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Putin's "invulnerable"nuclear-powered missile lost at sea. Joins the rest of Russia's nuclear junk there, and could be leaking radiation.

Jonathon Porritt and 60 other Britishence between an  writers, politicians and academics condemn the concept of a "balanced debate" about human-caused climate change. "Balance implies equal weight. But this then creates a false equivaloverwhelming scientific consensus and a lobby, heavily funded by vested interests, that exists simply to sow doubt to serve those interests."

AUSTRALIA

Well, suddenly we have a new Prime Minister -  "S coal mo"  - i.e Scott Morrison. We all feared that we would get that truly dreadful man Peter Dutton. But now - we have "Dutton in sheep's clothing". Believe me, Morrison will be just as bad -   same policies, just a bit more intelligent in spinning them.

And the new Cabinet?  A motley crew of climate denialists and pro nuclear proponents.

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Australia’s day-old new far-right conservative prime minister, Scott Morrison, imprisoned more children in detention than any other immigration minister; he tried to increase sales tax, which would have pushed people already struggling to make ends meet further into poverty; he paraded a lump of coal in Parliament, as though the climate emergency is some kind of joke; and he's still campaigning to legalise discrimination against the LGBTIQA+ community.

Points raised by the grassroots campaigning group GetUp! after one of the messiest intra-party coups ever experienced in Australia. The best mainstream source I know for up-to-the-minute details of the political turmoil is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, accessible here.

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6th August Hiroshima 9th August Nagasaki  - so far these anniversaries are being ignored by the media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-07xiaBl2vk But not in Japan.   Japanese children will pass on the history of Nagasaki's horror nuclear bombing on 9 Aug 1945

The heatwave continues in the Northern hemisphere, but rarely is that awful left-wing term "climate change"mentioned in news reports. It's affecting all the Northern countries, though there is more news coverage about USA and Europe. Human-caused climate change made heat wave five times more likely.

Much nuclear news about the heatwave, too. The nuclear lobby's poster boy, France, is copping it, with nuclear reactors having further cuts to their production, their cooling systems being unable to cope. Other countries' reactors are similarly affected.

AUSTRALIA

Investigative journalism greatly threatened by Nine-Fairfax merger.

NUCLEAR

• Exposing the lies about planned Kimba or Hawker nuclear waste dump.
• Australian govt names Whyalla, Port Pirie, South Australian Ports to impose nuclear waste shipments.
• Senator Matt Canavan wants a nuclear waste site chosen by November. Is Minister Canavan lying about nuclear wastes, or is he just uninformed?
• Here we go again: nuclear lobby wants more submissions, but it's worth doing.
• Aboriginal landowners not allowed to vote on planned nuclear waste dump.
• Petition to South Australian Premier to block nuclear waste dump, in line with South Australian law.
• In South Australia pro nuclear people have been seeded into positions of power.
• Catholic Religious Australia: temporary nuclear waste dump will cause serious future problems.
• Spent nuclear fuel moved by road from ANSTO to Port Kembla in late-night operation
• Processing of radioactive wastes at Woomera to take 5 to 10 years.

ANSTO has the luxury of its commercial follies being funded by the tax-payer.

CLIMATE Aboriginal landowners Wangan and Jagalingou take land rights fight to the UN.

ENERGY   National Energy Guarantee (NEG) discriminates against rooftop solar, makes emissions task more expensive. Australia’s 2017 solar PV installation tally already eclipsed – in July.  Lots more news at reneweconomy.com.au

INTERNATIONAL

Large retrospective study shows the connection between low level radiation and leukemia.

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) now recognised as unviable: governments still pouring money into them.

The insidious toll of climate change heat on workers, and on the economy.

EUROPE.  Centre for Security Studies explains NATO Nuclear Sharing. Nordic nuclear power plants hit by unprecedented heat wave. Europe's nuclear reactors affected by heat waves.

JAPAN.   Ahead of Olympic Games, Fukushima nuclear power plant gets an extreme makeover. Japan's NRA plans nuclear wastes burial at least 70 meters deep for about 100,000 years. Fukushima Unit 2 Refueling Floor Work Poses Risks. TEPCO's Plan For Some Of The More Dangerous Work At Daiichi.  No Long Term Storage Location for Fukushima Daiichi Spent Fuel.

UK. £10bn Moorside nuclear power plant plunged into further doubt. Wylfa nuclear power to be very expensive for both taxpayers and consumers. Sorry history of UK's Moorside nuclear project, and why it might well be abandoned.  Climate change will bring sea level rise - bringing danger to Hinkley Point C nuclear site.

USA.

• Asteroid explosion near a US early warning radar base - could have triggered a nuclear war.
• Pentagon had a plan for "dirty nuclear bombs".
• Nevada National Security Site experiencing huge wildfire,
• Trump attorney Michael Cohen was offered $10 Million to push for a nuclear project.
• An honest accountant - had to leave SCANA nuclear project rather than tell lies.
• USA's bailout for coal and nuclear industries could cost over $34 billion. Legal repercussions continue after two South Carolina nuclear fiascos.
• Climate change fears add urgency to environmental fight over Florida nuclear power plant.
• U.S. Navy's $1 Billion Plan for Breaking Down Old Nuclear-Powered Carrier.
•  State of New Mexico not able to stop Holtec's nuclear waste plans.  Las Cruces city - resolution opposing transport and storage of nuclear wastes. Wolf Creek, Kansas, to be stuck with stranded nuclear wastes for 60 years or more.

CANADA. Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) of Canada bribing struggling towns to have nuclear waste dump. Secret transport of nuclear wastes from Illinois to Port Huron?  Canadian university develops new particle accelerator to supply medical isotopes. University of Alberta’s Medical Isotope Cyclotron Facility - medical radioisotopes without nuclear reactor.

SOUTH AMERICA. Latin American and Caribbean nations lead the way towards nuclear disarmament.

6th August Hiroshima 9th August Nagasaki  - so far these anniversaries are being ignored by the media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-07xiaBl2vk But not in Japan.   Japanese children will pass on the history of Nagasaki's horror nuclear bombing on 9 Aug 1945

The heatwave continues in the Northern hemisphere, but rarely is that awful left-wing term "climate change" mentioned in news reports. It's affecting all the Northern countries, though there is more news coverage about USA and Europe. Human-caused climate change made heat wave five times more likely.

Much nuclear news about the heatwave, too. The nuclear lobby's poster boy, France, is copping it, with nuclear reactors having further cuts to their production, their cooling systems being unable to cope. Other countries' reactors are similarly affected.

In a highly regulated and secretive transport operation in the early hours of 29 July the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) moved a shipment of spent fuel rods from the Lucas Heights reactor (near Sydney) to Port Kembla (in South Australia) en-route to reprocessing in France.

Long lived waste will be returned after reprocessing but the federal government still has no plan, process or place for advancing the management of this material.