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South East Asia taking action on climate change

Hot air over Australia  Grant Anderson – News – Business Spectator 26 Nov 09 A report released this week that I co-authored, One Hat Does Not Fit All, illustrates that a number of our neighbours in the Asia Pacific region are highly cognisant of the challenges climate change presents Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, ASIA, climate change, renewable | , , | Leave a comment

Uranium milling dangers still real today

Point to incidents of contamination at modern-day facilities BY JOHN R. CRANE NOVEMBER 24, 2009 • DANVILLE, VA. Though uranium milling has come a long way since the days of minimal regulations and crude processing methods, mining foes say tailings leaks could still pose a threat to the environment.. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, environment | | 1 Comment

Taxpayer to take the risk of nuclear plants

Protecting Georgians from Unfair Costs for New Reactors November 24th, 2009 › Clean Energy › Sara Barczak “……………..Historical Boondoggles
In the 1970s and 80s the utility industry made a huge financial mess when they built nuclear reactors. There were construction delays and huge cost overruns; many projects were canceled after spending billions of dollars. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, business and costs, USA | , , , , | Leave a comment

Climate change answer is sustainability, not nuclear

Nuclear power as the solution to our carbon emissions problem? Biocitizen By Kurt Heidinger on Nov 24, 2009 Today we learn, courtesy of the Washington Post, that “nuclear power is the “new” solution to humanity’s carbon emissions problem”. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, spinbuster, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New nukes just a pipe-dream – old nukes are the problem

What To Do With Zombie Nuke Plants  CBS News November 24, 2009 by Christian Parenti: Thirty Years Affter The Three Mile Island Partial Meltdown, Old Plants Pose The Real Nuclear Power Threat.  Oyster Creek Generating Station, .. the oldest in the country, was slated to close in 2009 when its original forty-year license was ending. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, USA | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear pollution in Russia

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The Hays Daily News By ARTHUR MAX Associated Press Writer

DNIPRODZERZHYNSK, Ukraine (AP) — Twenty years ago, when the Iron Curtain came down, the world gagged in horror as it witnessed firsthand the ravages inflicted on nature by the Soviet industrial machine. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, environment, Russia | , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear critics imprisoned in China

For blue skies, first clear the air on human rights

The Washington Post By Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qishen

November 22, 2009 “………………Sun Xiaodi, in Gansu province, complained for years about pollution from a uranium mine and recently accused local officials of fraud. In July he was sentenced to two years in a labor-reform facility for “illegally providing state secrets overseas” and “rumor-mongering.” His daughter Sun Haiyan was sentenced to 18 months on the same charges……………….”

Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng — To help fix the climate, fix human rights in China – washingtonpost.com

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, China | | Leave a comment

Belated information on nuclear radiation leak

Exelon draws criticism for late notice on TMI incident

istock analyst (Source: The York Dispatch)trackingBy Carl Lindquist, The York Dispatch, Pa.

Nov. 24–-Exelon Corp. is facing criticism for waiting hours to inform local officials about an alarm Saturday signaling increased airborne radiation at its Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | , , , , | Leave a comment

Legal action against US state’s nuclear plan

Protecting Georgians from Unfair Costs for New Reactors November 24th, 2009 › Clean Energy › Sara Barczak Concerned your home or business electric bills will increase needlessly for new nuclear power reactors that may never get built? Or if these reactors get built in Georgia, concerned there’s no telling how high your electric bills could get? Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, Legal, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Non radiation methods are safer than mammograms

Mammogram  controversy and using safer alternatives for breast exams, Creative loafing November 24, 2009  by Carol Roberts
So what’s this about mammograms? The iconic breast screening exam has been called into question by a stellar panel from Harvard, Stanford and other such institutions who were tasked by the federal government to determine the efficacy and safety of the test. Continue reading →

November 25, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, health | , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear fallout of the financial kind

CPS Energy board members dealing with nuclear fallout

KENS 5.com San Antomio by Joe Conger

November 24, 2009

 

It’s supposed to be the cheapest fuel, but oh, what a price.

Some heads may be on the chopping block at CPS Energy, and the future of additional nuclear power for San Antonio is in jeopardy. Continue reading →

November 24, 2009 Posted by | 1, business and costs, USA | , , , | Leave a comment

Renewable energy getting cheaper

Renewable energy costs drop in ’09  Nov 23, 2009

LONDON (Reuters) – Solar energy costs will drop by half in 2009 while other low-carbon technology costs will see their pre-subsidy costs drop by 10-20 percent, renewable energy analysts said on Monday. Continue reading →

November 24, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, renewable | , | Leave a comment

Danger of nuclear terrorism

Top spy fears nuclear terror attack news.com.au By Nick Tabakoff The Daily Telegraph November 21, 2009 ONE of the world’s top spies has warned major world cities are at risk of a fresh September 11-style terrorist attack within the next decade.And he feared a scenario in which a nuclear device was triggered.

Efraim Halevy, former head of Israel’s top-secret national intelligence group Mossad, also warned Western societies like Australia were fighting international terrorism “with one arm tied behind their backs”.

Top spy fears nuclear terror attack | World News | News.com.au

November 24, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, safety | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Doctors to walk out in protest over uranium mine

Doctors threaten to leave over uranium mine – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) By Eric Tlozek Nov 20, 2009 group of Alice Springs doctors say they will leave the town if a uranium mine goes ahead in the area. Uranium company Cameco is exploring a uranium deposit 25 kilometres south of Alice Springs. Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, health | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

How to keep radioactive waste safe for thousands of years?

A Permanent Breakdown in Communications The Atlantic, by Megan McCardle17 Nov 2009 Slate ponders how to communicate the danger of radioactive waste to the far future. Continue reading →

November 20, 2009 Posted by | 1, 2 WORLD, wastes | , , , , , | Leave a comment

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