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Nuclear news in this Global Heating week

A bit of god news  – On the Hudson River, a New Model of Environmental Stewardship 

How social media is censored by algorithms to effectively throttle dissent.

‘Big guns’ keep the world on nuclear high alert. Atomic Lies: New York’s bizarre Nuclear Preparedness PSA

This proxy war has no exit strategy – the West’s desired outcome – a long and gruelling war?

World population to peak and decline sooner than previously thought . 8 billion morons on an orbiting sewer – World population rises as quality of life crashes.

Humanity is on track to cause one million species to go extinct, according to UN report. Fed up with net-zero climate goals, activists call for ‘real zero’. Radioactive portents on a burning earth.

The Nuclear Ban Treaty Had a Conference. Now it Has a Plan. The prohibition of nuclear weapons: a public health priority.

NATO’S 2022 PLAN DECLARES SECOND COLD WAR ON RUSSIA AND CHINA. NASA and Roscosmos Russian space agency sign deal to share space station flights.

Nuclear power is racist, sexist and ageist.

Uranium is losing the new energy market battle. Uranium, conflict and Indigenous lives .

No need for miracle technologies to rapidly decarbonise energy

UKRAINE. Danger intensifies around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine. Unconfirmed reports that Russian forces at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station might drain the cooling ponds .   There Is No ‘Magic Bullet’ That Can Turn The Tide For Ukraine.   How To End the War in Ukraine?     Ukraine reveals negotiation ‘end point‘.

RUSSIA. Russia’s will to win in Ukraine.

USA.

•   U.S. China policy: a perilous arms race instead of waging critical co-operation. Biden moves US closer to confrontation with Russia. 
•  US, Israel sign joint anti-Iran nuclear declaration – US will use “all elements of national power” . Noam Chomsky: Biden’s Middle East Trip Contains Echoes of Trump’s Policies. Archbishop Wester embarks on the long path to end the nuclear threat. Relax folks: NYC tells us how to be OK when our city is nuclear-bombed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os0KGt81IGU 
•  Former National Security Advisor John Bolton boasts openly about USA government overturning foreign governments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsgdN17ZiH0. 
•  Biden proved that Israel is a US proxy in the Middle East. 
•   Let’s Replicate Chicago’s Antiwar Organizing Victory Against Boeing.
• Governor Newsom Wants to Keep Dangerous California Nuclear Power Plants Open.

UK. 

•   Macron’s nationalisation of EDF could have major implications for the UK.
•   Scotland not impressed with UK Tory government’s enthusiasm for nuclear power.
•  No end to nuclear costs for UK taxpayers.       Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) finds shortfalls in EDF’s cybersecurity plans. 
•  Greencoat Capital Investments to greenwash nuclear power?
•   How To Create a “Willing Community” – or – How Millom and Haverigg are being Conned. 
• Nearly 50,000 people have signed a petition calling for a full council debate and vote on the plans for seismic testing in the Irish Sea. 
•  New Energy Security Bill waters down regulation for fusion, warns Nuclear Free Local Authorities.
• Heatwave? No, it’s a national emergency, disrupting lives and threatening our health.

FRANCE. 

• France and the big nuclear energy mistake. European Heatwave Risks Curbing French Nuclear Power Production. French Nuclear Cuts Extend to Next Week as Temperatures Soar.  Climate change hitting France’s nuclear power – the technology that’s supposed to solve climate change !
•  France’s nationalisation of nuclear energy corporation EDF raises more questions than it answers. Macron’s nationalisation of nuclear energy corporation EDF will be a disaster for France. EDF the first company to take advantage of the European Union’s taxonomy classification of nuclear power as ”green”. 
•  France’s Competition Authority accuses 6 nuclear decommissioning companies of being an illegal cartel . Climate change hitting France’s nuclear power – the technology that’s supposed to solve climate change !

JAPAN. Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster: Court slaps 94 billion dollar fine on ex-Tepco bosses. Push towards nuclear power in Japan, but delays, hurdles, opposition make it an unlikely development.  Persistent impact of Fukushima decontamination on soil erosion and suspended sediment.    The Pacific faces a radioactive future.

GERMANY. Nuclear would do little to solve gas issue in Germany .

CHINA. China Reaffirms Support for ASEAN’s Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone.

SOUTH KOREA. Increasingly economical renewables mean now’s no time for South Korea to cling to nuclear power.

SOUTH ASIA. Climate change and water scarcity will increase risk of nuclear catastrophe in South Asia.

SPAIN. Developer dismisses B-52 crash radiation fears at proposed site of Spanish resort.

BELGIUM. Nuclear: Doel 3 and Tihange 2 cannot be extended for safety reasons.  

AUSTRALIA. Australia ‘Punctures’ US-UK Nuclear Submarine Proposal Under AUKUS; Says Hi-Tech Arms Better Than Nuke Subs.     Michael West busts the spin of Murdoch media’s nuclear marketing.

July 18, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes