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Australian govt to question Rupert Murdoch’s media monopoly

Phone hacking: Australian PM promises ‘hard questions’,BBC News, 20 July 11,   The Australian branch of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire will face “hard questions” in the wake of the phone hacking scandal in Britain, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said.

She said she was “disturbed” by revelations about his UK business.

The company dominates Australian media – it controls 70% of the newspaper readership and has extensive holdings in television, the internet, and other media….

The Greens, which hold the balance of power in the upper house, have called for a parliamentary inquiry into News Limited, Mr Murdoch’s Australian firm.,,,,, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14212954

July 21, 2011 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, media | 1 Comment

CBS investigation of safety of Tennessee nuclear plant

VIDEO   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/20/earlyshow/main20080965.shtml   Whistleblowers “terrified” at TVA nuke plants?, (CBS News)  20 July 11,  In the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has released a task force report on the safety of America’s 104 nuclear reactors.

And on “The Early Show” Wednesday, CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian offered Part Two of his investigation into one troubled nuclear power plant, in Spring City, Tenn.

On Tuesday, he reported on whistleblower Ann Harris, a 71-year-old great-grandmother who’s made it her life’s calling to hold those operating the plant accountable when it comes to safety……

CBS News spoke with one whistleblower, Gail Richards, who said she was too afraid to appear on-camera for “fear of further risk of retaliation for me and my family by the TVA and NRC.”

 

July 21, 2011 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Jobs and savings, in renewable energy for Wisconsin

The report found the state could see $2.7 billion in investment from renewable energy projects, while aggressive move to deploy energy efficiency could save Wisconsin residents $5.9 billion on their electric and natural gas bills..

Report: Greener energy policies will create more Midwest jobs, Journal Sentinel, By Thomas Content, 19 July 11, One week after a report found Wisconsin ranked 13th in the nation in green jobs, a new report projects the state would add another 11,500 jobs if it adopted more aggressive policies supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency. Continue reading →

July 21, 2011 Posted by | renewable, USA | Leave a comment

Risks for USA’s 10 oldest nuclear power plants

 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2011/07/pictures/110720-10-oldest-nuclear-plants-in-the-us/

   Pictures—Ten Oldest U.S. Nuclear Plants: Post-Japan Risks, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC,  Marianne Lavelle and Christina Nunez, 20 July 11The world’s largest nuclear energy producer, the United States, Tuesday aired its first detailed public examination of whether stronger safety standards are needed in light of Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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July 21, 2011 Posted by | Resources -audiovicual | Leave a comment

Whistleblower sceptical on safety of Tennessee nuclear plant

 You’ll have to pardon Ann Harris if she’s heard it all before. She’s won a record six whistle-blower lawsuits against Watts Bar over issues like millions of feet of faulty electrical cable, and says she’s paid a price for speaking out…..

VIDEO  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/19/earlyshow/main20080633.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody   Fukushima-type disaster inevitable in U.S.?, CBS News, Armen Keteyian, 19 July 11,   The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was to meet Tuesday to discuss sweeping new safety recommendations, after having just finished inspecting all 104 U.S. nuclear plants in the wake of Japan’s Fukushima disaster.

On “The Early Show,” CBS News Chief Investigative Correspondent Armen Keteyian spotlighted one of those facilities’ post-Fukushima inspection reports.

Watts Bar, in Spring City, Tenn., is the last nuclear plant to be licensed in the U.S., and a textbook study of the pros and cons of nuclear power. It provides electricity to some 9 million people in seven states, yet is dogged with a long history of safety issues and whistle-blower lawsuits — including six by a 71-year-old great-grandmother named Ann Harris…. Continue reading →

July 21, 2011 Posted by | safety, USA | Leave a comment

Opposition growing to Manhattan Project Atomic Parks

Anti-Nuke Groups to Fight Manhattan Project Parks, ABC News, By JERI CLAUSING Associated Press, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. July 18, 2011 (AP)  Anti-nuclear activists are lining up against legislation to create national parks at Los Alamos National Laboratory and two other sites where the world’s first nuclear bombs were developed, calling the plan an expensive glorification of an ugly chapter in history.

“It is a debasement of the national parks idea,” said Greg Mello, a co-founder of the anti-nuclear watchdog, Los Alamos Study Group……http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=14098560

July 21, 2011 Posted by | opposition to nuclear, USA | Leave a comment

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