Koch brothers and fossil fuel front groups are not winning in Kansas
Kansas Ignores Koch Brothers, Keeps Renewable Energy Standard Clean Technica, March 2, 2013 The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that twin votes in Kansas State House and Senate on Thursday put the kibosh on legislative efforts to roll back and delay Kansas’ renewable energy standard (RES).
Passed in 2009, Kansas’ RES requires investor-owned utilities to generate 20 percent of peak demand electrical capacity from renewable sources by 2020. The American Wind Energy Association has actually highlighted the RES as a driving factor in the states burgeoning wind power sector — half of Kansas’ wind farms began operating between 2010 and 2012, after the RES went into effect.
Unfortunately, Kansas has also been targeted by conservative anti-renewable efforts. Republican Rep. Dennis Hedke, the chairman of Kansas’ House Energy and Environment Committee, recently acknowledged he had private talks with a lobbyist for Koch Companies Public Sector LLC concerning the House bill to dilute the RES. (HB 2241) Even anti-tax activist Graver Norquist got in on the action, telling the state’s legislature it ought to abandon the “costly renewable energy mandate so as to mitigate its negative impact on the economy.”
But to Kansas’ credit, it looks like neither effort bore fruit: Continue reading
Fukushima Rad News 3/3/13:Tepco Fails to Report Worker Rad Levels; Hanford-67 Tanks May Be Leaking
Published on Mar 3, 2013
TEPCO fails to report worker radiation levels
Tokyo Electric Power Company has failed to report to a national body the radiation exposure doses of 21,000 workers mobilized to contain the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Operators of nuclear plants in Japan are required to report such exposure every year to the Radiation Effects Association to keep each worker’s dose below 50 millisieverts.
Abe pledges support for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic bid
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government will offer all-out support for Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games.
Abe spoke on Friday at an inaugural meeting of his cabinet ministers to support the city’s bid.
Researchers: Landslide played role in 2011 tsunami
An international team of researchers says a huge undersea landslide may have played a role in the massive tsunami that hit northeastern Japan 2 years ago.
The team led by Professor Stephan Grilli of Rhode Island University in the United States says it found the likely cause of waves higher than 20 meters that hit parts of Iwate Prefecture.
Link to source links for video on “More” description on You Tube
“Radiation leaking” from Kudankulam nuclear power plant
Kudankulam plant ‘leaking radiation’ since Feb 27, Deccan Herald,
Colombo, Mar 2, 2013 Days after India dismissed as “baseless” reports
about radiation leaks at the yet to be commissioned Kudankulam Nuclear
Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, a Sri Lankan interest group on Saturday
alleged that the atomic power station has been leaking radiation since
February 27.
The People’s Movement Against Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, in a
statement, urged officials here to bare the truth.They held the
government of Sri Lanka responsible for turning a blind eye to
radiation threats from Kudankulam…..
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/316125/kudankulam-plant-leaking-radiation-feb.html
Uranium mining industries again out to mine on Navajo land
Uranium mining cos. eye new Navajo Nation projects http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/21448485/uranium-mining-cos-eye-new-navajo-nation-projects SHIPROCK, N.M. (AP) – Uranium mining companies are showing signs of renewed interest in the Navajo Nation.
The Farmington Daily Times reports that several companies during the past year have addressed the tribe, begging for permission to once again mine the uranium-rich land that the tribe sits upon.
But several environmental studies have suggested that elevated levels of uranium in and around the mines caused health problems for the people working in and living around them.
The Navajo Nation sits on more than 70 million tons of naturally occurring uranium, a radioactive ore.
Uranium mining companies say that history will not repeat itself, especially since they are using advanced technologies and take more precautions.
The tribe banned uranium mining on its land in 2005, though federal government has jurisdiction on Navajo Trust Land
(3.11から2年) March 11, 2011 DISASTER: looking back two years later
Published on Mar 3, 2013
As the two-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011, disaster approaches, this is a look back at the first few days after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown.
– Ian Thomas Ash
http://www.documentingian.com/
Short documentaries appearing in this compilation:
Panic Buying (March 14, 2011)
http://youtu.be/g-Lx3ErjKWk
Foreigners Flee (March 15, 2011)
http://youtu.be/1P4JZJLUENk
Nuclear Crises: radiation in Tokyo (March 17, 2011)
http://youtu.be/1ZPcR9g1XOQ
After the tsunami: Part 1 (filmed March 24, 2011)
http://youtu.be/nyPzGalHNxI
After the tsunami: Part 2 (filmed March 24, 2011)
http://youtu.be/1S5kez9arYE
More short documentaries about the March 11, 2011disaster:
Fukushima: one month after the nuclear meltdown
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Fukushima: six months after the nuclear meltdown
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Fukushima: one year after the nuclear meltdown
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Iitate Village: nuclear ghost town
http://youtu.be/YXocjiKU-Vk
Fukushima: 15 months after the nuclear meltdown
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=…
Feature documentaries about the Fukushima nuclear disaster:
In the Grey Zone (2012, Japan)
http://youtu.be/5lLOALNx_kU
A2 (2013, Japan)
http://youtu.be/ZD9yGONdEUY
“Nuclear Power Is Dead” Jeremy Rifkin
Published on Mar 1, 2013
Let’s Hope Jeremy Rifkin is Right (with the Exception of building MORE nuclear power plants)! BUT, the NEXT QUESTION IS: WHAT THE HELL are we going to DO with all the current fuel they have accumulated Thus FAR? There IS NO SAFE PLACE TO STORE THE WASTE! There Never Has Been! ***see below link***
Q&A with Jeremy Rifkin on nuclear power
Wermuth Asset Management, 5th Annual Investors Event
Question: What would be your view on nuclear energy? […]
Jeremy Rifkin*: […] Frankly, I think from a business perspective, it’s over. I think it’s over. Let me explain why. There may be a lot of ideological issues, but from a business perspective here’s the situation […]
*CNN: “Internationally renowned economist”; Forbes: “Economist and energy visionary […] advisor to the European Union and to heads of state around the world.”
http://enenews.com/
This week in nuclear news
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Fukushima is in the news – much as the nuclear lobby and mainstream media like to forget it, or pretend that it’s all over. Public protests in Tokyo express the concern of Japanese people about Fukushima radiation, and about the danger inherent in the nuclear industry. Never mind, Japan’s Prime Minister Abe is determined to restart the nuclear reactors, and many are worried that the industry might somehow circumvent Japan’s new safety regulations.
The World Health Organisation has released its Health Risk Assessment on the Fukushima nuclear accident.http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/pub_meet/fukushima_report/en/index.html The WHO report acknowledges the likelihood of increased cancer incidence and mortality from radiation exposure from the Fukushima disaster
- It pulls together lots of information on radiation exposures from the Fukushima disaster.
- It uses information / estimates on radiation exposure to predict increases in cancer incidence risks
What the WHO report does NOT do The WHO report does not consider cancer incidence and mortality statistics to see if there is a significant increase that can be attributed to Fukushima. Because of the way it is framed, it is not possible from this WHO study to come to any estimate as to the total number of cancer deaths that could arise from the Fukushima disaster.
What the WHO report finds − cancer incidence estimates for people in the most contaminated location, the estimated increased risks over what would normally be expected are:
- all solid cancers – around 4% in females exposed as infants;
- breast cancer – around 6% in females exposed as infants;
- leukaemia – around 7% in males exposed as infants;
- thyroid cancer – up to 70% in females exposed as infants
I am happy to be going to the New York Symposium on The Medical and Ecological Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident To Be Held at the New York Academy of Medicine nuclearfreeplanet.org . Still hoping that some other Australians will join me – to hear this most impressive array of international scientists and doctors .
Court martial of Bradley Manning, for telling the truth, and being humane
I am the type of person who likes to know how things work. And, as an analyst, this means I always want to figure out the truth
Bradley Manning’s personal statement to court martial: full text 
Guardian UK , Alexa O’Brien 1 March 13“…..The fact neither CENTCOM or Multi National Forces Iraq or MNF-I would not voluntarily release the video troubled me further. It was clear to me that the event happened because the aerial weapons team mistakenly identified Reuters employees as a potential threat and that the people in the bongo truck were merely attempting to assist the wounded. The people in the van were not a threat but merely “good samaritans”. The most alarming aspect of the video to me, however, was the seemly delightful bloodlust they appeared to have.
The dehumanized the individuals they were engaging and seemed to not value human life by referring to them as quote “dead bastards” unquote and congratulating each other on the ability to kill in large numbers. At one point in the video there is an individual on the ground attempting to crawl to safety. The individual is seriously wounded. Instead of calling for medical attention to the location, one of the aerial weapons team crew members verbally asks for the wounded person to pick up a weapon so that he can have a reason to engage. For me, this seems similar to a child torturing ants with a magnifying glass.
While saddened by the aerial weapons team crew’s lack of concern about human life, I was disturbed by the response of the discovery of injured children at the scene. In the video, you can see that the bongo truck driving up to assist the wounded individual. In response the aerial weapons team crew – as soon as the individuals are a threat, they repeatedly request for authorization to fire on the bongo truck and once granted they engage the vehicle at least six times. Continue reading
Ties to International Atomic Energy Agency constrain World Health Organisation’s Fukushima radiation report
“Shameless”: New World Health Organization report shockingly downplays health risks after Fukushima — “WHO and other organisations must stop hiding the impact” http://enenews.com/shameless-new-world-health-organization-report-shockingly-downplays-health-risks-after-fukushima-other-organisations-stop-hiding-impact
Title: World Health Organisation Downplays Health Impacts of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Source: Greenpeace
Date: February 28 2013
Greenpeace today criticised the World Health Organisation for releasing a flawed new report that hides crucial information on the health impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
“The WHO report shamelessly downplays the impact of early radioactive releases from the Fukushima disaster on people inside the 20 km evacuation zone who were not able to leave the area quickly,” said Dr. Rianne Teule, Greenpeace International nuclear radiation expert.
“The WHO should have estimated the radiation exposure of these people to give a more accurate picture of the potential long-term impacts of Fukushima. The WHO report is clearly a political statement to protect the nuclear industry and not a scientific one with people’s health in mind.”
The people inside the 20 km zone have possibly been exposed to significant radiation doses of hundreds of mSv, according to the work of German nuclear expert Oda Becker. She used modelling based on the data from Fukushima plant operator TEPCO on radioactive releases to calculate potential doses for people 10, 15, 20 and 40 km from the reactors.
The WHO report and its PR spin shockingly downplay the likelihood that thousands of people are at risk of cancer from the Fukushima disaster. They hide the cancer impacts by emphasising small percentage increases in cancers. Those small percentages actually translate into thousands of people being at risk.
“The WHO’s flawed report leaves its job half done,” said Teule. “The WHO and other organisations must stop downplaying and hiding the impact of the Fukushima disaster and call for more emphasis on protecting the millions of people still living in contaminated areas.”
The WHO only releases reports on the impact of radiation releases on a population with the approval of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
See also: Film: World Health Organization beholden to nuclear interests — Physician: “Like having Dracula guard the blood bank” (VIDEOS)
Fukushima ‘s radiation cancer link confirmed in World Health Organisation report
Fukushima cancer headlines appear all over mainstream media http://enenews.com/fukushima-cancer-headlines-all-over-mainstream-media
February 28th, 2013
AAP: Fukushima cancer risk near plant: WHO
AFP: Fukushima raised cancer risk near plant: WHO
AP: WHO: Small cancer risk after Fukushima accident
BBC: Fukushima disaster ‘increased cancer risk’
Bloomberg: Fukushima Radiation Increases Cancer Risk for Girls: WHO
GlobalPost: URGENT ¥¥¥ Fukushima raised cancer risk near plant: WHO
Reuters: Higher cancer risk after Fukushima nuclear disaster: WHO
See also: WHO beholden to nuclear interests — “Like having Dracula guard the blood bank” (VIDEOS
VIDEOS on casualties due to Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Chernobyl: AA Million Casualties http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc72kT_gFNQ&feature=player_embedded#t=211s 24 Mar 2011
A million people have died so far as a result of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant accident, explains Janette Sherman, M.D., toxicologist and contributing editor of the book Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment. Published by the New York Academy of Sciences, the book, authored by Dr. Alexey Yablokov, Dr. Vassily Nesterenko and Dr. Alexey Nesterenko, examined medical records now available–which expose as a lie the claim of the International Atomic Energy Commission that perhaps 4,000 people may die as a result of Chernobyl.
Enviro Close-Up # 610 (29 mintes)
(In light of today’s news from the WHO this report from last May is being reposted) Continue reading
Lest we forget – UN prediction of 3 million children’s health affected by Chernobyl nuclear accident
3 million children require treatment because of Chernobyl, many will die prematurely -U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2000 http://enenews.com/3-million-children-require-treatment-because-chernobyl-many-will-die-prematurely-secretary-general-kofi-annan-2000
February 28th, 2013
AP, April 26, 2000:
The United Nations released a new assessment of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear meltdown Tuesday, saying the worst health consequences for millions or people may be yet to come. […]
“Chernobyl is a word we would all like to erase from our memory,” said U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in a foreword.
But, Annan added, “more than 7 million of our fellow human beings do not have die luxury of forgetting. They are still suffering, everyday, as a result of what happened.” He said the exact number of victims may never be known, but that 3 million children require treatment and “many will die prematurely.”
“Not until 2016, at the earliest, will be known the full number of those likely to develop serious medical conditions” because of delayed reactions to radiation exposure, he said.
Nearly 13 years later: “Shameless”: U.N. agency’s report shockingly downplays health risks after Fukushima — “WHO and other organisations must stop hiding the impact”
USA taxpayers being ripped off again, for small nuclear reactors boondoggle
Mini Nuclear Reactors Earn Golden Fleece Award For Government Waste Clean Technica, February 28, 2013 Jeremy Bloom Are mini nuclear reactors the future of high-end energy development — or a wasteful government boondoggle?
While it may or may not be great that profitable companies like Babcock & Wilcox and Toshiba are researching these mini or even micro reactors (don’t worry, they won’t fit in a suitcase, or even in your basement), the group Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) has dinged the program as its recipient of the 2013 Golden Fleece Award, for sucking down potentially half a billion dollars in taxpayer money.
“The nation is two days away from the across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration,” notes Ryan Alexander, president of TCS. “But at the same time we are hearing the Department of Energy and the nuclear industry evangelizing about the benefits of small modular reactors. In reality, we cannot afford to pile more market-distorting subsidies to profitable companies on top of the billions of dollars we already gave away.”
Indeed, at a time when that much money could pay for some substantial progress in growing fields like biofuels or solar power, you have to wonder why companies like Babcock & Wilcox need any help from the government at all……the TCS says the possible drawbacks are legion:
- The energy they generate just won’t be cost-effective.
- And that’s at current estimates — nuclear companies are notorious for over — estimating benefits and under-estimating costs.
- Before anything can be built, it’ll take years for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to evaluate these new designs.
- Each of these new reactors would be a potential terrorist target, multiplying the security nightmare.
- And we still have no way of dealing with nuclear waste.
“The nuclear industry has a tradition of rushing forth to proclaim that a new technology, just around the corner, will take care of whatever problem exists,” says Autumn Hanna, senior program director for TCS. “Unfortunately, these technologies have an equally long tradition of expensive failure. If the industry believes in small modular reactors and a reactor in every backyard – great – but don’t expect the taxpayer to pick up the tab.”
Britain snubs international conference on humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapon use.
Banning Nuclear Weapons: UK to Snub Discussions on Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons – http://www.globalresearch.ca/uk-to-snub-discussions-on-humanitarian-consequences-of-nuclear-weapons/5324774?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-to-snub-discussions-on-humanitarian-consequences-of-nuclear-weapons, 1 Mar 13,
The UK has said today that it will not be participating in next week’s international conference on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapon use. The meeting will look at the immediate and long-term impacts of nuclear weapon detonations, as well as international capacities to respond to such incidents. The UK’s decision to line up with its P5 colleagues and refuse to take part in evidence-based discussions on these effects shows its disdain for the interests and concerns of the wider international community. Continue reading
Taipei: “Terminate the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, take to the streets everyone,”
Activists announce anti-nuclear parade http://www.taipeitimes.
com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/02/2003556085 2 March 13, NATIONWIDE:Civic groups plan to take to the streets and make their voices heard in the capital, Greater Kaohsiung, Greater Taichung and Taitung City next Saturday afternoon By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter Civic groups yesterday announced a nationwide anti-nuclear parade next Saturday, calling on members of the public to stand against unsafe nuclear power plants. Continue reading
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