Keswick says No to nuke dump
Following a public outcry, Keswick Town Council voted 9 to 3 to say NO to going any further along in the plan for a nuclear dump. At a previous …
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Nuclear Grim Reapers and Liquidators join The Big Six Energy Bash
Kick Nuclear and friends, dressed up as Nuclear Grim Reapers and Liquidators, joined hundreds of environmental and social justice activists at The Big Six …
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Hundreds of climate activists and anti-cuts protesters disrupt UK energy summit
Yesterday hundreds of protesters from climate and anti-cuts groups across the country teamed up to block the UK Energy Summit in the City of London. At least 300 protesters targeted all of the main entrances …
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Nuclear news: reflections on the anniversary of the Fukushima disaster
Fukushima, One Year Later – Nuclear Power and the Big Lie http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/03/05/nuclear-power-and-the-big-lie/#.T1U_zJiZOuQ.gmail
Time to say goodbye to nuclear power http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/news/20120307p2a00m0na003000c.html
Fukushima Residents Live With Fear Of Radiation http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/07/japan-tsunami-anniversary-fukushima-residents_n_1326077.html
Nuclear news: update on Fukushima catastrophe
Japanese authorities recognize 573 deaths related to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Catastrophe.
Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War – The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28870 …
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Campaigners mount bid to outlaw Nuclear Subsidies
Lawyers acting on behalf of British anti-nuclear campaigners have submitted a complaint about atomic subsidies to the European Commission which, if upheld, could prevent the building of new nuclear reactors in the EU. “Nuclear power …
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Who needs coal? Who needs nuclear?
It seems to be a “Hobson’s choice” par excellence! As global climate change talks continued in Durban, South Africa’s leadership was faced with a “conundrum” – does the country continue burning-up the world by depending …
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Australia’s PM looking to overturn ban on India uranium sales
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s ruling Labor party will debate lifting the ban on the sales of uranium to India at its conference next month, a decision unlikely to be welcomed by the Greens.
Uranium …
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Nuclear plans threaten UK’s part in renewables revolution, expert warns
The UK’s “eccentric” determination to build new nuclear power means it is not fit to take part in the “third industrial revolution” of switching to clean renewable energy, according to one of the world’s most …
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Ridding the world of nuclear threats?
The central Asian state of Kazakhstan was among the first to ban all nuclear weapons testing on its territory. Last month the government established the world’s first international nuclear …
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Rio outbids Cameco for Hathor Exploration
Rio Tinto is expanding its presence in Canada with an all-cash offer to acquire Hathor Exploration, which owns the Roughrider uranium deposit in Saskatchewan. See http://www.mining.com/2011/10/19/rio-outbids-cameco-for-hathor-exploration/.
Ranger mine …
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Australia approves $20-30bn BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam mine expansion
Global diversified miner BHP Billiton moved a step closer to expanding its large-scale Olympic Dam copper and uranium mine in Australia on Monday, after securing environmental approvals for the project.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=137155&sn=Detail&pid=92730 and
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/10/bhpbilliton-idUSL3E7LA0FA20111010.…
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