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Unresolved questions about Iran’s possible push for nuclear weapons

Among the many unresolved issues about Iran’s atomic drive are allegations that the Islamic republic was involved in weaponisation studies — work which included uranium conversion, high explosives testing and the adaptation of a ballistic missile cone to carry a nuclear warhead.

UN atomic agency has doubts over Iran’s nuclear drive, Google hosted news, By Simon Morgan (AFP)  8 march 11, VIENNA — The UN atomic watchdog said Monday it had information that Iran may have been engaged in weaponisation studies more recently than previously thought. Continue reading →

March 7, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Australian response planned to its “shock jock” climate denialists

A rally to show support for a price on pollution and action on climate change will take place in Melbourne this weekend with more planned around the country next week. They will be organised by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, GetUp, The Wilderness Society, 350.org, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australian Conservation Foundation and the Climate Action Network Australia.

carbon tax We’ll Keep Polluting The Air (Waves),  newmatilda.com, By Anna Rose 7 Mar 2011 Say what you like about right-wing shock jocks, they know how to organise a people’s revolt. Anna Rose looks at how the anti-pollution price lobby plans to fight Continue reading →

March 7, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Dangerous radioactivity in mine dumps in South Africa

Reef Chernobyl ‘will cost billions’  – Mail & Guardian Online, Fiona Macleod, 4 March 2011, Dangerous levels of radio­activity in Gauteng’s mine dumps will take decades and billions of rands to clear, Continue reading →

March 7, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Western Australia wants Canada to invest in its uranium mining

Moore’s next stop before hitting PDAC will be Saskatchewan where, at the invitation of uranium miner Cameco, he will tour one of that company’s uranium mines.

Western Australia minister stops in Vancouver to sell Canadians on mining Down Under By Derrick Penner, Vanouver Sun March 4, 2011 “……”Australia has almost a two-speed economy,” Moore said. “Those [states] that have large resource projects are going gangbusters at the moment whereas other states that rely more on manufacturing are pretty flat.” Continue reading →

March 5, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Ramping up a co-ordinated campaign for green energy jobs

Thousands of people from around the country worked this week at the 2011 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference on a clean energy hiring plan that will put Americans back to work with good, green jobs. We’ll be talking about the kinds of market incentives and reforms that will catch America up with the rest of the world — a renewable energy standard, incentives for energy efficiency, and the ramp up clean energy and electric auto manufacturing.

We Need a Clean Energy Hiring Plan, THE HUFFINGTON POST, David Foster, Feb 2011, More than 2,500 people from 48 states gathered this week in Washington for the fourth Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference — the leading forum for building a sustainable economy that creates good jobs and secures our economic and environmental future. Continue reading →

March 4, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Nuclear reactors halted in France and Germany

RWE, EDF Halt Nuclear Reactors –Bloomberg,  Businessweek, 28 Feb 2011, “……… RWE AG, Germany’s second-biggest utility, halted its 1,227- megawatt Biblis B nuclear reactor on Feb. 25 for maintenance and will restart it from May 20 to May 22, according to data on a company website.In France, Europe’s second-biggest power market, Electricite de France SA halted the 1,330-megawatt Flamanville 2……..

March 1, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Don’t make the nuclear waste pile any bigger

We need a solution before we make the problem bigger. Mr. Obama should lay down this challenge to the nuclear industry: Come up with a disposal method we can live with, figuratively and literally. No plan, no permit.

No nuclear option –  – timesunion.com – Albany NY, 18 Feb 2011, We can’t talk about building more nuclear plants until we figure out what to do with radioactive waste._____________________The United States has been using nuclear power for more than half a century, and it still hasn’t decided what to do with waste that will be lethal for thousands of years, even a million or more in some cases.The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s answer? Kick the cask down the road another 30 years……. Continue reading →

February 19, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

US Senator Feinstein speaks out for renewable energy financing

Feinstein says GOP bill would halt energy projects Washington Post,   By KEVIN FREKING, The Associated PressWednesday, February 16, 2011 WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein says renewable energy projects across the country will be jeopardized if House Republicans are successful in scaling back a program that helps companies gain financing for solar, wind and geothermal plants, and transmission lines. Continue reading →

February 17, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Indiana’s Clean Energy Bill an incentive to nuclear industry

… it includes dirty energy like ‘clean’ coal, nuclear and natural gas in its definition of renewable energy,”…….

The CAC said the bill would essentially shift the risk to the ratepayers for projects that Wall Street has traditionally refused to finance. Many of these projects pose a high risk for small returns.

Bill may hurt consumers, encourage nuclear power | City & State | Indiana Daily Student, 16 Feb 2011, The Indiana General Assembly has named it the Clean Energy Bill, but others consider it a utility monopoly bill. Continue reading →

February 16, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Stuxnet computer attack on Iran’s nukes came in three waves

Report: Stuxnet virus was supposed to infect 5 Iranian nuke sites – Israel News, Ynetnews, 13 Feb 2011, “…..the attack on Iran’s computer systems began a year earlier than previously thought. Continue reading →

February 15, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

World Bank reports on Renewable Energy’s $trillion future

Renewable energy next big thing: World Bank, Sify.com, Mumbai, Feb 11 (IANS) Renewable energy is set to be the next big technology industry, with the potential to transform the trillion dollar energy industry across the world, World Bank said in a new report Friday.’Investing in renewable energy would enable India to develop globally competitive industries and technologies that can provide new opportunities for growth,’ said Inger Andersen, vice president, sustainable development network, World Bank…. Renewable energy next big thing: World Bank

February 12, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Let’s kick dirty nuclear out of “Clean Energy Standard”

Still time to join effort to get dirty, dangerous, and expensive nuclear power booted out of Obama’s call for a “Clean Energy Standard”, Beyond Nuclear, 9 Feb 2011, As soon as rumors swirled that President Obama might include dirty, dangerous, and expensive nuclear power, and other dirty energy sources, in his State of the Union call to Congress and the nation for a “Clean Energy Standard,” the anti-nuclear movement took action. Led by Friends of the Earth, 45 groups, including Beyond Nuclear, wrote to Obama, urging him to not include nuclear and other dirty energy in his “Clean Energy Standard.”

Now Friends of the Earth has gathered over 100 groups onto its letter, which it plans to send to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Friends of the Earth is still taking group signatures onto their letter. To sign your group on, simply email Ben Schreiber at bschreiber@foe.org ASAP. Include your group name and state, and basic contact info. so Ben can get back to you if he needs to.

Beyond Nuclear – Nuclear Costs What’s New – Still time to join effort to get dirty, dangerous, and expensive nuclear power booted out of Obama’s call for a “Clean Energy Standard”

February 12, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Civil disobedience planned to close Vermont nuclear power plant

Civil disobedience planned at VY offices on Feb. 21, common news.org, News and Views for Windham County, Vermont, 9 Feb 2011, Last year, the people of Vermont used the democratic process to prevail upon Entergy Corporation of Louisiana to close its Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in March 2012. Instead of obeying the will of the people, Entergy is now spending vast sums of money on lobbying, TV advertising, and lawyers to try to keep its dangerous, polluting nuke running until at least 2032. Continue reading →

February 10, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

Nuclear power – wastes,dangers, targets for terrorism, and costs

Nuclear power vs. wind power – baltimoresun.com, Jörg Breuning, 7 Feb 2011, “………Just looking at the increase of cancer rates around Calvert Cliffs in the last decades and comparing to the rest of Maryland, and looking at the extreme volume of hot water they dump in the environment, shows the potential for a disastrous ending.With the exception of France, most European countries dramatically reduced the new building nuclear plants and actually shut down many old ones because of the risks and the tremendous problems of eliminating nuclear waste. Nuclear waste contains enough radioactive material to make it highly desirable for terrorists to develop so-called dirty weapons. Setting one nuclear power plant off (i.e. with creative bombing) can easily generate a Chernobyl scenario in a highly populated area, not speaking about the loss of an important power link in the energy network. Protecting nuclear power against terrorist acts is paid for by the tax payers and makes the technology very expensive.Since the French can’t sell their highly dangerous technology in Europe and the Far East anymore, they go to Third World countries or the U.S., where people are less educated or living with a carbon foot print tunnel view.….Nuclear power vs. wind power – baltimoresun.com

February 8, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment

US govt health consultancy cancels nuclear test veterans’ meeting

Veteran’s fury as A-bomb meeting cancelled  – Shields Gazette, By TERRY KELLY Feb 06 AN angry nuclear test veteran from South Tyneside today slammed as “absolutely disgraceful” the cancellation of a special meeting for A-bomb ex-servicemen in the region.A focus group for men who witnessed nuclear tests without any protective clothing in the 1950s was due to be held in Tyneside next month.But now the health consultancy, appointed by the Government to carry out a health audit of the nuclear test veterans, has cancelled the event……. Veteran’s fury as A-bomb meeting cancelled – Health – Shields Gazette

February 7, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | Leave a comment