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It really IS a climate emergency – but here is nuclear news, anyway

What went right this week: the good news you should know about.   A pathway emerged to an Aids-free future,  Deforestation fell in the Colombian Amazon.   California Military Base is Being Transformed Into one of the Largest City Parks in the U.S.

TOP STORIES

If Everybody’s Going to Join NATO, Then Why Have the United Nations?

The Empire Knows It’s Pouring Ukrainian Blood Into An Unwinnable Proxy War.

The Forever Dangers of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.

‘Artificial Escalation’: Imagining the future of nuclear risk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9npWiTOHX0

Nuclear trash on indigenous land ?- a court decision puts Australia in a very difficult spot.        UK campaigners call on Australian PM to withdraw Kimba nuke dump threat.

CLIMATE. Heatwaves are new normal as 50C hits US and China – UN.  How deadly are these heatwaves – and how hot will they get? (nb. kids under 5 especially endangered)          Europe heatwave: EU sends planes to Greece as thousands flee fires.      Highof 48C expected on continent as red spreads across the European weathermap. From body bags of ice to pavement burn: US grapples with new extreme heat reality. Rain fury: Floods batter North Indian states – nearly a foot of rain in 14 hours recorded.

Christina notes. Is it now OK to talk about ethics again?    We need decision-making by women, if we’re going to survive in this nuclear age.

Nuclear. Again – it really is the climate that is the overwhelming news this week –   while global leaders busily focus on new ways to plan to kill each other’s populations .

CLIMATE. “Nuclear Power Is Already a Climate Casualty”

ENERGY. Does Nuclear slow down the scale-up of Wind and Solar? France and Germany can’t agree.

ECONOMICS. Is the UK Government unable to fund its promised nuclear renaissance? These are the companies that will get the British government’s nuclear bribes. US Asset Managers Have ‘Significant Investments’ in Nuclear Weapons and Cluster Bombs: Analysis.          France needs to invest 25 billion euros ($28 billion) each year to maintain its nuclear energy programme.     The Big Problem With Small Nuclear Reactors.

ENERGY. Not nuclear, but wind and solar still cheapest – CSIRO

ENVIRONMENT. Cesium 180 times limit found in fish at Fukushima nuke plant 12 years after disaster. Hong Kong tightens radiation inspection of Japanese seafood imports.

ETHICS and RELIGION. Will we ban nuclear weapons, or will Biden and Putin get us all cremated equally?

HEALTH. Nuclear power: Is it safe to use nuclear energy ?- there are the health risks with it.

INDIGENOUS ISSUES. Nuclear Projects Torment Life on Earth.

LEGAL. Court rules in favour of Barngala people, preventing nuclear waste facility in Kimba.  Examining the impact of the legal decision against the planned Kimba nuclear waste dump

MEDIA. The Nuclear Age Grimly Descends in “Oppenheimer”.       ‘Oppenheimer’ is a pitch-dark American nightmare. We cannot look away. What We Can Still Learn From J. Robert Oppenheimer.      Anti-nuclear groups welcome Oppenheimer film but say it fails to depict true horror.    The Dynamics of War Insanity: NATO’s Ukraine Roulette. Nevil Shute’s ‘On the Beach’ warned us of nuclear annihilation. It’s still a hot-button issue with a new play at the Sydney Theatre Company.

NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY. UK nuclear future: “China is the world leader in renewables” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob0R-h4GV8s         Repeating This Nuclear Power Mistake Will Be Catastrophic For Artificial Intelligence – Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen.     Oppenheimer biographer supports US bill to bar use of AI in nuclear launches.

OPPOSITION to NUCLEAR . Best foot forward: Campaigners are marching again for a Nuclear Free Wales. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) condemns additional billions for Britain’s nuclear arsenal.     Scottish CND hit out over ‘nuclear threat‘ in MPs’ military report.          Putting the Nuclear Genie Back in the Bottle.

PERSONAL STORIES. Karina’s father went blind at Emu Field. Now, she’s fighting for a treaty on nuclear weapons.

POLITICS. UK government launches”Great British Nuclear” with big bribes, and big promises, for the “small nuclear reactor” industry.         Don’t believe the UK government’s hype about small nuclear reactors and Great British Nuclear.       Tory nuclear expansion programme.   

Prime Minister Albanese must abandon South Australian nuclear waste dump.  

Council defers decision over Test of Public Support on the issue of disposal of high level nuclear waste. Ontario – Ford government’s electricity plan takes wrong approach. Ontario opts for high-risk nuclear over low-risk energy sources.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

• Disunity in NATO? Only neutral countries can bring peace to Ukraine – Brazil. NATO Is a Warfare Alliance, Not a Force for Global Peace or Stability.
• Why EU sanctions don’t include Russian nuclear industry
• US Republicans threaten to block AUKUS deal.
• UN proposes elimination of all nuclear weapons as first step under new agenda for peace. The Elders publish new policy paper on nuclear weapons.
• NewsReal: As Ukraine Counter-Offensive Fails, Putin Warns Warsaw Against Joining War.

RADIATION. Science and Global Security Maps Radioactive Fallout from U.S. Nuclear Weapon Tests, Beginning with July 1945 Trinity Test. Backgrounder on health consequences of nuclear radiation fallout and the Anthropocene. China’s blanket radiation testing could spell trouble for Japanese seafood imports.

SAFETY. Safety lapses at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Incidents. A 90 million gallon nuclear tragedy. The US should end its use of nuclear power plants – the intractible problem of dangerous spent fuel rods. An inherent potential for catastrophe.

SECRETS and LIES. Europe’s black hole: How much of the more than $185 billion given by the West to Ukraine has been stolen?         Corruption In Ukraine & The U.S. Mutually Rewarding.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. SpaceX Starlink satellites had to make 25,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in just 6 months — and it will only get worse. US DOE delivers plutonium-238 for NASA missions.

SPINBUSTER. UK government announces fantasy small modular reactor programme as a cover for Sizewelll C failure.       Great British Nuclear: High on hype, Low on substance.

WASTES. Dumping doubts: Releasing Fukushima’s wastewater.      To the Pacific islands, the West’s support for Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste ocean dumping is hypocrisy.        The dilemma of continuing to produce nuclear trash which will remain harmful for millennia.       Feds digging up nuclear waste in Los Alamos for disposal at Carlsbad-area repository. AUKUS’ nuclear waste dump is the secret no-one talks about. So what’ll it cost?

WAR and CONFLICT. Ukraine’s Lack of Weaponry and Training Risks Stalemate in Fight With Russia.    Ukraine Again Bombs Crimean Bridge.     Kiev strikes ammunition depot in Crimea – official. Architect of Annihilation: Oppenheimer’s Deadly Legacy of Nucle ar Terror.      Putin warns of Poland’s intentions in Ukraine and Belarus.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. Nuclear Notebook: French nuclear weapons, 2023.     US turning Ukraine into ‘burial ground’ for lethal waste – Russian envoy.      In Ukraine, US Adds to Barbaric Cluster-Bomb Legacy.     USA government – more money, $19 billion, grant for making deadly plutonium.    The True Symbol Of The United States Is The Pentagon.

WOMEN. Brussels: Global Women For Peace United Against NATO Meet With EU Parliament, NATO Representatives.  

July 24, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes