Christiana Figueres, UN’s climate chief praises Obama’s new moves to beat pollution
UN climate change chief praises new US pollution regulations Christiana Figueres calls move ‘a good signal’ to other states, Guardian 1 June 14, Obama to use presidential power to tackle carbon emissions America’s new power plant regulations, due for release on Monday, could unlock stalled negotiations for a global deal on climate change, the United Nations’ top climate official said.
Christiana Figueres, the UN’s top climate change official, said she expects the new power plant rules could spur other big emitters – such as China and India – to begin taking action on climate change and move forward on reaching a deal by the
2015 deadline.
The Environmental Protection Agency will roll out the new rules on Monday – the most significant action taken under any president to deal with climate change.
Figueres said in a statement on Sunday she believed the rules would send “a good signal to nations everywhere” that America is serious about dealing with the threat of climate change.
The new EPA could cut carbon pollution from the country’s power plants by up to 25% by 2020 – tackling the biggest source of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change……..
He said in a speech last week to West Point cadets that America needed to show it was serious about climate change, if it wanted the other big emitters to move.
“American influence is always stronger when we lead by example,” Obama said. “We cannot exempt ourselves from the rules that apply to everyone else. We can’t call on others to make commitments to combat climate change if a whole lot of our political leaders deny that it’s taking place.” http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/01/un-climate-change-chief-praises-us-pollution-regulations
Essential that Russia and the West co-operate on nuclear security
Why the US should keep cooperating with Russia on nuclear security Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsSiegfried S. HeckerPeter E. Davis “…….In contrast to Moscow’s pronouncements, Russia’s nuclear specialists recognize that continued cooperation is needed. Nuclear safety and nuclear security are never-ending jobs that require cooperation and sharing of best practices. Russia’s experts do not want to return to nuclear isolation because they believe it led to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and to the nuclear security crisis following the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Now, the crisis in Ukraine has not only put nuclear cooperation between the United States and Russia on the back burner, but Washington appears to be erecting its own roadblocks that threaten to irreparably damage such cooperation. The House Armed Services Committee recently approved legislation that would put nuclear security cooperation with Russia on hold. While the White House has opposed the committee’s efforts to limit cooperation, the Energy Department has issued its own restrictions on scientific interchanges as part of the US sanctions regime against Russia.
It is clearly in Moscow and Washington’s common interest to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and global nuclear terrorism. Keeping all nuclear materials in control of governments and erecting effective barriers to nuclear trafficking requires cooperation. It is in their common interest to make further arms reductions, rather than return to the arms race era and nuclear testing. ……..
These are precisely the objectives the Obama administration had been promoting with Russia and around the world, although Moscow has become a reluctant partner. Now, Washington appears willing to sacrifice nuclear cooperation in the short term in order to sanction Russia for its actions in Ukraine. But Washington does not have to choose between the two. It should be able to pressure Moscow on Ukraine, while still cooperating on nuclear issues.
Progress on the nuclear front requires good working relationships between Russian and American scientists. These relationships, already strongly opposed by Russia’s security services, cannot be turned off and on at will. They must be nurtured and maintained over time to foster the cooperation needed to reduce the nuclear dangers. Relationships are difficult to rebuild once they have been cut off. In addition, curtailing cooperation now will threaten the gains that have been made over the past 20 years and jeopardize Washington’s enormous investment in cooperative threat reduction………
As the United States and the European Union take short-term measures to restrain Russia’s actions in Ukraine, they should not sacrifice the hard-earned gains made to stabilize the nuclear threats that arose after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Some forms of nuclear cooperation, especially on arms control and nonproliferation, were supported even during the darkest days of the Cold War, because the alternatives proved unacceptable to both sides. With the Cold War’s end, nuclear cooperation flourished. Washington should foster continued cooperation to meet our shared challenges, rather than allowing it to be held hostage to the Ukrainian crisis. Over the past 20-plus years, when working with our Russian colleagues, we have all found that at times we must move beyond political disagreements, such as the political situation in Ukraine, to work together to advance the cause of nuclear security. http://thebulletin.org/why-us-should-keep-cooperating-russia-nuclear-security7207
Report that radiation levels are high in mainland USA
BULLSHIT UPDATE!!
This is a bogus report with no evidence to back it up.. I have checked all the usa citizen monitoring sites and enenews rad forum.. there is no major readings as this article states.. also, i was unable to post my findings on the article as disqus would not COMPLETE so no comment could be left.. it is disinfo.. untrue .. made up .. a load of rubbish.. Also, CPM is not counts per million it is counts per minute.. i was thinking of deleting it but it is worth leaving so people know to avoid the web site that posted it.. and the anonymous poster that uploaded it is one of a very few bloggers.. or a complete schill from JTRIG as i disqus comments would not let me engage with the creator of this fiction..
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ALMOST EVERYWHERE in Mainland USA Shows Evacuation Level Radiation Readings Right Now – Started Days Ago (Who Knew?) Investment Watch, June 1st, 2014 Aside from the map on the homepage, the site explains that all levels regarding their symbols have been ‘downgraded’ already since they were getting too high!
The real info is the CPM (counts per million) of each individual city.
From the West Coast to the East Coast, it’s going from highs of 300 to 500.
Somebody on another site mentioned potassium iodide.
The problem is that potassium iodide is only good for one kind of radiation only, but doesn’t deal with cesium or hot particles.
Warning: It should also not be taken for long lengths of time…………. http://investmentwatchblog.com/almost-everywhere-in-mainland-usa-shows-evacuation-level-radiation-readings-right-now-started-days-ago-who-knew/#1xhFVBg8CfLA6cmj.99
Swiss town sitting on radioactive dump but authorities didnt want to worry 50, 000 people – shhh!
The president of the federal commission in charge of monitoring radiation, which was not informed of the incident, said the various authorities had made a “mistake”.
1st June 2014
A highly radioactive substance, emitting in some places radiation 100 times the permitted amount, has been discovered in Switzerland, local media reported, saying the hazard was known about for 18 months.
Le Matin Dimanche and Sonntags Zeitung reported on Sunday that federal, regional and local officials decided not to reveal the discovery of radium in an old dump in the town of Bienne in case it scared the 50,000 residents.
Image source ; https://nuclear-news.net/2013/11/12/stress-psychology-blamed-by-nuclear-establishment-for-radiation-caused-illnesses/
“120kg of radioactive waste was obtained after sorting. We measured doses of several hundred microsieverts at the source,” Daniel Dauwalder, a spokesman for the Swiss federal office for public health, told Le Matin Dimanche.
In certain places, measurements of 300 microsieverts per hour were taken, more than 100 times the permitted amount for an old dump, the newspapers reported.
Anyone exposed for three hours would absorb the equivalent of a year’s permitted dose.
The waste came from a paint used by the watch-making industry to illuminate the numbers on watch faces.
The substance, which has been banned since 1963 due to its radioactive nature, was discovered when roadworks were started at the site.
The OFSP judged the risk to public health “weak”, although Sonntags Zeitung said that tests on the water table would begin next month.
The president of the federal commission in charge of monitoring radiation, which was not informed of the incident, said the various authorities had made a “mistake”.
“This will all come back to bite us and it is much more difficult to stay credible and win back the public’s trust,” Francois Bochud told Le Matin Dimanche.
ヤンキー原発 閉鎖 ～米・バーモント州 ５年の記録～ Arnie Gundersen`s fight against Yankee NPP – New Japaneses NHK documentary
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Please share this Japanese documentary, chronicling the story of Vermont’s citizens and state government to shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, with all of your Japanese friends and colleagues. It features Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen:
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去 年夏、米国で福島第１原発と同じ型の原子炉を持つ原発の閉鎖が決まった。バーモント州にあるバーモントヤンキー原発。老朽化による汚染水漏れなどにより、 運転延長への反対運動が起きていたが、福島の事故後、論争が過熱した。４０年間の運転免許が切れる２０１２年に閉鎖すべきだとする住民と州政府。反発する 電力会社は州を告訴した。原発閉鎖はどのような経緯をたどったのか…その過程を米国人監督が追った。
Africa to nuke mosquitos! no worries about destabilising ecosystems in Africa!
Ethiopia: Africa to benefit from nuclear science research on mosquito
….Introducing genetically engineered mosquitoes into the environment could destabilize ecosystems, harm human health and scare away tourists, endangering the Florida Keys economy…..
Image and quote source ; http://ecowatch.com/2012/01/04/controversial-release-of-genetically-engineered-mosquitoes-delayed/
1st June 2014
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African countries stand to benefit from the ongoing research to sterilize the mosquito using nuclear science technology, experts say.
South African envoy, Abdul Samad Minty, who is the Chairman of the African Union’s Nuclear Energy Commission (AFCONE), said plans to “irridiate” the mosquito to stop its reproduction are continuing.
“There is need for further studies on whether the nuclear technology can stop the reproduction of the mosquito. The plan is to make the irradiated ones less attractive,” Ambassador Minty told journalists here Friday.
African diplomats met for two days in Ethiopia to discuss the development of the peaceful nuclear programmes.
“We have concluded there is no nuclear proliferation. Africa is safe from nuclear development. The big area is to see how we can use it for agriculture, water and health wherever the technology is available,” Ambassador Minty said.
South Africa, Egypt and Algeria are the only African countries with some forms of advanced nuclear programmes.
Ambassador Minty said if the research on how to use nuclear technology to stop the reproduction of the mosquito succeeds, a major threat to public health would have been eliminated.
Scientists managed to curb the tse tse fly, the sleeping sickness-causing vector by irridiating it.
“It used to kill animals in Africa. We have wiped it out of Africa,” Minty said.
The Scientists and diplomats are calling on the African leaders to urgently set up regional centres of excellence to spread the use of nuclear technology.
Azerbaijan’s Plans for Nuclear Power Raise Concerns
Rather than nuclear power, building up alternative energy resources well suited to Azerbaijan’s climate and geography – hydropower, solar power or wind power – would be preferable, she underlined. Jafarly agreed, noting the contradiction with the Azerbaijani government’s long-term demand that neighboring Armenia close its 38-year-old Metsamor plant, currently the only nuclear facility in the South Caucasus, because of its regional environmental risk.
“Since Baku consistently demands the closure of the Armenian plant, it is not clear why the government wants to create a new threat on its own territory,” Jafarly said.
By Eurasianet | Sun, 01 June 2014
At first glance, it doesn’t add up; why is Azerbaijan, a country brimming with oil and gas, interested in developing nuclear power capacity?
It’s a question befuddling local experts and environmental activists in Baku. But the questions don’t stop there. Under a May 8 executive order, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has given responsibility for the nuclear project not to the Ministry of Energy or the Ministry of Industry and Economy, but to the Ministry of Communications and High Technologies, specifically, to a National Center for Nuclear Research that is answerable to the ministry.
The executive order stressed that Azerbaijan’s nuclear capabilities would be “for peaceful purposes,” according to Azerbaijani news outlets.
Work on the nuclear project is slated to begin by the end of 2014, with a hoped-for completion date “within three to four years,” Communications Minister Ali Abbasov announced on his ministry’s website May 13. Abbasov did not specify the cost of the project or the scale of the future power plant, though he referred to the construction of “several nuclear reactors.”
Nuclear-news.net gets banned from the world wide web – Was it something I said?
I have been getting this warning for the last day or so now..
It could be a hack into the wordpress site
“The alarming discovery was made by Yan Zhu, a staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which noticed that WordPress servers doesn’t protect a key browser cookie transferring it in plain text.
As explained in her blog post, Zhu has stolen the cookie just after a successful login, than she has visited the WordPress from a fresh browser and she have bypassed the authentication process, even though she had enabled two-factor authentication.”
http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/25261/hacking/serious-wordpress-issue.html
or it could be a google/yahoo block?
anyone care to comment? please share our site manually with your friends on facebook twitter etc , as we are just that good!! get around the censorship.. Many thanks from the nuclear-news.net staff 🙂
The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks bring radioactive food to Singapore – The American Empire expands
With the TPP as a first step, the ultimate goal is to “build a web of partnerships and institutions across the Pacific that is durable and consistent with American interests and values.” – Hilary Clinton 2011
Image and quote ; http://www.coha.org/the-trans-pacific-partnership-free-trade-at-what-costs/
http://www.talkvietnam.com/2014/06/singapore-lifts-ban-on-food-imported-from-fukushima/
Posted on June 1, 2014
Singapore has decided to lift a ban on food imports from Fukushima prefecture in Japan , where the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is located.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed the decision on May 31 at a meeting with his visiting Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, according to Kyodo news agency.
Singapore stopped importing food products from Fukushima after the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami triggered one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters at the Fukushima Daiichi complex in northeastern Japan .
Lee and Abe, meeting on the sidelines of the 13 th Asia Security Forum (Shangri-La Dialogue) in the city state, agreed to seek an early conclusion of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks and strengthen bilateral security cooperation.
They also confirmed a plan to revise a bilateral economic partnership agreement that took effect in 2002 with the aim of further promoting trade and investment between the two nations.
Japan and Singapore have boasted strong economic ties over many years. Singapore was the first country to sign a bilateral free trade agreement with Japan.-VNA
Japan and Qatar – A friendly nuclear exchange race with the middle east
“And the Japanese government says Qatar and Kuwait have shown an interest in nuclear safety, out of concerns that neighboring countries plan to build nuclear plants.
In May, Japan signed a nuclear cooperation deal with another Gulf state, the United Arab Emirates, during a similar visit by Abe. A day later, he visited Turkey and signed a long-awaited deal to build a sprawling nuclear power plant on the country’s Black Sea coast, in a milestone for the Japanese nuclear industry. ” ……. “Qatar and Japan also agreed to expand “bilateral cooperation on infrastructure development in Qatar,” said Wednesday’s statement.
The Gulf state is building its infrastructure from scratch after winning the right to host the 2022 football World Cup.” http://www.arabnews.com/news/462817 Thursday 29 August 2013
“When I was in private sector, I engaged myself in promoting overseas projects varied from oil and gas to industrial sectors. Among those, one of my important missions was to implement environment-friendly projects such as reduction of greenhouse gas emission. It would be my great pleasure to work closely with H.E. Mr. Al-Humaidi, for the environmental concerns and issues in line with diversification of our bilateral relations.
Seizing this ceremony, and on behalf of the people and the Government of Japan, I would like to reiterate our gratitude to Qatar for aiding Japan after March of 2011. I also report to you that Japan has been making steady progress toward recovery, and the Government is committed to make all-out effort for the Olympic and Paralympic Games which will take place in Tokyo in 2020, just two years before FIFA World Cup in Doha in 2022.” http://www.qa.emb-japan.go.jp/en/embassy/greeting_e.html 10 December 2013 Japanese ambassador to Qatar
Tokyo/ 31 May 2014
http://www.mofa.gov.qa/en/SiteServices/MediaCenter/News/Pages/News20140601080234.aspx
The Fund supports projects that meet the urgent and critical needs of the largest number of beneficiaries , focusing on the three key priority areas, namely: children’s education, fisheries and health care in the three affected prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate, he said.
[…]
(Yukinko: Fun in the Snow Camp) was QFF’s first project. This reached out to families from Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures, adding that it brought happiness to 1,400 children who had experienced hardship and restriction from playing outdoors as a result of the Fukushima nuclear accident.
[…]
(Qatar Science Campus) which is expected to be open in July 2014, and is a project to renovate a section of the Graduate School of Engineering at Tohoku University and create an interactive learning-centre for visiting schoolchildren as well as to educate children and nurture much needed, next-generation engineers and researchers in the Tohoku region.
[…]
The Elem Project in the cities of Iwaki and Sendai is an experience-based educational program, in partnership with Junior Achievement, in which visiting groups of school students undertake life lessons and gain skills on designing their future in simulated real city environments
[…]
(Eco Food) aims to strengthen family bonds by providing vegetable growing workshops for local residents living in temporary accommodation, and then supporting them in the sale of the resulting produce.
[…]
(Building a Healthy Community) in Tohoku. The project is reaching out to more than 200,000 people. The project has provided indoor and outdoor playground equipment to facilities for children with disabilities in many locations throughout the affected prefectures.
[…]
(Revitalizing the Fishery Industry) project will help to regenerate the fishery industry in Kamaishi City with a facility that uses advanced freezing technology for seafood products, and by developing a nationwide network of sales channels.
Qatar’s Ambassador to Japan and Chairman of Qatar Friendship Fund (QFF), HE Yousef Mohammed Bilal, stressed that the wise decision of the Qatari leadership to establish a fund to support those affected in the aftermath of the earthquake disaster and floods that hit northern Japan in 2011, has received a wide acclaim at all official, popular and media levels in Japan, contributing to further enhancing the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA), HE Bilal said that the State of Qatar has proved that it is one of the closest Friends of Japan, through its human stances adopted by our wise leadership’s decision to respond to the needs of our Japanese friends in the wake of the earthquake disaster that hit regions of northeastern Japan in March 2011, and the announcement of an Emiri donation of US 100 million to support the victims of the disaster.
QFF, which I have the honor to chair, is a symbol of our strong relations with our Japanese friends and our firm commitment to provide emergency relief and other forms of aid to the victims at the affected areas, through the implementation of rehabilitation and reconstruction projects, he explained.
The US 100 million Fund was launched at the initiative of HH Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, the Father Emir, and sponsored at present by HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al -Thani, and directly supervised by the Foreign Minister, HE Dr. Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah.
The Qatari diplomat highly appreciated the strong and friendly bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and Japan since their establishment in 1972, noting that they are characterized by a fruitful cooperation in the economic field, especially in the energy sector, as Japan is a major importer of Qatari liquefied natural gas (LNG).
In this context, HE Bilal said the strong political will and interest by both sides have contributed to the strengthening and expanding bilateral relations to become a multi-faceted and comprehensive partnership covering all areas.
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