Nuclear plants opposed for Malaysia
Apart from the additional costs incurred to treat and store radioactive waste, Santiago said the government would also have to put in place security measures to check radioactive elements from being trafficked for production of weapons.
Nuke plants: It’s outrageous, says Santiago, Free Malaysia Today, 20 Dec 10, PETALING JAYA: The government’s plan to build two nuclear power plants by 2022 is outrageous, Klang MP Charles Santiago said today.He added that the proposal was made in total disregard of Parliament and the public. Continue reading
George W. Bush, Condoleeza Rice, US military, support START Treaty
START not yet finished Washington Extra 20 Dec 10, “……..It is not just President Barack Obama and the Democrats who support this treaty. Former President George H.W. Bush, a Republican, supports it. So does Republican Condoleezza Rice and every other former secretary of state who is still alive. And the military? Well those folks really support it, just ask the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the uniformed officers in charge of nuclear security. Continue reading
Republicans in US senate trying to kill START arms reduction treaty
Arms treaty debate increasingly testy in Senate | Reuters, By David Alexander, WASHINGTON Dec 20, 2010 WASHINGTON – Debate in the Senate over President Barack Obama’s strategic nuclear arms treaty with Russia grew increasingly testy on Monday but the White House expressed confidence lawmakers would approve the accord before their Christmas break……Republican senators pushed for passage of a series of amendments in an effort to kill the New START nuclear arms treaty by forcing a renegotiation with Russia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned in an interview with Interfax that any amendment would be a deal-breaker……Arms treaty debate increasingly testy in Senate | Reuters
Growing opposition to nuclear plant at Jaitapur, India
Shiv Sena offers support to nuclear plant protesters Health hazards and environmental impact worry local villagers. Gulf News, By Pamela Raghunath, December 21, 2010 Mumbai: As the stiff opposition to the proposed nuclear plant in Jaitapur, Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra, from local villagers grows stronger, the Shiv Sena is also throwing in its support to the people of Konkan region, once a stronghold of the party. Continue reading
US Republican hawks threaten Republican senators against voting for nuclear arms reduction treaty
“fully committed” to defeating any GOP senator that votes for ratification during the lame-duck session.
Group Vows Primaries for GOP Senators Who Vote for START – Real Clear Politics – TIME.com, by Scott Conroy, 18 Dec 10, A prominent conservative political action committee is vowing to defeat any Republican senator who votes to ratify the New START nuclear arms control treaty with Russia in the lame-duck session of Congress. Continue reading
UK: a nuclear subsidy by another name is still a nuclear subsidy
nuclear’s “inflexibility and intermittency and the toxic legacy”. Should Mr Huhne not explore a levy on nuclear to balance any “hidden even if unspecific windfall subsidy” which might come about?
Huhne under pressure over his definition of nuclear subsidy, FT Westminster, December 17, 2010 by Jim Pickard If all low-carbon energy is given a public subsidy then has nuclear power been subsidised? You might have thought so.
But Chris Huhne insisted yesterday that this was not the case.
Except that surely it is Continue reading
USA tax cuts will preserve 85,000 jobs in wind energy
The head of the American Wind Energy Association, Denise Bode, called it “a great holiday present for the 85,000 American workers in the wind energy industry, tens of thousands of whom will now be able to get back to work.’’……
Tax Cuts for Energy, Too – NYTimes.com. Matthew Wald, 17 dec 10, The just-concluded fight in Congress over taxes has mostly been viewed as an argument over the Bush-era tax cuts, but it was also a cliffhanger make-or-break deal for a variety of energy taxes. Continue reading
Despite setback, Nevada will fight against Yucca Mt nuclear waste dump
“While the NRC may not have ruled in Nevada’s favor on this latest challenge, the Yucca Mountain Project is already in mothballs and by the time we’re done, this boondoggle will be a pile of bleached bones in the Nevada desert,”
Nev. Gov.-elect Sandoval vows fight on Yucca Mt. Las Vegas Sun, The Associated Press, Dec. 15, 2010 .Despite a setback from a U.S. licensing panel, opponents of a national nuclear waste repository in Nevada say they will press the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to examine new science about potential dangers stemming from erosion at the site. Continue reading
Scotland’s govt opposes UK plan for nuclear power
“Our clear position against new nuclear power is supported by parliament and by the people and we will resist in the strongest possible terms any change that would see subsidies for new nuclear power in England and Wales at the expense of renewable electricity …. in Scotland.”
Salmond concerned over new UK energy plan, BBC News – 16 Dec 10, Scotland’s first minister has denounced UK government plans to help the energy industry build a new generation of nuclear power plants.Alex Salmond said the subsidies for nuclear energy in England could be at the expense of renewables in Scotland. Continue reading
Some conservatives in USA now opposing nuclear loan gurantees
The National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers for Common Sense, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Non-proliferation Policy Education Center all signed a letter to Congress on Dec. 8 that called for halting any increase in the amount allocated to the loan guarantees for nuclear plants.
Budget Hawks Oppose Nuclear Loan Guarantees – International Business Times, By Jesse Emspak | December 15, 2010 Fiscal conservatives have started questioning a government program that guarantees billions in loans for new nuclear power plant construction. Continue reading
Huge job losses to follow Britain’s cut-back in renewable energy investment
Given the announcement today that unemployment has now reached 2.5 million, the potential loss of such a large number of jobs from the economy is likely to further weaken Britain’s ability to withstand a double-dip recession.
Scaled-down green investment bank is a disaster, guardian.co.uk, Nicholas Milton, 14 Dec 10, Chris Huhne’s admission that the green investment bank is likely to be no more than a “green bonds” fund not only jeopardises the future of Britain’s renewable energy industry and climate change targets, it will also finally lay to rest any pretence that this will be “the greenest government ever”. The announcement will also be a disaster for jobs,…… Continue reading
UK youth panel want renewable energy, and action on the existing nuclear wastes
“We are very concerned that short-term reasoning is being used to justify building a technology with substantial long-term impacts and responsibilities. The risks associated with nuclear cannot be ignored. Dangerous nuclear waste is a legacy we would rather not leave to future generations, and the heavy investment that will be required threatens to distract us from pursuing safer, cleaner and more future-friendly energy solutions.”…..
Political uproar in India over planned Jaitapur nuclear plant
Sena leads Oppn walkout over ”imposition” of Jaitapur plant, MSN India, Nagpur, Dec 13 (PTI) Shiv Sena members today led an Opposition walkout in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly over alleged imposition of nuclear power plant in Jaitapur in the Konkan belt of the state. Continue reading
UK govt says “No Subsidy” for nuclear, BUT …..
Why do America’s Republicans love a socialised industry – nuclear energy?
The nuclear industry and the Republican Party have nothing ideologically obvious in common other than a soft spot for things that go boom…..Nuclear power is the king of subsidized energy industries, with its very origin in government—
Nuclear Reactionaries, Washinton Monthly, December 2010, It’s a big-government-dependent tool to fight climate change that was championed by Jimmy Carter, is now dominated by the French, and has never managed to compete in the marketplace. So why, exactly, do Republicans love nuclear power so much? By T. A. Frank Continue reading
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