After Fukushima, Nuclear Power on Collision Course With Japanese Public
In the face of overwhelming public opposition, Japan’s prime minister recently announced that nuclear power plants will restart.
See http://www.alternet.org/story/156431/after_fukushima,_nuclear_power_on_collision_course_with_japanese_public?akid=9116.290405.EODLJ-&rd=1&t=15
Inuit campaign for referendum over mine in far north
A conflict over a uranium mine in the far north, four decades in the making, has pitted members of a small Inuit community against their territorial government and a French company. Inuit in the community of Baker Lake, located west of Hudson Bay in the Kivalliq region of Nunavut, have raised a hue [and cry] over what they call a faulty, biased process and the Government of Nunavut’s uncritical support for uranium mining.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11832&l=1.
Banks financing the nuclear industry
The Kick Nuclear network notes that according to http://www.nuclearbanks.org (put together by Greenpeace and others), the following banks feature in the top 10 institutions worldwide for nuclear power investment: 2. Citi 3. Barclays 6. RBS 8. HSBC 9. JP Morgan Chase