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Nuclear and climate news to October 15

Unfortunately, that strange and worrying individual, Donald Trump, has yet again managed to dominate the news media, on nuclear and other issues. He has has struck a blow against the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement – in defiance of other world powers – by choosing not to certify that Tehran is complying with the deal. If Iran now leaves the deal, there’s the prospect of  a new nuclear arms race, in the Middle East. Nobel Peace Prize winner ICAN says Trump is ‘igniting new conflict rather than reducing risk of war’.

Meanwhile, there’s the escalating danger of an American nuclear first strike on North Korea.

NUCLEAR. – Nobel Peace Prize winners say that the UN Treaty is the “beginning of the end for nuclear weapons”. Global opinion poll: people want diplomacy with North Korea, not war.

Despite the hype, it’s doubtful that underground bunkers will work, in the event of a nuclear attack.

Ignoring the danger of ionising radiation: nuclear waste dumping in the sea.

CLIMATE. Wounded Tropical Forests Now Emit 425 Million Tons of Carbon Each Year — Restoration, Fossil Fuel Emissions Cuts Now Urgent.

USA.Nuclear

• White House Chief of Staff John Kelly says current North Korea nuclear threat is manageable. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi pushing Congress to reject pre-emptive nuclear strike.
• Fact checking Donald Trump’s statements on Iran.– -Fact checking Donald Trump’s statement on Sen Bob Corker – verdict FALSE. Senator Bob Corker says  President Donald Trump Could Bring About World War III. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXcVk_y0cwo
• Donald Trump versus the freedom of the press. Donald Trump threatens NBC TV Network over its negative coverage of himself.   Donald Trump wanted 8 fold increase in nuclear weapons: that’s when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Trump a “moron”.
• South Carolina’s failed nuclear project – SCANA accuses Santee Cooper of misleading State leaders for years.  –
• Controversial plan to ship nuclear waste down the Hudson River.
•  The U.S. solar industry’s new growth region: Trump country.

USA. Climate .The role of climate change in California’s wildfires.  Unlike President Trump, USA’s military are keen to prepare for climate change disruption.

NORTH KOREA. Earthquake detected near North Korea’s nuclear site – raising fears of a new nuclear test.  Satellite photos show North Korean shipyard test site. A new nuclear missile launch might be imminent.

JAPAN. Rokkasho Fuel Reprocessing Plant Faked Safety Records For 14 Years.   Japan Cleared to Re-Start World’s Largest Nuclear Plant.   Voluntary evacuees win compensation over Fukushima nuclear disaster. Fukushima District Court finds National Government and Tepco Responsible.

SWEDEN. Buildup of radioactivity in wild boars in Sweden – from eating Chernobyl area mushrooms.

SOUTH KOREA. South Korea: thyroid cancer patients say no to nuclear power plants.

UK.

• European Court of Justice begins hearing on UK subsidies for Hinkley Point C power plant.
• Money for UK’s costly Hinkley nuclear power project is actually funding nuclear weapons
• Britain’s nuclear industry in a panic over Brexit and departure from European regulator Euratom.
• Britain’s nuclear watchdog slams nuclear cleanup contract that cost public £122m
• South Wales petition calls for reviewing the dumping of radioactive mud off coast of Cardiff
• Scotland looking to a not for profit, publicly owned energy company.

FRANCE. Greenpeace protestors show poor security at French nuclear station – by breaking in!

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.  UAE to sever ties with North Korea.

PAKISTAN. Pakistan’s new nuclear-capable submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) opens up a dangerous new era.

CHINA. Chinese government boosting storage capacity for renewable energy.

SOUTH AFRICA. Eskom gets permission to develop a new nuclear plant.

SRI LANKA. Sri Lanka enforces UN resolution on nuclear and biological weapons.

INDIA. Tamil Nadu: Union Ministry of Environment now allowing mining of thorium, uranium, in ecologically sensitive CRZ areas.

RUSSIA. A new solar farm opened in Southern Russia.

October 14, 2017 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes