CNN’s media coverage promoted climate change denialsim
“After Failed Climate Coverage, CNN Reports Americans Don’t Understand
Climate Change” Society of Environmental Journalists, 27 Jan 13
“Promoting a recent poll, CNN is treating climate change as a matter
of opinion, saying Americans are divided over whether or not it is
real. But the network itself has fueled such confusion, often failing
to report that manmade emissions are driving climate change or giving
credence to those who deny the science behind it.” Continue reading
A realistic plan for negotiations with Iran
Devil Is in the Details for Iran Nuclear Deal Anti War.com by Jasmin Ramsey, January 26,2013 After a year of fruitless negotiations that are expected to resume soon, Iranian and U.S. experts are urging both sides to show more flexibility and make more concessions on its nuclear programme.
A letter written this month by seven former Iranian parliamentarians now living in exile urges Iran and the P5+1 – the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany – to pursue a “win-win outcome” by incorporating four points into an agreement.
The letter states that Iran should be able to enrich uranium up to five percent for peaceful purposes; Iran should be given fuel for its medical and scientific research reactors if it halts its enrichment of 20 percent uranium and allows the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to control its existing stockpile; Iran should implement the Additional Protocol as a “confidence-building measure”; and Iran should be provided with a timetable for the lifting of sanctions if it halts its 20 percent uranium enrichment.
“The proposal reminds us that there is in fact a reasonable solution to this confrontation, one that satisfies each side’s core interests and removes any need for war,” Stephen Walt, a Harvard international relations professor, told IPS. “The only question is whether leaders in Washington and Tehran will be smart and far-sighted enough to seize it.”…… http://original.antiwar.com/ramsey/2013/01/25/devil-is-in-the-details-for-iran-nuclear-deal/
Another nuclear capable missile test by India
India tests nuclear-capable missile
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/india-tests-nuclear-capable-missile/story-fn3dxix6-1226563126908
AAP January 28, 2013 AN Indian news report says India has
successfully tested a medium-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile
fired from an underwater platform in the Bay of Bengal.
The Press Trust of India news agency says the missile would soon be
ready for deployment on platforms, including a nuclear submarine.
India’s Defence Ministry spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
Pallava Bagla, a defence expert, said Sunday’s test off the east coast
was 14th in the series with a range of 700 kilometres. It would
complete India’s nuclear triad – the capability to launch missiles
from land, air and below the sea.
India and its nuclear-armed rival Pakistan routinely test different
versions of their missiles. The countries have fought three wars since
they gained independence from Britain in 1947.
Low turnout in Bulgaria’s nuclear referendum – invalidates result
Bulgaria nuclear vote ‘invalidated by low turnout’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21217882 27 Jan 13, A
controversial referendum on whether to build a new nuclear power plant
in Bulgaria appears to have been invalidated by low turnout.
An exit poll put turnout at around 20% – far below the 60% required
for the poll, which was called on the basis of an opposition petition.
The opposition Socialists want the centre-right government to reverse
its decision not to build the plant.
The poll has been seen as a barometer for elections later this year. Continue reading
Australia has lost its moral compass on nuclear disarmament and non proliferation
despite the window of opportunity that Australia has open to it as chair of a number of relevant committees on the UN Security Council, Carr’s recent statements are devoid of any talk of global disarmament, or of a just dialogue between Iran, Israel and the West. The Australian government instead seems intent on reforging the policy bonds of the “Coalition of the Willing” which proved so morally, politically and economically disastrous in 2003.
Julia Gillard must not continue to take Australia further down the path of moral decay in the area of non-proliferation and disarmament as I’ve elsewhere argued she has done. Now on the Security Council, Australia must use its role to push for what Prime Minster Gillard herself promised in the candidate brochure:
… a lead role in advancing disarmament and non-proliferation efforts and continuing our longstanding efforts to promote respect for international law.
The decay of Australia’s nuclear ethic, Aljazeera, NAJ Taylor, 26 Jan 13, Australia must use its new position in the UN Security Council to push for conciliation with Iran. Within three days of Australia taking the chair of the UN Security Council committees overseeing “Iran’s WMD proliferation activities”, Foreign Minister Bob Carr announced that Australia is to adopt severe economic sanctions against Iran that are “broadly aligned” with those already actioned by the US, Britain and European Union.
Thursday’s announcement is bitterly disappointing, for it draws to the fore a deep moral inconsistency in Australia’s recent nuclear dealings.
Simply put, Iran is alleged to have an active nuclear weapons programme, despite it having undertaken a number of international obligations – including the primary instrument of the nuclear regime, the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Continue reading
French govt putting up funds to promote nuclear companies
FRANCE PREPARES FUND TO SUPPORT SMALLER NUCLEAR FIRMS PARIS http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/15961651/france-prepares-fund-to-support-smaller-nuclear-firms/ 27 Jan 13, – The French government plans to unveil a fund to support small and mid-size businesses in the country’s nuclear industry, a spokeswoman for the industry ministry said on Saturday, confirming a report in Le Monde newspaper.
The government also plans to set up an association bringing together French nuclear players in addition to the 123 million-euro (105 million pounds) fund, which will be designed to take stakes in companies, bolster their capital and facilitate tie-ups, the spokeswoman said.
It will be financed by major groups such as utility EDF , nuclear reactor maker Areva and engineering firm Alstom , as well as France’s FSI strategic investment fund.
While the proportions are yet to be determined, Le Monde reported that the FSI would provide “a large third” of the sum.
The moves will be decided at a meeting of the French nuclear industry strategic committee on Tuesday, attended by Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg and Ecology Minister Delphine Batho.
The industry ministry spokeswoman said it wants to show support for a sector that employs 200,000 people in France and which will likely hire 110,000 workers by 2020. (Reporting by Yann Le Guernigou; Writing by James Regan; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
The Real Currency, Gold and Energy War in Mali -AUDIO interview
Januar 27th, 2013
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Have you heard lately of the meme of a currency war that’s going on? Well, Pepe Escobar, the “roving eye” correspondent of Asia Times, tells you about the real currency, gold and energy war that is now raging in Mali, as the overall Global War on Terror needs new battlefields to perpetuate itself as “The Long War.”
By Lars Schall
Pepe Escobar, who was born 1954 in Brazil, is one of the most outstanding journalists of our time with three decades of experience in covering politics and conflicts around the globe. He works for Hong Kong/Thailand-based Asia Times as “The Roving Eye.“ Moreover, he is the author of three books: “Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War,“ “Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge,“ and “Obama does Globalistan.“
Mr. Escobar has been a foreign correspondent since 1985, based in London, Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, and Bangkok. Since the late 1990s, he has specialized in covering geopolitical stories from the Middle East to Central Asia and has reported during this decade from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, the Central Asian Republics, China and the U.S.A.
He was in Afghanistan in Summer of 2001 and interviewed the military leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Masoud, just a few weeks before his assassination, and he has been one of the first journalists to reach Kabul after the Taliban’s retreat. He is a renowned expert on the network of pipelines hardwiring the countries of the Middle East, Central Asia, Russia, and Europe that he has dubbed “Pipelinestan.” Mr. Escobar lives in Sao Paulo, Bangkok, and Hong-Kong.
The Real Currency, Gold and Energy War in Mali
FOR AUDIO CLICK HERE
For further reading see these three articles on Mali by Pepe Escobar:
“Burn, burn – Africa’s Afghanistan”
For German-speaking readers:
DAS WANDERNDE AUGE: Brenne, brenne – Afrikas Afghanistan
DAS WANDERNDE AUGE: Krieg gegen den Terror für immer
DAS WANDERNDE AUGE: Zero Dark Mali
Fukushima -TEPCO to Limit the Right to Claim Compensation to 3 Years After All
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2013
EXSKF
It’s not quite a 180-degree turn from the position taken by the TEPCO president only days before the change, but still an unpleasant and frustrating turn for people affected by the nuclear disaster.
On January 10, 2013, this is what Naomi Hirose, president of TEPCO, said to Yuhei Sato, governor of Fukushima Prefecture, according to Mainichi Shinbun(1/10/2013; part):
東京電力の広瀬直己社長は１０日、福島第１原発事故に伴う損害賠償の時効について「（３年間の）消滅時効の権利を主張するつもりはない」と初めて明言した。
Naomi Hirose, President of TEPCO definitely said on January 10 for the first time that TEPCO had “no intention of claiming its right to legal statute of limitations (3 years)” regarding the compensation to damages arising from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident.
下河辺和彦会長らと同日、福島県庁を訪れ佐藤雄平知事と面会した際、広瀬社長は「全くそういう（消滅時効を主張する）つもりはない。法律の問題もあるが、何らかの形を示したい」と初めて踏み込んだ発言をした。佐藤知事は「完全な賠償の実施をお願いしたい」と求めた。
President Hirose and Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe visited with Governor Yuhei Sato at the Fukushima Prefectural government office on January 10. Mr. Hirose made specific remarks for the first time regarding the issue, saying “We have no intention at all (to claim our right to statute of limitations). It is a legal problem, but we would like to come up with something concrete.” Governor Sato demanded that TEPCO fully compensate the victims.
民法７２４条は、不法行為で被害などを知ってから３年以内に損害賠償を請求しないと、時効により権利を失うとされる。この規定は権利関係の迅速な確定を目的に設けられているが、佐藤知事は、東電に対して消滅時効を主張しないよう求めていた。
According to the Article 724 of the Civil Code, one loses the right to compensation unless one files a claim for damages within 3 years of first becoming aware of the damages from offense by others. The purpose of this article is to quickly establish relations of right. Governor Sato had asked TEPCO not to assert its claim to statute of limitations.
面会後、広瀬社長は「社内で対応策を検討中で、近々発表できると思う。裁判で消滅時効の権利を主張するつもりはない」と記者団に語った。
After the meeting, Mr. Hirose said to the press, “We’re discussing the measures, and I hope to announce them soon. We are not going to assert our claim to statute of limitations in lawsuits.”
[notice the time it takes for cancers to establish fully in children – Arclight]
[Image source enformable]
There are many who haven’t even received the applications yet. For those who have received the applications, the application is such a legal mumbo jumbo that many have simply given up.
Then on January 16, six days later, TEPCO revealed their plan. Instead of statute of limitations as stipulated by the Civil Code, the company will use a modified statute of limitations – 3 years from the time when the application forms are received by people affected by the accident.
As Nikkei Shinbun reported (1/16/2013; part):
東京電力と原子力損害賠償支援機構は、福島第１原子力発電所事故に伴う損害賠償の請求可能な期間を、被災者が請求用書類を受け取った日から３年間とする方針を固めた。賠償の請求権については法律上、事故から３年後に時効が成立する可能性があることが指摘されていた。時効の起点を後ろにずらして賠償を受け取れない被災者が出ることを防ぐ。
TEPCO and Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund has decided that the period to claim damages from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident will be three years from the date when people affected by the accident receive their application documents. It has been pointed out that the three-year statute of limitations from the start of the accident may happen, but the new plan will move the date further back from which to count three years so that people affected by the accident are able to receive compensations.
茂木敏充経済産業相に15日に提出した「総合特別事業計画」の変更申請に盛り込んだ
The plan is part of the change request for the “Comprehensive Special Business Plan” that TEPCO submitted to Toshimitsu Motegi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, on January 15.
So it’s a done deal. The plan is submitted, not because the plan will be analyzed or discussed by the government but as the last formality after everything in the plan has been already informally discussed and agreed upon by all the parties involved, in this case the national government and TEPCO (which are one and the same).
Very clever of them. The management of Chisso should have used the same ruse.
TEPCO’s Hirose by the way holds an MBA from Yale University. Minister Mogi is a former McKinsey consultant. They probably understand each other very well.
http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/fukushima-i-nuke-accident-tepco-to.html
Cancer Deaths in Lowca -An artists impression of Sellafield
“A cow with 2 heads”
Uploaded on Nov 12, 2008
Cumbrian performance artist Kevin Carr on everyday village life in the shadow of Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant. Film made by Helen Petts for UK Channel Four arts programme “Halfway to Paradise”. 1990.
Mrs Tiggywinkle’s Laundry – hot pants! Sellafield Laundry scandal?
“…The only brand protection worth having is to contain radioactive contamination on the Sellafield site rather than dispersing it to the environment at previously non nuclear sites through landfill, metal “recycling”, a proposed nuclear dump and now, we learn, the laundry!….”
INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELLAFIELD LAUNDRY AND CUMBRIAN HOTELS – (Mrs Tiggywinkle and the hot pants) A Cumbrian laundry, Shortridge, supplying some of the most prestigious hotels in the Lake District has a £50,000 – £600,000 contract to provide a contingency laundry for Sellafield’s towels and underwear.
27 January 2013
There is no monitoring once the laundry leaves Sellafield, no checks once it arrives at the same laundry used by Cumbrian Hotels. Baroness Verma’s recent comments about the intimate relationship between the nuclear industry and tourism perhaps refers to the use of the same laundry? £500,000 has been pledged by government to protect the Lake District’s image. No doubt aggressive Mrs Tiggywinkle marketing could put a positive spin on the nuclear laundry being shared with Cumbrian hotels. The only brand protection worth having is to contain radioactive contamination on the Sellafield site rather than dispersing it to the environment at previously non nuclear sites through landfill, metal “recycling”, a proposed nuclear dump and now, we learn, the laundry!
The Environment Agency has provided answers below confirming the appalling situation which, despite assurances, opens up another new pathway for routine and accidental contamination. This has only come to light as a result of an anonymous letter to Radiation Free Lakeland.
Environment Agency -Freedom of Information Answers: PROTECT-NTH6582H
Dear Marianne Thank you for your request for information which was received in this office on 14 January 2013. Requests for information that are recorded are generally governed by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
The information you have requested is environmental and it is therefore exempted from the provisions of FOIA by FOIA s.39(1). We have therefore considered your request under the provisions of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).
I will answer your points in turn. Laundry at Sellafield Sellafield Ltd has an on-site laundry for active and non-active (i.e. contaminated and non-contaminated) laundry. However, in case the laundry cannot operate, Sellafield Ltd has a contract with Shortridge Laundry as a contingency for the non-active (i.e. non-contamined) laundry.
MUST WATCH: Belgian MP, Laurent Louis, drops the F-bomb in parliament about the neo-colonial adventures for which media provides propaganda cover! Areva named and shamed!
Working link in french below..
MUST WATCH: Belgian MP, Laurent Louis, drops the F-bomb in parliament about the neo-colonial adventures for which media provides propaganda cover
Posted on January 27, 2013 by stacyherbert| 3 Comments
Stacy Summary: I suspect this is the next European parliamentarian to go viral. The speech is so amazing, I doubted its authenticity! I assumed it was green screened, anyway, to the Belgians reading this, do comment about who this guy is, etc., as I had never heard of him and would like to know more. Regardless, a surprising speech to hear delivered in any Western parliament.
If you have problems viewing on that link
Update : There appears to be a problem with the video on my you tube channel too! looks like the video has been redirected to belgium?? ie youtu.be
i am trying to find out whats going on but you might be able to still watch it on the max kaiser link.. read the comments anyway.. i have a download in french but no transcript file yet.. I will post the transcript here when it becomes available.. hopefully soon! there are subtitles available on the kaiser link
working link in french
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After he gave a press conference to the Belgian media to expose the report of autopsy of the paedophile Marc Dutroux’ little victims “Julie and Melissa” who have officially died of hunger in Marc Dutroux’s basement while he was in prison for another case, the members of the Belgian Parliament have sanctioned Laurent Louis, on the 30th of june 2012, by obvious fear the cruel truth to be brought in plain sight and protect those among the government who are directly involved in the protection of the pedocriminals… or worse, those who belong this international paedo-criminal ring…….
http://dotsub.com/view/ce14c149-e361-4465-a2ab-180a52ae234c
notes on video here
Here are some excerpts from his speech:
1:25 And today, in the name of democracy and the fight against terrorism,
Fukushima Political Fallout: NHK Documentary; ‘Questioning Nuclear Power’
Published on Jan 26, 2013
A picturesque town with a slumping economy was torn by the lure of nuclear energy. Should the people accept the construction of a nuclear power plant, in the hope it will help fund their future? Or continue to struggle in bountiful nature, free of the risks of radiation? We get a close look at their 40-year dilemma.
What is the best way to frame the issue of nuclear power? In the end, maybe a great deal hinges on how people define “quality of life”.
Questioning Nuclear Power The program presents the thoughts of the residents of Ashihama who have been directly concerned with the pros and cons of the nuclear power issue ever since a plant was first proposed there in 1963.
A broadcasting issue created a somewhat poor quality video. The “message” comes through loud and clear regardless of the jerkiness of the film. Originally aired June 29, 2012.
Rebroadcast 1/26/13.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/w/movie/
Reject Nuclear Power
http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/01/reject-nuclear-power/
Bulgarians begin voting in confusing nuclear referendum
27 Jan 2013
Sofia (dpa) – Bulgarians began casting ballots Sunday in a referendum on the future of nuclear energy which is likely to fail due to an insufficient turnout.
Turnout is expected to fall short because many voters are confused by the question at hand: “Should nuclear energy be developed in Bulgaria through construction of a new nuclear power plant?”
Depending upon how that question is interpreted, voters are being asked to support future generation at an existing plant in Kozloduy, which may be expanded with additional generators, or one in Belene, some 100 kilometres downstream.
Bulgaria began working on Belene in the 1980s, but froze the work in the 1990s.
The project was revived in the next decade, only to be placed on ice once again by the present conservative cabinet, which scrapped the plan involving Russian contractors as outrageously overpriced.
The way the referendum question has been formulated, it could mean restarting work at Belene, which is favoured by the opposition Socialists, or adding new units at Kozloduy, something for which Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has interceded.
That means, regardless of whether the “yes” or “no” votes takes the day, Bulgaria leaders will have wiggle room in deciding if and where to plan future nuclear power production.
And the whole exercise could be rendered moot if the referendum fails, as expected, because turnout proves to include less than 60 per cent of the electorate, as required.
Latest surveys predicted a 27-37 per cent turnout. Voting begins at 6 am and ends at 7 pm (0400-1700 GMT). dpa bb ncs Author: Boris Babic
Crunch vote on nuclear dump in Lake District UK
Plans to bury radioactive waste in Cumbria face growing local opposition. Mike Glover reports
SUNDAY 27 JANUARY 2013
Image courtesy of http://www.facebook.com/SouthWestAgainstNuclear
Proposals to store nuclear waste under England’s largest national park and other areas of outstanding natural beauty will face stormy opposition this week. A decision to abandon or press on with a nuclear waste dump in Cumbria will be made by three councils on Wednesday. The result will have major implications for energy policy, experts warn.
Copeland and Allerdale borough councils and Cumbria County Council will separately vote whether to advance to detailed geological surveysfor the dump. Three possible sites – Ennerdale, Eskdale and the Solway Plain – have been identified. All three delayed a vote last November after councillors sought and got government assurances that they could reject the deal later.
http://www.noend.org.uk/Index.htm
But the delay has allowed a dramatic escalation in opposition. Yesterday protesters from Spand (Solway Plain Against Nuclear Dump) presented a 3,600-signature petition to county councillor Tony Markley, who wants the proposals to go to the next stage. In December an online petition attracted more than 6,000 signatories and a series of public meetings has seen a groundswell of opposition. At one meeting, in Keswick this month, 600 people voted to stop the process.
New Extended Flyover of Giant Sinkhole: “We are finding that things actually look a bit worse” (VIDEOS & PHOTOS)
Published: January 26th, 2013 at 8:51 pm ET
By ENENews
Title: 20130126 – Bayou Corne OWOC Flyover
Source: On Wings of Care
Photos & Video: Brayton Matthews of Flightline First at New Orleans’ Lakefront Airport
Date: January 26, 2013
Five weeks after our last update of December 24 on the Bayou Corne sinkhole, we are finding that things actually look a bit worse. The water levels seems higher, and the work efforts appear to have subsided. Equipment has been removed, and the homes to the west and northwest of the sinkhole look seriously unpopulated. The recent seismic activity has people and the government concerned […]
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10 June – Assessing Canada’s Investments in Small Modular Nuclear Reactors – https://zoom.us/meeting/register/IiqHA5feRhaEBycOLNTJlA#/registration
Cuba Is Not a Failed State – It Is a Besieged State
PETITION: “Global Appeal to Endorse Palestinian Right of Return of Refugees”
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