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Children led into radioactive areas in Fukushima accident chaos

Nuclear plant chaos http://www.smh.com.au/world/nuclear-plant-chaos-20120724-22n74.html#ixzz21gCDQY2E   Chaotic evacuations after the tsunami struck the Fukushima nuclear power plant left children in areas where radiation was dangerously high while causing unnecessary deaths among patients hastily removed from hospitals, an inquiry has found.

The 450-page report on the inquiry said the failure to act on computer-aided predictions of
radioactive releases as the disaster unfolded might have caused residents of at least two communities to be led straight into the radioactive plume.

July 25, 2012 Posted by | Fukushima 2012 | Leave a comment

Global famine would result from even a “limited” nuclear war

Nuclear power & nuclear weapons – two sides of the same coin, July 24, 2012 Green Left, By Jim Green A nuclear war using as few as 100 weapons would disrupt the global climate and agricultural production so severely that the lives of more than a billion people would be at risk, according to research findings released in April by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and its Australian affiliate, the Medical Association for Prevention of War. Continue reading →

July 25, 2012 Posted by | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Nuclear Suppliers Group countries making more nuclear weapons

VIEW : Nuclear nexus in the NSG — Daily Times,  Momina Ashier, 25 July Shannon Kile, Senior Researcher of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) lately stated, “In spite of the world’s revived interest in disarmament efforts, none of the nuclear weapon-possessing states shows more than a rhetorical willingness to give up their nuclear arsenals just yet.

While the overall number of nuclear warheads may be decreasing, the long-term modernisation programmes underway in these states suggest that nuclear weapons are
still a currency of international status and power.” Continue reading →

July 25, 2012 Posted by | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Renewable energy getting global support

International Support for Renewable Energy, Environmental Leader,  Jeff Colton, 24 July 12,  With the December 31 deadline for the extension of the wind power production tax credit (PTC) looming, the future of American green energy hangs in limbo. The US might to look to other countries that are dedicated to the development of the renewable energy sector and make the passing of the PTC extension — and support for clean energy in general — a priority.

China’s Sustainability Plans In its twelfth Five-Year Plan, China places strong emphasis on boosting economic growth through the encouragement of the development of seven emerging industries: new energy, energy conservation and environmental protection, biotechnology, new materials, new IT, high-end equipment manufacturing and clean energy vehicles. It is no surprise that three of the seven priority industries revolve around sustainability, given China’s narrow miss of its eleventh Five-Year Plan target of reducing energy consumption by 20 percent. China is understandably more aggressive in its investments in a low-carbon economy. The country aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 percent per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020, compared with 2005 emission levels….  http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/07/24/international-support-for-renewable-energy/

July 25, 2012 Posted by | general | Leave a comment

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