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Week to 30 September- countering the nuclear-military-industrial-political spin.

Some bits of good news.    

– Women Wage Peace .   Countries’ climate obligations could be legally defined at top UN court in December.Vertical Greening Brings Nature to Urban ‘Heat Islands’ Quickly and Easily.

TOP STORIES. How civilisation could end – an all-too-possible nuclear scenario. 

The Israeli nuclear risk no one is talking about.

Cold War II: US Congress passes 25 anti-China laws in 1 week, funds propaganda campaign. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tix5L5qDaNw

Ukraine’s Zelensky arriving in US….to pitch WWIII. 

The Madness of Antony Blinken.  Antony Blinken LIED?! State Dept Caught WITHHOLDING Humanitarian Aid From Gaza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb30Sn6WR-s

Nuclear finance will rely on consumers’ stomach for risk. ALSO AT …… https://nuclear-news.net/2024/09/27/2-a-nuclear-finance-will-rely-on-consumers-stomach-for-risk/

From the archives.   Questions still remain on the suspicious death of nuclear worker Karen SilkwoodWeek to 30 September.

Climate. Green campaigners lambast UN climate summit hosts for clinging to fossil fuels .

Noel’s notes. Hurricane Helene : when global heating collides with our dependence on digital systems. I would rather have tough-guy macho men, than slimy sweet-talk hypocrites.

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AUSTRALIA.

Defence Minister Marles, with all pretension, flogging a dead seahorse. 

Nuclear Concerns – Hiroshima, Maralinga and Dutton’s Australia. 

Climate Change Authority head Matt Kean contradicts Peter Dutton’s claim on nuclear and renewables working together. 

Australians are installing batteries at a record rate, as rooftop solar heads for major new milestone. Renewable and Energy storage jobs will soon overtake those in coal and gas. 

More Australian news headlines at https://antinuclear.net/2024/09/24/australian-nuclear-news-headlines-23-30-september/

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NUCLEAR ITEMS

ATROCITIES. Israel’s Tally of War Crimes in Lebanon Increases in Wake of Exploding Pagers.

CLIMATE.
Hurricane Helene Floods Closed Duke Nuclear Plant in Florida.

ECONOMICS. Nuclear fuel costs soar as conversion and enrichment bottleneck strains supply.

US company eliminated from race to build Britain’s first mini-nuclear. ALSO AT https://nuclear-news.net/2024/09/29/2-b1-us-company-eliminated-from-race-to-build-britains-first-mini-nuclear-plant/ Why NuScale Power Stock Dropped Today.

EDUCATION. “Peaceful” and war-making nuclear industries get together in tertiary education.

ENERGY. Microsoft’s Three Mile Island deal: How big tech is snatching up nuclear power. US nuclear plants won’t power up Big Tech’s AI ambitions right away.

ENVIRONMENT. Charities call for greater transparency over Sizewell C.

ETHICS and RELIGION
Cardinal Parolin: ‘World threatened by irreversible nuclear destruction’.

EVENTS. Sleepwalking into War? IPAN Conference 2024 –– October 4-6 in Perth,Australia or attend online The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network.

HUMAN RIGHTS. Assange to Testify at Council of Europe.

MEDIA. Losing The Narrative War: Israel Illegally Raids and Shuts Down Al Jazeera’s West Bank Bureau. Going From “The Civilian Buildings Are Hamas” To “The Civilian Buildings Are Hezbollah“. The Looming Catastrophe in the Middle East (w/ Gideon Levy) | The Chris Hedges Report.

PLUTONIUM. Japan and 11 other countries call for early start of fissile material ban talks.

POLITICS. A push for compensation for U.S. nuclear testing fallout resumes on Capitol Hill. . Mistaking Militarism for Statecraft, Empire for Democracy and Debt for Prosperity.

Nuclear Weapons and the U.S. Presidential Elections.

Weatherwatch: UK Labour’s stance on nuclear power is worryingly familiar. Scottish National Party blasts Labour for ‘frittering away’ money on nuclear plant instead of winter fuel payment.

POLITICS INTERNATIONAL and DIPLOMACY.

• Iran ready for nuclear talks at UN ‘if other parties willing‘, foreign minister says.
• Walking a fraying nuclear tightrope. The UN won’t protect Gaza, but can adopt a ‘Pact for the Future?’. Biden would rather defend Israeli impunity than stop a regional war.
• Julian Assange’s Interview with the Late Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M1fHfKenTM
• Public scrutiny of UK-US  nuclear pact is essential.
• Indonesia, Solomon Islands join countries banning nuclear weapons, putting Australia at odds with neighbours

SAFETY.

• IAEA chief says situation tense around Russia’s Kursk plant, but no permanent mission planned.
• Swarm of over 100 earthquakes hits Hanford nuclear site near Tri-Cities in Washington.
• U.S. Outgoing French nuclear safety chief warns of 25% budget cut.
• Incident. China’s Newest Nuclear Submarine Sank, Setting Back Its Military Modernization.

SECRETS and LIES

Blinken Lied To Congress About Israeli War Crimes Because He Knows He’ll Get Away With It. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYEBm0eKuo0 

  Karen Silkwood and Kerr-McGee: A Reinvestigation.

SPACE. EXPLORATION, WEAPONS. NASA’s uncrewed Artemis mission highlights radiation risk to astronauts.

Woomera Manual: International Law Meets Military Space Activities.

WASTES. Despite vastly different social and political contexts, Finland, Germany and France are all grappling with the question of safe nuclear waste disposal.

Spent nuclear fuel shipped to Japan’s 1st interim storage facility in Aomori.

New developments at Sellafield for endless storage of ever-increasing amounts of highly radioactive spent nuclear fuel.

WAR and CONFLICT. After destroying Ukraine and Gaza, Biden seeks a destroyed nation trifecta in Lebanon.

The Illusion of a Solution: Killing Hassan Nasrallah. Netanyahu: Israel Is Fighting a War on Seven Fronts . Israel: ‘Escalate to De-escalate’.

Putin outlines new rules for Russian use of vast nuclear arsenal. Ukraine army attacks nuclear plant substation: Russia.

Ambassadors called upon to refrain from military action involving nuclear plants. Wars, Propaganda Wars and Funding Them.

WEAPONS and WEAPONS SALES. US Gives Israel $8.7 Billion in Military Aid for Operations in Gaza and Lebanon. War Forever, Everywhere, War Doesn’t End When It “Ends“.

Japan’s new Prime Minister calls for deployment of US nuclear weapons.

October 1, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Christina's notes