Nuclear – Aug 30

Malaysia may go for nuke energy

Australia should follow road to nuclear fusion

Koizumi to sign Kazakh Uranium pact

S. Africa weighs plan to enrich uranium

Nuclear – Aug 6

Heated debate over the warming of the planet (Caldicott vs nuclear) /
Nuclear power links to ‘sham’ UK energy review / Energy Dept. announces nuclear insurance

Nuclear – Aug 3

Analysis: Iran’s nuclear fuel debate /
Nigeria to exploit nuclear energy for peace /
Gorbachev – Australia must avoid nuclear & sign Kyoto Protocol /
Swedish nuclear reactors stopped

Peak Oil – August 1

The Get-Ready Men (Kunstler review) /
Plans begin in Maryland for looming peak oil crisis /
Oil ‘addicts’ face painful withdrawal symptoms /
Along with Peak Oil, Peak Grain and Peak Water, the world enters crisis overload /
A thirsty world is running dry (Peak Oil and nuclear in Oz) /
Notes from Peak Speak 2

Helen Caldicott: Fuel plan beset by fossilised thinking

Australia is perfectly placed to be the real energy superpower: the instigator and global leader in renewable electricity production. A country bathed in sun and ferociously windy in many locations, Australia could, with political will and vision, usher in a safe, carbon-free and nuclear-free future.

Anti-G8 reports – July 19

G8 ‘Energy Security’ Plan Opposed over Climate, Nuclear Concerns /
G8 Leaders Play Russian Roulette with Climate Chaos /
Whole catalogue of failures leaves G8 looking increasingly irrelevant /
Worldwide Protests Slam G8 Support of Nuclear, Coal, Oil

Nuclear – July 19

Bye Bye Oil Crisis, Hello Uranium Crisis /
Lovins on Nuclear /
The climate-change deniers have now gone nuclear /
Energy-hungry China to seek uranium in Niger