reactors in the locality. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

Why abolition of nuclear weapons should be the top global priority

transforming the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) into a nuclear abolition agreement….Daley suggests that civil society and non-nuclear nations join together to insist that nuclear nations “move the issue to the top of their agendas.”

Building a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, HUFFINGTON POST, Lawrence Wittner, 18 Jan 2011, Apocalypse Never (Rutgers University Press, 2010), by Tad Daley, is a new book that deserves wide circulation, for it is a spirited, ringing call for nuclear weapons abolition — including why it is imperative and how it can be achieved. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | resources - print, safety | Leave a comment

Renewable energy brings electricity to 7,000 villages in India

Access to electricity has been provided in about 7,000 villages and hamlets through renewables.

Potential of solar and other renewable energy in industrial sector, Steel Guru :, 16 Jan 2011, -Mr Deepak Gupta secretary ministry of new & renewable energy has stated that while the industry is playing a major role for production of renewable energy equipments and major manufacturing capabilities have been built up, some of the Indian companies have also achieved global leadership in some of the renewable energy areas. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | decentralised, India | Leave a comment

Nuclear doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is now out of date

if the two sides agree to do away with mutual nuclear deterrence through a legally binding, verifiable agreement, which could also form the basis for future weapons reductions. Such a step would represent a radical departure from the status quo, but its time may well have come.

Time to Put an End to MAD,  The Moscow Times, 18 January 2011By Samuel Charap and Mikhail Troitskiy “…… as long as mutual nuclear deterrence defines the relationship between the United States and Russia on nuclear issues, future arms deals will likely prove far more difficult to negotiate and be subject to even greater domestic political resistance. To change these dynamics, instead of pursuing a further round of numerical cuts, Washington and Moscow should consider using the next treaty to renounce deterrence. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | Russia, USA, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Florida electricity customers pay up in advance for building nuclear reactors

in most states, North Carolina included, utilities can’t make customers pay preconstruction costs for proposed nuclear plants. In Florida, they can….they pay in advance for a nuclear plant Progress wants to build in Levy County. …

Electricity Costs Customers More in Florida , Sunshine State News

Nancy Smith’s blog January 17, Cutomers of Progress Energy Florida pay more than the customers of its new parent company, North Carolina-based Duke Energy — and the diference is sizable. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, USA | Leave a comment

History of Congo’s atrocities tied to USA and atomic bombs

the US acquired a strategic stake in the enormous natural wealth of the Congo, following its use of the uranium from Congolese mines to manufacture the first atomic weapons, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs..

Patrice Lumumba: the most important assassination of the 20th century,  Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja |guardian.co.uk, 18 Jan 2011, The US-sponsored plot to kill Patrice Lumumba, the hero of Congolese independence, took place 50 years ago today. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | AFRICA, history, Uranium | Leave a comment

Virginia Coal and Energy Commission wasting $200,000 on hasty, meaningless, uranium study

It will not consider the findings of the National Academy of Sciences regarding uranium mining, milling and tailings disposal in Virginia or the volatile price of uranium. It will be a waste of $200,000.

Use NAS data to evaluate health, economic impacts | GoDanRiver.com, 18 Jan 2011, The uranium socioeconomic study initiated by the Virginia Coal and Energy Commission cannot, on its current timeline, produce meaningful results. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | spinbuster, USA | Leave a comment

Only taxpayer money can save Atomic Energy of Canada’s Candu nuclear reactor business

Bruce Power Pulls out of Bidding for Atomic Energy of Canada  Nuclear Street , Jan 17 2011 Edited By Tom Lamar -According to news reports, plans to sell Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (ACEL) have hit a snag. Bruce Power has pulled out of talks to buy AECL’s troubled Candu reactor business. The reports stated that Bruce Power’s CEO told staff Friday that the company has dropped out of the bidding process.Bruce has informed Ottawa it will not pursue its bid for the country’s flagship nuclear company, more than a year after the official bidding kicked off.None of the larger reactor design companies have submitted a bid to purchase ACEL.AECL has yet to complete the design and nuclear safety certification of their Advanced Candu Reactor (ACR) 1000, and sources say SNC has made it clear it will only go forward with the project with government backing…… Bruce Power Pulls out of Bidding for Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd – Nuclear Power Industry News – Nuclear Power Industry News – Nuclear Street – Nuclear Power Portal

January 18, 2011 Posted by | business and costs, Canada | Leave a comment

Uranium mining lobby’s political influence in Virginia

Waiting for the NAS study? Right | GoDanRiver.com, Bill Winn, 18 Jan 2011, Just a spot check of political contributions to Del.Ward Armstrong’s “A Strong Majority” PAC reveals two donations from Virginia Uranium totaling $2,500. This suggests how widespread favors from uranium mining supporters are being distributed throughout the General Assembly. These supporters aren’t waiting for the results of the National Academy of Sciences study. Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | secrets,lies and civil liberties, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

Assassination of Patrice Lumumba – the role of uranium

Congo’s production of weapons-grade uranium vastly raised the stakes for the United States, which had used Congolese uranium to build the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945…….

War-crimes charges to be filed 50 years after Lumumba’s assassinationm Google hostede news, The Canadian Press:, By Slobodan Lekic (CP) – 18 Jan 2011, BRUSSELS — Activists plan to file a civil suit alleging war crimes by a dozen former Belgian officials they say participated in the assassination of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba 50 years ago, Continue reading →

January 18, 2011 Posted by | AFRICA, history, Uranium | Leave a comment

Misleading to assume that Iran is definitely aiming for nuclear bomb

Overstating Iran’s nuclear threat hurts efforts to end it peacefully ,Yousaf M. Butt The Washington Post,  January 17, 2011 The Jan. 13 editorial “The Iranian slowdown” stated, “The challenge for the Obama administration, Israel and other allies will be to make use of that window to force a definitive end to the Iranian bomb program.”  However, there is no confirmation that such a bomb program exists. In fact, within the past year, the director of national intelligence has twice said, “We do not know . . . if Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons.”

Conflating Iran’s desire for uranium enrichment – which is as useful for nuclear power as it is for weapons – with a bomb program is misleading and unhelpful in reaching a just and peaceful resolution to the issue. Overstating Iran’s nuclear threat hurts efforts to end it peacefully

January 18, 2011 Posted by | general | Leave a comment