tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28539402888188990102024-03-19T20:22:57.439+11:00Blue Mountains Nuclear Free GroupWe are a group of local residents and community workers, who meet at the Katoomba Neighbourhood Centre, to oppose the transportation of nuclear waste through the mountains.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-77425145208670196292007-12-07T17:50:00.000+11:002007-12-07T17:52:57.326+11:00Pacific Islanders Talk: People on the Frontline of Climate Change<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ghqjd0CctIlWIzRso4J1aodSL2IMqmsoPY6MmnvZ6F0DXlTc1NKoUmR6A4muWBWIYHG7Mfquiz3WGY35_xWn6ML9UgIS25b8GWggBqbZCmhQjPCD6pdRHJWh3er9spZcIrhooEqvZxDt/s1600-h/PacificIslandersTalk.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Ghqjd0CctIlWIzRso4J1aodSL2IMqmsoPY6MmnvZ6F0DXlTc1NKoUmR6A4muWBWIYHG7Mfquiz3WGY35_xWn6ML9UgIS25b8GWggBqbZCmhQjPCD6pdRHJWh3er9spZcIrhooEqvZxDt/s400/PacificIslandersTalk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5141120282477040946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Australian Conservation Foundation </span> <span style="font-style: italic;">& Friends of the Earth cordially invites you to a talk.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Islands in Peril: Climate Change and its impact on our Pacific Neighbour</span></span><br />Special Guests from the Pacific atolls of Carterets and Papua New Guinea will be with us to share their stories.<br /><br />Date: Monday 17th December 2007<br /><br />Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm start (to 8.30pm)<br /><br />Venue: The Library, Carrington Hotel<br /> Katoomba St., Katoomba<br /><br />The Pacific islands of Carterets are under threat from rising sea level believed to be induced by climate change. These islands were once idyllic and peaceful supporting a rich and diverse cultures. Now climate change is taking its toll. The island communities are fearing for their future. Our special guests will share with us their courageous stance and determination both to cope with their impending fate as well as to protect their unique cultures. A special guest from PNG <span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif" alt="Link" border="0" /></span></span>Ecoforestry Forum will also be at the forum to share her experience in forest campaign in PNG. There will be amble time to ask questions at the forum.<br /><br />Gold coin donations (Light refreshments provided)<br /><br />RSVP: Natalie Lowrey [<a href="mailto:natalie.lowrey@foe.org.au">natalie.lowrey[at]foe.org.au</a>] 0421 226 200Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-44646013605283233212007-11-07T09:17:00.000+11:002007-11-07T09:38:06.902+11:00VOTE NUCLEAR FREE: Short film Screening<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9764niD88I7n_NidVaolaT7y97vSqfgF60nU-i1TRmCIitnOFWKBXZyBCr41M6odJBgan9Xk1Tls0IcYvKLisRhnRd3F9KxbK11sQMG2k6VftHnuhvFybidYIl3SkayCxiTmJgtsdmuN/s1600-h/votenuclearfree.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9764niD88I7n_NidVaolaT7y97vSqfgF60nU-i1TRmCIitnOFWKBXZyBCr41M6odJBgan9Xk1Tls0IcYvKLisRhnRd3F9KxbK11sQMG2k6VftHnuhvFybidYIl3SkayCxiTmJgtsdmuN/s400/votenuclearfree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129855539108612914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><big><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" > Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group invites you to</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> <u><br /></u></i><u><big><a href="http://www.votenuclearfree.net/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">VOTE</span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.votenuclearfree.net/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">NUCLEARFREE:</span></a> </span><i>Short Film Screening</i></big></u><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><br />Monday 19th November </span></b><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >(5 days before the election!)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><b><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />@ Tris Elies, Katoomba, 6.30pm<br />waged $8 / underwaged $5</span></b></span></big><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><b><br />PERFORMANCES: Andrish Heks and Ash Wanders (7.20pm)<br /><br />SCREENINGS INCLUDE: Climate of Hope, documentary film by Scott Ludlam & Jose Garcia (7.50pm)</b><i> [please see program below for other screenings]</i><b><br /><br /></b></span></span><big><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.nuclearfree.blogspot.com/"><small>www.nuclearfree.blogspot.com</small></a><br /></span></big><a href="http://www.votenuclearfree.net/"><big><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><small>www.votenuclearfree.net</small></span></big></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br />The current push to expand the nuclear industry means a greater risk of nuclear weapons, nuclear waste and terrorism. This federal election sees Australia at a crossroad.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><b>Will we become a world leader in renewable energy solutions or a world loser with nukes?</b></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br />Join the Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group in a collection of recent short films on the impacts of the nuclear industry from uranium mining to nuclear weapons, nuclear power to positive solutions to climate change.<br /></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><b><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Don’t radioactive waste your vote this federal election. To find out where the political parties stand on nuclear issues and for more info go to:</span> <a href="http://www.votenuclearfree.net/">WWW.VOTENUCLEARFREE.NET</a></b></span></span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><u><br /></u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><big><u><big><b>Program for the evening</b></big></u><br /></big></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovqogi6r026yT70w1oymCQtUiFpp_O56vBz2DXLJzBF4pRbSHlhMc-H8AURj-7JQln71OPUyOORW49QIvltVatsMBTRsRnR4Fmo-cZwUbahLWbW8V7NHra5iJTAIkRPa2Gwn_2eVATqwm/s1600-h/flyer_back.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovqogi6r026yT70w1oymCQtUiFpp_O56vBz2DXLJzBF4pRbSHlhMc-H8AURj-7JQln71OPUyOORW49QIvltVatsMBTRsRnR4Fmo-cZwUbahLWbW8V7NHra5iJTAIkRPa2Gwn_2eVATqwm/s400/flyer_back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129856526951091010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><big>6.30: <b>Opening speaker from Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group </b></big><br /><br /><big>6.40pm: <b>Living Country</b> – 22 minutes – 2005</big><br />A documentary about the Indigenous peoples of the Northern Territory’s fight to prevent the federal government from dumping nuclear waste in their country.<br /><small><i>Living Country is part of the Nganampa Anwernekenhe series produced by Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) Productions. Nganampa Anwernekenhe means ‘ours’ in the Pitjantjatjara and Arrernte languages, and the series aims to contribute to the preservation of Indigenous languages and cultures.</i></small><br /><br /><big>7.10pm: <b>Atomic Footprints</b> - 10 minutes - 2007</big><br />Australia could be about to see one of the largest expansions of its involvement in the nuclear fuel chain. Here are a few reasons why this is not a good idea.<br /><small><i>By Pip Starr | Music by Mark Daniel | Animations by Dermot Egan | Voice over by Dave Sweeney</i></small><br /><big><br />7.20pm: <b>Performance by Andris Heks and Ash Wanders</b><br /><br />7.45pm: <b>Introduction to next three films</b></big><br /><br /><big>7.50pm: <b>Climate of Hope</b> - 30 minutes - 2007</big><br />While the threat of climate change is now widely accepted in the community, the potential for a host of nuclear power stations in Australia has raised questions about the best strategy for our country to move to a low-carbon economy.<br /><small><i>A documentary by Scott Ludlam | Soundtrack by Jose Garcia<br />Produced by Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia</i></small><br /><br /><big>8.20pm: <b>International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons</b> - 6 minutes - 2007</big><br />Outlines the state of nuclear weapons today and celebrates the achievements of the peace and anti-nuclear movement.<br /><small><i>Produced by International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)</i></small><br /><br /><big>8.30pm: <b>Genie in a Bottle: <i>Unleashed</i></b><i> </i>– 16 minutes - 2007</big><br />A film by two 13 year old boys from the US, on the issue of nuclear weapons and the Manhattan Project and in memory of the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombs in August 2005.<br /><small><i>Produced and Directed by Stephen Sotor and Trace Gaynor</i></small><br /><big><b><big><br /></big></b></big></span><big><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://www.nuclearfree.blogspot.com/"><small>www.nuclearfree.blogspot.com</small></a><br /></span></big><a href="http://www.votenuclearfree.net/"><big><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><small>www.votenuclearfree.net</small></span></big></a><big><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><small><br /><br />For more info please contact Natalie: <a href="mailto:natalie.lowrey@foe.org.au">natalie.lowrey@foe.org.au</a> | 0421 226 200<br /><br /></small></span></big><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovqogi6r026yT70w1oymCQtUiFpp_O56vBz2DXLJzBF4pRbSHlhMc-H8AURj-7JQln71OPUyOORW49QIvltVatsMBTRsRnR4Fmo-cZwUbahLWbW8V7NHra5iJTAIkRPa2Gwn_2eVATqwm/s1600-h/flyer_back.jpg"><br /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-56606497187450201602007-10-23T14:33:00.000+10:002007-10-23T14:46:45.148+10:00Vote Nuclear Free Australia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht25yC7hBfP3o2cHQUbJsPTFXlNGSY20NI2eO3R95Py6ER4aJUH58_BcwG2Xg30yYvA-O1gJ_l6MNVNmG5gS7HOGCLzUeENwNq3wDVxFd3pKPrfp3wchSqluYUTjnftGu6xhK-xcQviamG/s1600-h/SeH.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht25yC7hBfP3o2cHQUbJsPTFXlNGSY20NI2eO3R95Py6ER4aJUH58_BcwG2Xg30yYvA-O1gJ_l6MNVNmG5gS7HOGCLzUeENwNq3wDVxFd3pKPrfp3wchSqluYUTjnftGu6xhK-xcQviamG/s400/SeH.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124386229564568210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vote Nuclear Free Australia</span> summarises the nuclear policies of Australian political parties to allow readers to make informed decisions. Some are now pushing hard to expand uranium mining, uranium enrichment and domestic nuclear power despite the serious weapons proliferation risks and public health and environmental dangers of this industry. There are even those who want Australia to become the world’s high-level radioactive waste dump.<br /><br />Visit <a onclick="(new Image()).src = '/ajax/ct.php?821473&app_id=2318966938&action_type=3&post_form_id=298fbdad1e74c88c22747d2f08858a38';return true" href="http://www.votenuclearfree.net/" target="_blank">http://www.votenuclearfree.net</a><a onclick="(new Image()).src = '/ajax/ct.php?821473&app_id=2318966938&action_type=3&post_form_id=298fbdad1e74c88c22747d2f08858a38';return true" href="http://www.votenuclearfree.net/" target="_blank"><br /></a><ol id="app2318966938_positions" fbcontext="20c95899dbb4"><li>Stop uranium mining</li><li>Prevent uranium enrichment</li><li>Stop nuclear reactors</li><li>Stop nuclear waste dumps and transport</li><li>Clear the world of nuclear weapons</li><li>Stop food irradiation</li></ol>please signup as our friend on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/votenuclearfree">myspace</a><br />please signup as our friend on <a href="http://apps.facebook.com/causes/view_cause/26453?recruiter_id=3555309&h=mfccb">facebook</a><br /></td></tr> </tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-73073498997896583042007-08-07T01:10:00.001+10:002007-08-07T01:15:32.598+10:00Depleted Oz<object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dygl359g3p4"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dygl359g3p4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><span style="display: inline;" id="vidDescRemain">Recently posted on YouTube by <span style="font-weight: bold;">BSharpProductions</span><br />"US military's use of depleted uranium munitions an it's side effects. Now the Australian government has agreed to allow American military hold war games on Australian soil. Pressure is on to go nuclear power and mine more uranium."</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-14058812415596433852007-06-08T11:50:00.000+10:002007-06-08T11:57:11.572+10:00Congratulations Joel and Sophie AND to Kevin Buzzacott!<pre style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">From the South Australian Conservation Council newsletter </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Jill Hudson Award</span><br /><br />The CCSA’s Jill Hudson Award for Environmental Protection was awarded<br />this year by the Minister for Environment and Conservation, the Hon Gail<br />Gago. The Minister presented the prestigious awards on May 19th at the<br />CONNECT 07 Conference. The $1000 Award recognises significant<br />environmental achievements and this year was jointly presented to two<br />entries.<br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://cleanfutures.blogspot.com/">*Sophie Green and Joel Catchlove*</a> jointly received the Award for their<br />outstanding voluntary commitment to educate and engage the general<br />public about environmental issues. They have established Friends of the<br />Earth (Adelaide) and the Clean Futures Collective and have campaigned<br />tirelessly against the expansion of the nuclear industry in SA.<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/06/david-v-goliath-indigenous-nuclear.html"><br />*Kevin Buzzacott, Arabunna Elder,*</a> received the Award for his<br />long-standing commitment to Keepers of Lake Eyre, working to protect the<br />region from the effects of the Olympic Dam uranium mine. His<br />participation in the annual Radioactive Tour also high-lighted the<br />effects of uranium mining in his country, in part-icular in the use of<br />ground water for the mine. (see photo overleaf).<br /><br />Ian Woods of Strathalbyn was highly commended by the Award panel for his<br />personal contribution to the community of Strathalbyn, particularly<br />during the No Mine campaign in Strathalbyn.<br /><br />Other nominees were Colin Endean of Burra, a volunteer with the Climate<br />Project; Andrew Nance of Woodville Park who has worked on climate change<br />and sustainability issues; and Wolford Parsons of Port Vincent for his<br />achievements in Landcare. ‘We were very impressed by the quality of all<br />the nominations, and it is particularly wonderful to be reminded of the<br />efforts in rural and regional South Australia,’ said Julie Pettett, CCSA CEO<br /><br />The annual Award is in memory of Jillian Hudson (7/9/48 – 9/8/97), a<br />passionate educator who believed<br /><blockquote style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />‘Life is an opportunity and its purpose is to stand<br />for something and to make a difference.’</span></blockquote><br /><br /><br /></span></pre>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-13836038923246793002007-06-05T10:21:00.001+10:002007-06-06T13:29:26.823+10:00`David v Goliath' Indigenous nuclear campaigner wins national environment award<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincspLlsUGnoWqc7SZDITlE7T_ifWV6Djt8mHP1N3fMVSjPdPjXKyi5rfoLcwFkXar4pSqfYsIBu0S9c33u7Xc4OcP6D2NPCJS07taT3IgMJXwmKYEhNfMCUe5KLhakPYWr3v2NvOsVyRV/s1600-h/kevin+buzzacott_resized.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincspLlsUGnoWqc7SZDITlE7T_ifWV6Djt8mHP1N3fMVSjPdPjXKyi5rfoLcwFkXar4pSqfYsIBu0S9c33u7Xc4OcP6D2NPCJS07taT3IgMJXwmKYEhNfMCUe5KLhakPYWr3v2NvOsVyRV/s320/kevin+buzzacott_resized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072369614318358770" border="0" /></a><br /><div name="Normal" style="padding: 0mm; font-family: arial;" align="center"><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><p style="text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left; line-height: 4.16667mm; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Elder Kevin Buzzacott<br />Photo: Jessie Boylan</span></span></p><p style="text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left; line-height: 4.16667mm; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">MEDIA RELEASE<br />5th June, 2007<br /><br />Veteran Aboriginal activist Kevin Buzzacott has been awarded the Australian Conservation Foundation's 2007 Peter Rawlinson Award for two decades of work highlighting the impacts of uranium mining and promoting a nuclear free Australia.<br /><br />An Arabanna man with traditional custodial responsibilities for the area around Lake Eyre in northern South Australia, Kevin Buzzacott has drawn attention to the environmental, social and cultural impacts of the massive Olympic Dam uranium mine.<br /><br />Taking on the world's largest mining company as it moves to develop the world's largest uranium mine is tough work - but Kevin Buzzacott has never been afraid to think big or to take a strong stand.<br /><br />ACF Executive Director Don Henry welcomed the recognition of Mr Buzzacott's work, describing him as “a passionate and effective advocate for sustainable water management and for responsibility, respect and recognition of the rights, aspirations and traditional knowledge of Australia's Indigenous peoples”.<br /><br />“Kevin is a cultural practitioner, an activist, an advocate and an educator. He has travelled tirelessly, talking to groups large and small about the impacts of uranium mining and the threats posed by the nuclear industry. Kevin has had a profound impact on the lives of many people - especially young people - with his many tours and `on-country' events.<br /><br />“For many young activists `Uncle Kev' is truly an unsung hero and, against the current pro-nuclear tide, his is a very important struggle and story,” said Mr Henry.<br /><br />BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam mine currently uses 35 million litres of Great Artesian Basin water a day - every day and free of charge - making it the largest industrial user of underground water in the southern hemisphere. The company is attempting to greatly increase its water allocation and expand the size and the impact of the mine.<b><br /><br />ACF</b><b>'s annual</b><b> </b><b>a</b><b>ward</b><b> </b><b>commemorates</b><b> Dr Peter Rawlinson's outstanding contribution as an environmental campaigner</b><b> and</b><b> researcher. </b><b> </b><b>Peter was an ACF Treasurer and Vice President and one of Australia's leading biologists and conservationists. </b><b> </b><b>He died whil</b><b>e</b><b> </b><b>doing</b><b> field work in Indonesia in 1991.</b></span> </p></div> <div name="Normal" face="arial" style="padding: 0mm; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> </div> <div name="Normal" face="arial" style="padding: 0mm; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> <p color="White" style="text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left; line-height: 4.16667mm;"> </p></div> <div name="Normal" face="arial" style="padding: 0mm; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> </div> <div name="Normal" face="arial" style="padding: 0mm; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> <p color="White" style="text-indent: 0mm; 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color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> </div> <div name="Normal" style="padding: 0mm; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> <p style="text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left; line-height: 4.16667mm; background-color: White;"> </p></div> <div name="Normal" style="padding: 0mm; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> </div> <div name="Normal" style="padding: 0mm; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> <p style="text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left; line-height: 4.16667mm; background-color: White;"> </p></div> <div name="Heading 1" face="arial" style="padding: 0mm; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> </div> <div name="Heading 1" style="padding: 0mm; font-family: arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" align="left"> <p style="text-indent: 0mm; text-align: left; line-height: 4.16667mm; background-color: White;"> </p></div> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><b style="font-family: arial;">Further info and comment:</b><b style="font-family: arial;"> </b><b style="font-family: arial;">Dave Sweeney</b><b style="font-family: arial;">,</b><b style="font-family: arial;"> ACF Nuclear Campaigner,<br />0408 317 812</b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-86826724035641108522007-06-04T17:44:00.000+10:002007-06-04T18:17:31.560+10:00TRADITIONAL OWNERS SPEAK OUT: NO RADIOACTIVE DUMP IN THE NT<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CEKrRsVYdGiIsX35ove1KwN-PkJFxmUfdLy9wan56Owj8gQXB8327g3PrxqUGyeEe4vn2P_PwZbZVg1y0OYRQ9AUkpFOTDdMAornJRUfiK6eyWzaWYPcodqZ_tEQ5pJhCIntOVurmnF0/s1600-h/inhabitedv2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6CEKrRsVYdGiIsX35ove1KwN-PkJFxmUfdLy9wan56Owj8gQXB8327g3PrxqUGyeEe4vn2P_PwZbZVg1y0OYRQ9AUkpFOTDdMAornJRUfiK6eyWzaWYPcodqZ_tEQ5pJhCIntOVurmnF0/s400/inhabitedv2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072112443831137634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Photos: Jessie Boylan</span></span><br /></div><pre style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Traditional Owners National Speaking Tour</span></pre> <pre style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >A BBQ with Traditional Owners will be held</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >June 24, 2pm – 5pm, Redfern Community Centre.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >29-53 Hugo St Redfern.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >SYDNEY PUBLIC MEETING</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >From the Heart, For the Heartland</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Traditional Owners Speak Out:<br />No radioactive dump in the NT</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >June 25, 6pm, Redfern Community Centre</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >29-53 Hugo St, Redfern.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;font-size:100%;" >If you live locally in the Blue Mountains and want to go to<br />these events in Sydney please contact: Natalie Lowrey<br />T: 02 4782 1181<br />E: natalie.lowrey[at]foe.org.au <br /><br />VISIT slideshow to hear Traditional Owner, Dianne Stokes talking<br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.timbonham.com/slideshows/Muckaty/">http://www.timbonham.com/slideshows/Muckaty/</a></span><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNNHadb8s_EoNXKBYUK9nP-vXjRdfAQY6kZSdvA5w2Q4FkwMUGAjYQl-B3GY-JS3gv4tr3QV_mIcCi7_Pf-wMqy7jzhHKNfWXkSZVbdpnBay-8nvuyaLRJEvhLAgMsxUTanH4-4_9FSUs/s1600-h/dump+sites.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxNNHadb8s_EoNXKBYUK9nP-vXjRdfAQY6kZSdvA5w2Q4FkwMUGAjYQl-B3GY-JS3gv4tr3QV_mIcCi7_Pf-wMqy7jzhHKNfWXkSZVbdpnBay-8nvuyaLRJEvhLAgMsxUTanH4-4_9FSUs/s320/dump+sites.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072119818289984914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Proposed sites for nuclear waste dump</span></span><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Traditional Owners Speak Out: No radioactive dump in the NT</span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />This month, Indigenous traditional owners and community members<br />from areas proposed for the Federal radioactive waste dump are<br />undertaking a national speaking tour. Timed to coincide with the<br />announcement of the Federal Government’s preferred dump site,<br />the tour is an opportunity for national audiences to hear how the<br />dump proposal is impacting the targeted communities in the Northern<br />Territory. Speakers will share their stories and experiences and raise<br />concerns related to contamination of the country that sustains their<br />communities, livelihoods and traditional culture.<br /><br />Speakers confirmed for the tour include:<br />- Mt Everard traditional owners, Audrey McCormack and<br />Benedict Stevens<br />- Harts Range community members Priscilla Williams and Mitch<br />- Muckaty traditional owner Dianne Stokes<br />- Top End Aboriginal Conservation Alliance (TEACA)<br />convenor and Larrakia Nations’ representative Donna Jackson.<br /><br />A public meeting is being held in Sydney on June 25 at Redfern<br />Community Centre, 25-53 Hugo St. The evening will comprise<br />speakers, an exhibition of artworks from affected communities,<br />photos of the proposed dump sites and a short film.<br /><br />The speaking tour aims to confront and dispel the myth used<br />to justify nuclear activities in Australia; that remote areas are<br />uninhabited and lifeless places. Federal Science Minister Julie<br />Bishop suggested that all of the proposed waste dump sites are<br />“some distance from any form of civilisation” when in fact, there<br />are communities living and running successful enterprises three,<br />five and eighteen kilometres away from the four areas currently<br />being assessed.<br /><br />This is a unique opportunity to hear first hand, the impact of<br />the Federal radioactive waste dump proposal on remote and<br />indigenous communities. With Australia poised to expand involvement<br />in the global nuclear industry, this public forum will enable discussion<br />of domestic radioactive waste management issues, social and<br />environment concerns regarding the NT dump proposal and ways<br />people interstate can engage with and support the NT<br />community campaign.<br /><br />Please advertise this public event widely amongst your family,<br />friends and colleagues and contact the tour coordinator for<br />any further information.<br /><br />Adam Wolfenden<br />Friends of the Earth, Sydney<br />0401 045 536</span></pre>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-39351665375964927162007-05-28T18:03:00.000+10:002007-06-04T17:55:53.429+10:00HARD RAIN - David Bradbury's new film<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa_az4lV_EMC_R_IGyOtOdwFxT7Azkad-HxZLd1c61v9QpTwFnhmhCDgBnGB8DjO09fjtC6BDoKg3teYQH3RGQIzWh7WmiDm6jKFjbF4YllyXWteCoVoLCHVFeM-qp1XV_HMz4RnO7XFj/s1600-h/hardrain_ad.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa_az4lV_EMC_R_IGyOtOdwFxT7Azkad-HxZLd1c61v9QpTwFnhmhCDgBnGB8DjO09fjtC6BDoKg3teYQH3RGQIzWh7WmiDm6jKFjbF4YllyXWteCoVoLCHVFeM-qp1XV_HMz4RnO7XFj/s400/hardrain_ad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069519773938005330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:9;"><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Traversing five countries – China, France, UK, Japan and Australia, and using what Bradbury learnt from his previous three nuclear documentaries (Public Enemy Number One, Jabiluka and Blowin' in the Wind), A Hard Rain takes a closer look at the global nuclear industry in its entirety – from the mining of uranium through to the nuclear power plant to the radioactive waste and weapons manufacturing. It exposes the hidden agendas behind this latest push for Australia to go nuclear.<br /><br />The film can be bought at:<br /><a href="http://www.frontlinefilms.com.au/">http://www.frontlinefilms.com.au</a></span><br /><br /><br /></span></span><pre style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Green Left Weekly/Blue Mountains Socialist Alliance will<br />be presenting the film Monday 28th May 2007<br /><br />David Bradbury's newest anti-nuclear film<br /><br />A Hard Rain<br /><br />Monday May 28, 7.30 pm, Red Room<br />Tris Elies nightclub<br />Katoomba (next to train station)<br />Arrive early to ensure a good seat!</span></pre>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-87680671036506927952007-05-28T11:04:00.000+10:002007-06-04T17:55:17.808+10:00NUCLEAR WASTER DUMP IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.timbonham.com/slideshows/Muckaty/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XV8VR9qIlN4l_0YXaMlPGpFPBXtVZjP4EHWe5WLxzOnw8vpqrv8slZbVRFzT8vju14l7x2DqcDfnT1yBCpEWjg8ZK8kj6ZNzNRHmTk4O2-J7VAfYKlLHAQc56cGoz3Utl1hcPv_Ui1fP/s400/muckaty.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069411751215543618" border="0" /></a><br /><pre style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Natalie Wasley, Beyond Nuclear Initiative campaigner, Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">with Dianne Stokes, Muckaty Traditional Owner. Photo: Tim Bonham<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Tim Bonham put together this slide show after a couple of trips<br />up to visit Muckaty mob over the last month.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="http://www.timbonham.com/slideshows/Muckaty/">http://www.timbonham.com/slideshows/Muckaty/</a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />____________________________________________________________<br /><br /></span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >MUCKATY Station near Tennant Creek has been nominated by the Northern<br />Land Council (NLC) as the site for the national nuclear waste facility.<br /><br />"Despite some media and Northern Land Council rhetoric, there is strong<br />opposition to the dump proposal, from Ngapa Traditional Owmer's whose land<br />has been nominated and from other Muckaty mob, whose dreaming passes<br />through that area and who look after country</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" > along the haulage access road."<br /><br />Says Beyond Nuclear Initiative campaigner, Natalie Wasley from the </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC)<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >The Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group (BMNFG) will continue to support<br />Traditional Owners who oppose the proposed nuclear waster dump on their<br />lands. BMNFG calls on </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">Federal Science and Education Minister Julie<br />Bishop to not accept the nomination.<br /><br />There is still no safe way to store nuclear waste. The proposed nuclear<br />waster dump is unwanted and unneccesary. </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >If the nomination of Muckaty<br />Station in the Northern Territory to host the dump goes ahead we will see<br />radioactive waste transported all the way from Lucas Heights exposing<br />communities along the transport route to risk of spill and contamination.<br />The possible transport route includes the World Heritage Listed<br />Blue Mountains.<br /><br />For more info on the nuclear waste dump please go to:<br /><a href="http://no-waste.org/">http://no-waste.org</a><br /><br /></span><br /></pre>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-2718217373950314612007-04-16T12:02:00.000+10:002007-04-16T13:54:42.990+10:00Nuclear Free Ways - Public Meeting at the Blackheath Climate Action Now meeting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7xfb0e1D6uZMgN4_SEuMAWrThXbV7cdF3Mso0McycPYJxP4DZ9AX2Z5-B_pxUvYqEgNjl7W0PSWoEqoqcNxO7oXvEMyIrBuPY0FehajSK5-veoUK7_ej59Nb52kEDS7pPC6bET7zUjJ9/s1600-h/NFW+and+Blackheath+CAN_web.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7xfb0e1D6uZMgN4_SEuMAWrThXbV7cdF3Mso0McycPYJxP4DZ9AX2Z5-B_pxUvYqEgNjl7W0PSWoEqoqcNxO7oXvEMyIrBuPY0FehajSK5-veoUK7_ej59Nb52kEDS7pPC6bET7zUjJ9/s400/NFW+and+Blackheath+CAN_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053846320456474274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:78%;" >Friends of the Earth's Nuclear Free Ways campaigner, Michaela Stubbs with members of the Blackheath Climate Action Now group, Peacebus.com and the Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group at Govetts Leap in Blackheath. Photo: Peter Veevers</span><br /><span style=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />Over the past week the Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group and Friends of the Earth have been hosting the Nuclear Free Ways Campaign.<br /><br />Forty people attended the Nuclear Free Ways public meeting held in Katoomba on Wednesday 11th April. The night was opened with photographs by Jessie Boylan from her <a href="http://http//nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/inhabited-exhibition.html">'Inhabited' Exhibition</a>. These exquisite portraits of communites who are fighting the proposed nuclear waste dump on there lands also included audio of them talking abot their struggle. A powerful exhibition that will come back to the Blue Mountains for 3 weeks later this year.<br /><br />Dr. Jim Green the national nuclear campaigner from Friends of the Earth gave us an overview of the political situation at present including the Howard governments push for nuclear power and the possiblility that the ALP will over turn the no new mines policy. Over turning of the no new mines policy would inevitably mean an expansion in the uranium mining industry in Australia.<br /><br />Nuclear Free Ways campaigner, Michaela Stubbs continued the evening with a presentation around the possible transportation of nuclear waste through the Blue Mountains to the proposed nuclear waste dump site in the Northern Territory.<br /><br />This public meeting was followed up by a meeting and <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/04/angels-unite-for-nuclear-free-future.html">photo with Mayor Jim Angel and Councillor Kerrin O'Grady. </a><br /><br />On Sunday Michaela was also invited to talk at the Blackheath Climate Action Now meeting and an interview on the </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >Katoomba Surf Club's radio show on</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Blu FM.<br /><br />For more information on the Nuclear Free Ways campaign, how you can get involved and how you can support contact:<br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Michaela Stubbs<br />(m) 0429 136 935<br />(e) michaela.stubbs[at]foe.org.au<br /><br />To get involved in the Blue Mountains please contact the Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group:<br />manager[at]kncinc.org.au</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-13776903664547221812007-04-15T12:51:00.000+10:002007-04-16T12:02:34.856+10:00Angels Unite for a Nuclear Free Future<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2bVggl1wv2goW42jfDOOj8te5IkqkfvWhhqQmmBnyky5RtSaql9TIq3tqC3caQ4pQcFOCmBykXMyk-cIBGcS4C9lMgCn5QqY4QIkYzDgDWfUJHHrtRgRVfeP_W3SdufIcmxiXTjVTaaZ/s1600-h/group-shot-with-mayor-web.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ2bVggl1wv2goW42jfDOOj8te5IkqkfvWhhqQmmBnyky5RtSaql9TIq3tqC3caQ4pQcFOCmBykXMyk-cIBGcS4C9lMgCn5QqY4QIkYzDgDWfUJHHrtRgRVfeP_W3SdufIcmxiXTjVTaaZ/s400/group-shot-with-mayor-web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053484228943617682" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >Mayor Jim Angel, Lesley Sammon (BMNFG), Dianne Jacobus (BMNFG), Councillor Kerrin O'Grady,<br />Jana Michaels (FoE), Natalie Lowrey (BMNFG, FoE) and Friends of the Earth Nuclear Free Ways campaigner, Michaela Stubbs.<br />Photo: Peter Veevers</span><br /></span><pre><span style="font-family:arial;">Friday April 13, 2007</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mayor Jim Angel and Greens Councillor Kerrin O'Grady joined with local and</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">visiting Nuclear Free activists in Katoomba today, to support the Nuclear</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Free Ways campaign led by Friends of the Earth and the Blue Mountains</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Nuclear Free Group.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The campaign aims to educate and strengthen communities along proposed</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">nuclear waste transport corridors from Lucas Heights to one of three</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">possible dump sites in the Northern Territory.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">“I am very happy to host this Nuclear Free Ways tour in the Blue</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mountains.” said Mayor Angel. “It helps us reinforce our opposition to</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">nuclear waste transports through this World Heritage area.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Councillor O'Grady also welcomed the presence, with a reminder that our</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">strength is our community. “We are the gatekeepers of the Blue Mountains,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">the guardians of the highway.” She has urged the people of the Blue</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mountains to support those actively engaged in work like this.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">“The Federal governments proposals to impose a nuclear waste dump on</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">communitites in the NT could see nuclear waste tranported through the NSW</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">for the next 40years.” said Michaela Stubbs, Nuclear Free Ways</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Coordinator “This poses unnecessary and unacceptable risks to communities</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">across Australia and must be stopped”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Zone status and active opposition to</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">nuclear waste tranport is a significant step to protecting peoples health</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">and the environment.</span><br /><br /></pre><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-30377135932488968592007-04-09T14:59:00.000+10:002007-04-09T15:07:29.878+10:00Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaKFwtegKUodkCnowBMUVUSMOB6iMhDjhLBgMIzuQC8dPp2RYEH_oPn-QQM00gcxxzYj7xg8tsm7YFX32Zl9HddlqkjCXIOavvQajMKgvBIb0QKQ4I8aBKso_LskDFd1qGAbZKoap4o19/s1600-h/CANC-2007_logo_100x100.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIaKFwtegKUodkCnowBMUVUSMOB6iMhDjhLBgMIzuQC8dPp2RYEH_oPn-QQM00gcxxzYj7xg8tsm7YFX32Zl9HddlqkjCXIOavvQajMKgvBIb0QKQ4I8aBKso_LskDFd1qGAbZKoap4o19/s400/CANC-2007_logo_100x100.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051290126110543042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Come and ride with Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle<br />to help make</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > Australia nuclear free.</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle is a community campaign to raise</span></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > awareness about and build opposition to the nuclear industry in</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > Australia. We're converging on Canberra with pedal power to tell the</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > pollies we don't want a nuclear future! We're cycling from Rockhampton</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > to Canberra and from Port Augusta to Canberra from late June to early</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > September to make Australia nuclear free.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />This will be a fantastic way to build positive political change</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > towards a truly sustainable future. We need your ideas, passion and</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > input to organise this event properly; everyone has something to</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > offer. We also need riders, and lots of them! You can join us for as</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > for as long or as little as you like. Don't be afraid of the</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" > distances. There will be riders of all levels of experience and</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >fitness and always someone who is as slow or fast as you.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Contact us to find out how you or your group can get involved.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Website: <a href="http://canc.org.au">canc.org.au</a></span><a href="http://canc.org.au"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Email: </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="comp_in_new('/webmail/src/compose.php?send_to=contact%40canc.org.au')">contact@canc.org.au</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />Join our email list</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Beck Pearse</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >0405 105 101</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Georgina Pike</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br />0431 303 084</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Regards</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" >Beck and the CANC crew</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><pre><br /></pre><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-8301412568527240582007-03-28T11:29:00.000+10:002007-03-28T13:10:56.787+10:00Three Mile Island Anniversary<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-01L1WxswIOtl9cHNeYJCjNf-FB15isGTnVrtJW8Ny-nY6HCIjIgKEK979b8iSUSuotSRD5KFvUofgi0wJW114J8-x76xmr8ayNLk6RUL47exa56yY8YIFCCHrTKPTfpPDKM2rz4nTSo/s1600-h/spider72796.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-01L1WxswIOtl9cHNeYJCjNf-FB15isGTnVrtJW8Ny-nY6HCIjIgKEK979b8iSUSuotSRD5KFvUofgi0wJW114J8-x76xmr8ayNLk6RUL47exa56yY8YIFCCHrTKPTfpPDKM2rz4nTSo/s400/spider72796.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046806853304258354" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;font-size:78%;" ><br />Four legged daddy-long-legger spider photographed on Sunday, July 27, 1996, about 6 ½ miles north-northwest direction. These spiders in a normal, healthy state have 8 legs. Following the accident at TMI, many insects disappeared for many years. In this location, there were no bumble bees, certain type caterpillars, or daddy-long-leg spiders for 10 to 15 years. Pheasant have disappeared as well as hop toads. Carpenter bees disappeared from the location where the 31"dandelion leaves were found, and many dead birds were found there shortly after the accident.<br />(taken from <a href="http://www.tmia.com">http://www.tmia.com</a>)</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Twenty-eight years ago on 28 March 1979, Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear reactor underwent a partial meltdown, risking the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. </span><br /><pre style="font-family: arial;">All 3 emergency feedwater pumps had been undergoing maintenance for 2 weeks<br />prior to the accident - a serious violation of regulations.<br /><br />The reactor was not equipped with a supplementary safety system. Temperatures<br />inside the reactor vessel climbed above 752°F (400°C). A hydrogen gas bubble<br />(with oxygen, xenon, argon, etc) reached 30 cubic meters, which, at about 2,000<br />psi, had the equivalent explosive potential of 3 tons of TNT. On March 30,<br />52,000 cubic meters of radioactive water were discharged into the Susquehanna<br />River without permission from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). --<br />The Truth About Chernobyl, by Grigori Medvedev.<br /><br />"The 237,013 bottles of saturated Potassium Iodide (KI) (to protect the<br />public's thyroids from radioactive Iodine 131) solution that were delivered to<br />Harrisburg, Pennsylvania mostly too late to have been effective if the Three<br />Mile Island accident had become an uncontained meltdown were stored in secret<br />in a warehouse, and were never used."<br /><br />It was not until the third day of the TMI disaster that Pennsylvania's Governor<br />Thornburgh decided to recommend that pregnant women and preschool children<br />leave the region within a 5-mile radius of Three Mile Island and to close all<br />schools within that area.<br /><a href="http://www.ki4u.com/three_mile_island.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ki4u.com/three_mile_island.htm</a><br /><br />Background:<br /><a href="http://www.tmia.com" target="_blank">http://www.tmia.com</a><br /><br />"The sequence of certain events - equipment malfunctions, design related<br />problems and worker errors - led to a partial meltdown of the TMI-2 reactor<br />core..." (US Nuclear Regulatory Commission 'The Accident At Three Mile<br />Island').<br /><br />Approx. 66 million curies of Iodine 131 was in the reactor at the time of<br />accident.<br /><br />"More than half the unit's core melted". - National Geographic, April, 1989.<br /><br />"It flowed like hot olive oil," - Vice President of the company operating Three<br />Mile Island, in reference to TMI's uranium fuel. - Edward Kintner, executive<br />vice president of General Public Utilities (GPU) Nuclear.<br /><br />GPU denies that TMI releases could have harmed anyone, but the company has<br />quietly paid at least $15 million in out of court settlements.<br /><br />Although the nuclear industry repeatedly told the public that Three Mile Island<br />didn't have a meltdown, about 48 tons of fuel (32%) melted, of which 30 tons<br />reached the bottom of the containment, having melted a 2x5 ft. hole in the<br />inner wall of the containment. - New York Times.<br /><br />"Jack Herbein [MetEd's plant manager] confidently predicted that the amount of<br />failed fuel was 'considerably under one percent.' [the NRC will allow a<br />commercial nuclear reactor to operate with 'up to one percent failed fuel.']<br />...As the fuel-damage debate continued, at least 80 percent of the reactor fuel<br />had failed." - Mark Stephens, Three Mile Island.<br /><br />"[the information exchange between the licensee and the NRC included] A 12:15<br />p.m. suggestion [by the NRC on March 28] that the primary cooling system be<br />'blown-down' or de-pressurized - a maneuver followed by the utility and<br />resulting in the reactor core's being uncovered for a second time."- "Three<br />Mile Island" by Mark Stephens (Random House).<br /><br />"...a year after it all began, Unit 2 was still not in cold shutdown. In the<br />reactor 1,500 gallons of water had to be added each day to replace the 1,500<br />gallons that continued to leak daily into the containment sump. With the<br />control rods gone - 69 silver and boron rods melted by the intense heat of<br />March 28, 1979 - only the boron-laden cooling water kept the reactor from<br />coming back to life. After a year, Unit 2 still relied on a single safety<br />system in each area of plant operation. And these systems had been running for<br />a year without maintenance in radiation fields far stronger than they were ever<br />designed to withstand. If the last cooling pump or the last steam generator<br />failed, then the accident at Three Mile Island would pick up right where it had<br />left off in April 1979. Only, this time, there would be no safety systems at<br />all to save the plant."<br /><br />Statistics indicate that there was a tripling of Harrisburg's infant death rate<br />in the three months after the tmi accident. - Harvey Wasserman, Killing our<br />Own: The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation, Dell<br />Publishing, 1982.<br /><br />The following journalists, who spent long periods of time in the area covering<br />the accident, developed cancer and died: Pete Stoler (Time magazine), Bob<br />(CBS), Paul Cowan (Village Voice), Cathy Machen (ABC), and Jack Pollard (New<br />Era, Lancaster, PA).<br /><br />"From the three months of 1979 prior to the accident at Three Mile Island to<br />the four subsequent months, the infant mortality rate rose in Pennsylvania by<br />almost sixteen percent, in Maryland by 41 percent. The... official 1979-1980<br />infant mortality rate for Dauphin County [site of tmi] was 37 percent higher<br />than the rate for the previous two years; during the same period, the U.S.<br />infant mortality rate dropped by eight percent. The probability... by chance is<br />less than one in one thousand." - Deadly Deceit.<br /><br />2,500 lawsuits have been filed against Metropolitan Edison, alleging that the<br />accident at TMI has caused a host of radiation induced illnesses (March '91).<br /><br />The environmental consultants retained by Metropolitan Edison (owner of TMI)<br />reported: "Based on techniques used in this analysis, dose estimates are<br />consistent with the release of seven million curies of noble gases in the first<br />one and one half days and one million in the next three days, and a relatively<br />small amount thereafter." - Kemeny Commission.<br /><br />- compiled by Nuclear Liabilities <a href="http://www.ki4u.com/three_mile_island.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ki4u.com/three_mile_island.htm</a><br /><br /><br /></pre>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-46456661339816042102007-03-21T21:01:00.000+11:002007-03-21T21:09:09.652+11:00World Water Day, 22 March 2007<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWhgSmosGkU34aDvixtmS1g0SMQo9qi6c9EbWGL0QkfoLzXxpBWWQzuORQGe-iSZcz5TY_1nmCl9RV0B95Zv0gc5QPMK6PGHwNrNW8voqMrJ1ERlm4Z3sn45_jj3IOWtsYpbdJ-G2BvbD/s1600-h/world_water+day.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWhgSmosGkU34aDvixtmS1g0SMQo9qi6c9EbWGL0QkfoLzXxpBWWQzuORQGe-iSZcz5TY_1nmCl9RV0B95Zv0gc5QPMK6PGHwNrNW8voqMrJ1ERlm4Z3sn45_jj3IOWtsYpbdJ-G2BvbD/s400/world_water+day.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044317433897094226" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><pre style="font-family: arial;">A number of problems associated with the nuclear industry are much-<br />discussed – the repeatedly demonstrated link between "peaceful"<br />nuclear programs and weapons proliferation, the nuclear waste legacy,<br />and the small risk of catastrophic accidents.<br /><br />Less well understood are the various impacts of uranium mines and<br />nuclear facilities on water resources.<br /><br />Check out the new paper published today by Dr. Jim Green, National nuclear<br />campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nuclear/issues/water-nuclear/" target="_blank">http://www.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nuclear/issues/water-nuclear/</a><br /><br />_____________________________________________________________<br /></pre></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-76154332866851723372007-03-21T17:01:00.000+11:002007-03-21T21:10:47.772+11:00'Inhabited' Exhibition viewing in Katoomba<div face="arial" style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTtEwhATdlpbgG4cZHW1wGrSCG0JywoEmORy56adXKURnI58LsOBD4fEnbFHefrwGiW7AN_Xnv7kLVfh1IvE_4wa33Hgh4cDRzF9yO1yNobdmZKH6b3l7wQWq2TevYj6V5LwlxW7IXEfk/s1600-h/inhabitedv2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTtEwhATdlpbgG4cZHW1wGrSCG0JywoEmORy56adXKURnI58LsOBD4fEnbFHefrwGiW7AN_Xnv7kLVfh1IvE_4wa33Hgh4cDRzF9yO1yNobdmZKH6b3l7wQWq2TevYj6V5LwlxW7IXEfk/s400/inhabitedv2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044261891380022306" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >left: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Yami Lester, Wallatina Station, SA, 2006.</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" >In 1953, Yami, a Yankunytjatjara man, was ten years old, living at Wallatina Station when Totem One went off, it was the first of a series of atomic bombs that the British and Australian governments were testing during the 50's and 60's at Emu Field and Maralinga in South Australia and Monte Bello Islands off the West Australian coas. he was blinded by the fallout.</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />middle: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kath Martin, Mt Everard, Alice Springs, NT, 2006.</span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Kath is a Traditional Owner and Athenge Lhere woman who has been working tirelessley to oppose the Commonwealth radioactive waste dump proposed for the Mt Everest site just 13km from her home, which has sacred Arrernte site within the boundaries. </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />right: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kevin Buzzacott, Alberrie Creek Station, SA, 2006.</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;"> Kevin, an Arabunna elder, has been fighting against Roxby Downs (Olympic Dam) uranium mine since its inception in the 1980's. The mound spring areas, which are dotted all across Arabunna land, are drying up due to the mine sucking up 30-40 million litres of water each day from the Great Artesian Basin<br />_____________________________<br /></span></span></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-size:130%;">‘Inhabited’</span> is an exhibition of photographs and stories from remote communities </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >that are affected by uranium mining and the nuclear industry in Australia.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Photographer Jessie Boylan, audio Bilbo Taylor</span><br /><br />It can be viewed at the <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/nuclear-free-ways-public-meeting-in.html">Nuclear Free Ways Public Meeting</a><br />Wednesday 11 April, 2007 @ 6pm<br />Katoomba Masonic Hall, Station Street<br />(opp, courthouse)<br />entry and food by donation<br /><br />For more info on 'Inhabited' Exhibition:<br />Jessie Boylan:: 0408 448 493 :: jessie[at]sustenance.net.au<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />for more info on the Nucler Free Ways Public meeting<br />natalie.lowrey[at]foe.org.au :: 02 4782 1181 :: 0421 356 067<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/nuclear-free-ways-public-meeting-in.html">Nuclear Free Ways Public Meeting</a><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-62635024359069391422007-03-19T14:55:00.000+11:002007-06-04T18:27:06.982+10:00Current ActionsContinued lobbying of all 3 levels of government on this issue<br /><br />Ensuring that the nuclear issue is on the agenda for the federal election 2007<br /><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span><br />Maintaining <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/news-updates.html">links</a> with like-minded groups throughout Australia<br /><br />Continuing community outreach on nuclear issues through local <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/bmnfg-stall-at-blue-roots-folk-music.html">stalls</a>, letters to the editor and radio interviews<br /><br />Hosting visit of <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/nuclear-free-ways-public-meeting-in.html">Nuclear Free Ways</a>, a Friends of the Earth campaign against nuclear waste transportation and the <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/06/traditional-owners-speak-out-no.html">proposed nuclear dump site in NT</a>. (See photos <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/04/angels-unite-for-nuclear-free-future.html">here</a> and <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/04/nuclear-free-ways-public-meeting-at.html">here</a>)<br /><br />Co-hosting the <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/climate-change-despair-and-empowerment.html">Climate Change Despair and Empowerment Roadshow</a> in Katoomba with <a href="http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/ruth_photos.html">Ruth Rosenhek</a><br /><br />Participating in the <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/palm-sunday-nuclear-fools-day.html">Palm Sunday, Nuclear Fools Day Parade</a> in SydneyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-3523208722049405782007-03-19T14:46:00.000+11:002007-03-19T15:12:03.951+11:00BMNFG stall at the Blues, Roots & Folk music festival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkzYKkstswc1OXcDhy2ZOj43E_mAptBysbPi4nKURfcz3qIPk2i5hqWJvvj5lAMynzI3A458ciGHjJ5srj2tpEaoZm42eQhAiMDC1SLV78McnPsqLV_FGorVUTg3cmGFKlLyjWu1ppxqu/s1600-h/stall17March07.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkzYKkstswc1OXcDhy2ZOj43E_mAptBysbPi4nKURfcz3qIPk2i5hqWJvvj5lAMynzI3A458ciGHjJ5srj2tpEaoZm42eQhAiMDC1SLV78McnPsqLV_FGorVUTg3cmGFKlLyjWu1ppxqu/s320/stall17March07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043482211128205250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">BMNFG stall at the Blues, Roots & Folk music festival</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group held a stall at the recent Blues, Roots & Folk music festival in Katoomba. Although we had to contend with rain and mist we were able to engage with local and non-local community at the festival on nuclear issues. This included the possibility of the Blue Mountains being the transportation route for nuclear waste if the proposal for a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory is approved.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbDEdiox8U49iMeGMyoA7cwKTSDG2G8NqF9qRhodT6xYbdr8K2hXD5zUKP2FpkO7pPwwHRy1O_bna2t8ua5wbO2e7c9XmUkkuzE-8jiOuzpB0Q1p_esp97vZ_jpJ5ynj0pP35DLOwC4Ow/s1600-h/circus_solaris.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbDEdiox8U49iMeGMyoA7cwKTSDG2G8NqF9qRhodT6xYbdr8K2hXD5zUKP2FpkO7pPwwHRy1O_bna2t8ua5wbO2e7c9XmUkkuzE-8jiOuzpB0Q1p_esp97vZ_jpJ5ynj0pP35DLOwC4Ow/s320/circus_solaris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043482589085327314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Circus Solaris at the festival taking a pic of the BMNFG stall</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-73012208160942392942007-03-19T14:13:00.000+11:002007-05-31T12:16:30.836+10:00Resources<a href="http://www.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nuclear/issues/water-nuclear"><span><a href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/climate_change/bp104_climate.htm">Oxfam Briefing: Adapting to Climate Change</a><br /><br /><a>Impacts of Nuclear Power & Uranium Mining on Water Resources</a></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nukes/nukesindex.htm">Nuclear Power: <span style="font-style: italic;">No solution to Climate Change</span></a><a href="http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nukes/nukesindex.htm"><br /></a><a href="http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nukes/nukesindex.htm"><br />Yellowcake Country: Australia's Uranium industry</a></span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.mapw.org.au/Illusion%20of%20Protection%20index.html">Illusion of Protection</a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" ><br />The unavoidable limitaions of safeguards on nuclear materials<br />and the export of uranium to China<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nukes/nukesindex.htm">Hot Politics: Testing Times</a><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nukes/nukesindex.htm"> </a><br />Friends of the Earth feature on nuclear issues in Australia<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">__________________________________________________________<br /></span><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-57452582553315384912007-03-19T13:30:00.000+11:002007-03-19T13:40:04.905+11:00Labor facing U-mine turn<div style="font-family: arial;" class="article-title"> <p class="author">ELISSA DOHERTY</p> <p class="published-date">March 18, 2007 12:15am<br />Sunday Mail</p> </div><strong style="font-family: arial;">LABOR'S long-standing "no new mines" uranium policy is under threat</strong><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><!-- END Story Toolbar --> <!-- Article body --><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The state Labor Left has softened its 25-year opposition to uranium mining and is poised to support Premier Mike Rann and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd's national push to overturn the party's "no new mines" policy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But factional leader Mark Butler said a number of significant concerns would need to be addressed before they considered agreeing to any plan to lift restrictions on mining.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Key members of the faction – but minus ministers Pat Conlon, Gail Gago and Paul Caica – met yesterday to determine its position ahead of the national Labor conference next month.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mr Butler, who chaired the meeting, said the Left wanted assurances that safeguards would be tightened before it would back further uranium mining.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"We remain deeply concerned about matters relating to uranium mining and nuclear energy," he said.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"We would only consider supporting the (Opposition leader Kevin) Rudd position to change the policy if we could be convinced there would be significant tightening of various safeguards regarding proliferation and environmental standards.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"We'd also look for a strong commitment to an investment in renewable energy"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"We haven't seen those commitments yet and once we do, we'll consider our position finally."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">He said until they saw the detail of Mr Rudd's proposal "we can't really say yes or no".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Before the forum at Mile End yesterday it was evident factional members were divided on the issue and Mr Conlon's backflip on the Left's traditional stance.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mr Conlon revealed in a column for yesterday's </span><em style="font-family: arial;">The Advertiser</em><span style="font-family:arial;"> he supported the export of uranium to China for nuclear power, arguing it was the only way to curb the country's harmful carbon emissions.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Former minister Steph Key said Mr Conlon had "very strong views that don't accord with the Left".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"My opinion is until we have safeguards for uranium mining and wastage we shouldn't be mining it," she said.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Hindmarsh MP Steve Georganas said the existing policy "serves us well". "Until the concerns about waste and proliferation are tackled, I think we should be very cautious about what we do," he said.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Mr Butler said the Left would seek more discussions with federal Labor before the conference and draw up proposals around safeguards.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">He said yesterday's meeting was the first "genuine debate" by the Left in many years.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"There are different views within the Left about this," Mr Butler said.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"People around in those hot and testy years 25 years ago when debate was first heard still feel very strongly about this.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"But I think people recognise there are different dynamics at play now than there were 25 years ago."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The "three mines" or as it's sometimes known, "no new mines", policy introduced in 1985 allowed Roxby Downs and two existing mines to go ahead.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But it also prevented more being developed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If the policy is abandoned at the conference this year, it will open the door to unlimited uranium mining in Australia.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-62256467456949133962007-03-16T11:30:00.001+11:002007-08-07T01:28:57.608+10:00When Do We Meet?The Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group (BMNFG) usually meet monthly at the Katoomba Neighbourhood Centre. To get involved contact: manager[at]kncinc.org.au<br /><br />For more info contact Dianne on:<br />02 4782 1117<br /><a href="mailto:manager@kncinc.org.au">manager[at]kncinc.org.au</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-18231592224169317742007-03-14T18:29:00.000+11:002007-03-28T11:15:52.633+10:00Climate Change Despair & Empowerment Roadshow<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6EpTzn04cDHIL6LLFaYUUtt47-fxYj3boGpq8nJX5dLGii9tXB61TIT7Un8r4AyfEoX1VhKLiJ9PWBn8CgAaMRpIQ2NXjjMVj_bnCZFI2hv5xxQdmeGchh-jMZ1JTV30v9_qhTcr7svD/s1600-h/CC+roadshow.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6EpTzn04cDHIL6LLFaYUUtt47-fxYj3boGpq8nJX5dLGii9tXB61TIT7Un8r4AyfEoX1VhKLiJ9PWBn8CgAaMRpIQ2NXjjMVj_bnCZFI2hv5xxQdmeGchh-jMZ1JTV30v9_qhTcr7svD/s320/CC+roadshow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041680751520407458" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Climate Change Despair & Empowerment Roadshow</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >with Ruth Rosenhek<br /><br />Kindly supported by the Blue Mountains City Council<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >MC: Elisabeth Bastian</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sunday 22nd April 2007</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1.30pm for a 2pm start<br />Katoomba Civic Centre,</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Katoomba Street<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.climate.net.au/">http://www.climate.net.au</a><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/deep-eco/jsbio.htm">John Seed</a> and <a href="http://www.rainforest.org.au/deep-eco/ruth_photos.html">Ruth Rosenhek</a> of the <a href="http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/">Rainforest Information Centre</a> are taking to the road with their <a href="http://www.climate.net.au/">Climate Change Despair and Empowerment Roadshow</a> to help catalyse and support a dynamic climate change movement across Australia. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The roadshow, which premiered at Woodford Folk Festival in December 2006, features a multi-media presentation including video footage of Al Gore speaking on the Australian situation. During the 90-minute presentations, Rosenhek and Seed address the hopeless despair that many feel and how this can be transformed into the fuel for empowerment and effective action. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The presentations address the false and "business as usual" solutions being touted by the major political parties such as nuclear power and "clean" coal and suggest where the real solutions may be found (eg. removing Australia's $6.5 billion a year in subsidies to the fossil fuel industries - and supporting instead energy efficiency, solar, wind, geothermal, protecting our forests etc.). </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">At the presentations, participants are encouraged to join or form Climate Study/Action groups as a vehicle for communities to build resilient networks in which we can support each other in the changes we need to collectively make as well as to encourage each other to lobby government for strong climate change platforms in the lead-up to the state and federal elections.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.climate.net.au/">http://www.climate.net.au</a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Ruth Rosenhek, MS in Organisational Management, is Director of the Rainforest Information Centre in Lismore (NSW). Ruth is an international environmental activist who organizes and campaigns on behalf of forest protection, land rights and global justice and teaches deep ecology. See: <a href="http://www.rainforest.org.au/deep-eco/ruth_photos.html">http://www.rainforest.org.au/deep-eco/ruth_photos.html</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >This event has been endorsed and supported by:<br />Blue Mountains City Council<br />Katoomba Neighbourhood Centre<br />Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group<br />Friends of the Earth Blue Mountians<br />SEE-Change<br /><br />if you would like to endorse the event or would like more info please contact:<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br />Email: natalie.lowrey[at]foe.org.au<br />Mobile: 0421 356 067<br />Phone: 02 4782 1181<br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-71259599091085389002007-03-14T18:01:00.000+11:002007-03-22T17:53:36.064+11:00Nuclear waste headed your way? Keep your community nuclear free.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUva7R7rMptJHccOcamfhVccCCpuJ2bb1JHOKgH7HlGtyN1LJEAi7ns8Wp5wnCOwL4efffY42FI70ORAkVmhabH7I4iPJg2QdZQ6WXTLKHxCG6Y3gGw7E6u-vMcHU40Yb9tT_pbnKEaKVv/s1600-h/NFW_poster+final.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUva7R7rMptJHccOcamfhVccCCpuJ2bb1JHOKgH7HlGtyN1LJEAi7ns8Wp5wnCOwL4efffY42FI70ORAkVmhabH7I4iPJg2QdZQ6WXTLKHxCG6Y3gGw7E6u-vMcHU40Yb9tT_pbnKEaKVv/s400/NFW_poster+final.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5044638332378614898" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span>Nuclear waste headed your way?</span> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span>Keep your community nuclear free.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Public Meeting & 'Inhabited' Exhibition</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Wednesday 11th April 2007 @ 6pm</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Katoomba Masonic Hall, </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">opposite the council buildings</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Join Friends of the Earth, the Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group and special guests for presentations and discussion.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Nuclear Free Ways Public Meeting</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> & viewing of ‘Inhabited’ Exhibition</span><br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Speakers:</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dr. Jim Green</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/jimgreen3/">Dr. Jim Green</a> is the national nuclear campaigner with <a href="http://www.foe.org.au/">Friends of the Earth, Australia</a>, national coordinator of the Beyond Nuclear Initiative, and a member of the Energy Science Coalition. His PhD thesis was on the debates over the replacement of the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Dr. Kathleen Sullivan</span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Enthusiastic disarmament educator, film producer and social scientist with a special interest in (pop) nuclear culture and the perspective of young people. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Kathleen will talk about the international experience with nuclear waste and her experiences with the Yucca Mountain campaign in US.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Michaela Stubbs</span><br />Michaela Stubbs is the <a href="http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nukes/nukesindex.htm">nuclear campaigner for Friends of the Earth Melbourne</a> and the Nuclear Free Ways Campaigner, Friends of the Earth.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Exhibition:</span> <a href="http://nuclearfree.blogspot.com/2007/03/inhabited-exhibition.html">‘Inhabited’ </a></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">An exhibition of photographs and stories from remote communities that are affected by uranium mining and the nuclear industry in Australia. Photographer Jessie Boylan, audio Bilbo Taylor.</span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The Federal Government switching on the new nuclear reactor in Sydney and proposing to dump radioactive waste in outback Northern Territory would mean that dangerous radioactive waste would be transported through communities across Australia. Friends of the Earth believe that this poses an unacceptable and unnecessary public health and environmental risk to these communities. </span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The current plans could see over 130 truck loads of nuclear waste transported through the Blue Mountains in the first year with ongoing transports of nuclear waste for the next forty years. Some of the waste will be of a much higher level of radioactivity than was proposed for SA.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Communities standing up for their right to be nuclear free have stopped the imposition of a radioactive dump that was planned for SA. It’s time for NSW to come together and help do it again.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The Federal Governments’ current plans are a crude attempt to solve a complex problem. They have introduced undemocratic legislation in their attempts to impose a nuclear waste dump on unwilling communities in the NT. Radioactive wastes need isolation from people and the environment for hundreds of thousands of years. It’s important that we take the time to get it right.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Supported by:<br /><a href="http://www.melbourne.foe.org.au/campaigns/anti-nukes/nukesindex.htm">Katoomba Neighbourhood Centre</a><br /></span><a href="http://www.nuclearfree.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Blue Mountains Nuclear Free Group</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.foe.org.au/"><span style="font-family:arial;">Friends of the Earth</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For more info contact:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">natalie.lowrey[at]foe.org.au</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Phone: 02 4782 1181</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mobile: 0421 356 067</span><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-8137564069453996092007-03-14T17:56:00.000+11:002007-08-07T01:27:53.712+10:00Palm Sunday - Nuclear Fools Day Parade<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5wsbHEjVSdnla4wNLy0R08zglohqYOhQEqb6KGR8Eb4ElcyG60m6Hub652IJ_dVz2jwaVz8H4I1Soe37yzmxQi0TGKKe0C5_G8q6GL6EjkWRDduo8n5jicIoyl8blC1lGgBHI04gyy1R/s1600-h/palm+sunday"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU5wsbHEjVSdnla4wNLy0R08zglohqYOhQEqb6KGR8Eb4ElcyG60m6Hub652IJ_dVz2jwaVz8H4I1Soe37yzmxQi0TGKKe0C5_G8q6GL6EjkWRDduo8n5jicIoyl8blC1lGgBHI04gyy1R/s320/palm+sunday" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043484251237670882" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MhiWQ3UpOl4/Re5YcbElehI/AAAAAAAAAAw/2zTl-e9dhtk/s1600-h/image.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MhiWQ3UpOl4/Re5YcbElehI/AAAAAAAAAAw/2zTl-e9dhtk/s320/image.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039062278400735762" border="0" /></a><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Palm Sunday - Nuclear Fools Day Parade</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Gather </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Sunday </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >1st </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >April, 1pm</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Prince Alfred Park, Parramatta</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >for a </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >colourful community parade for</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >a Peaceful and Nuclear-Free Future.</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Palm Sunday falls on April 1 and will be a major national day of</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" > anti-</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">nuclear events and actions ... Nuclear Fools Day. Please join in the fun and help spread the word about events in your region.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Excellent Palm Sunday website which is updated regularly:</span><br /></span><pre style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.nuclearfoolsday.org/" target="_blank">http://www.NuclearFoolsDay.org</a><br /><br />Palm Sunday will help galvanise and organise opposition to the<br />nuclear push, and send a message to the Labor Party ahead of its<br />national conference in late April, at which uranium policy will be<br />debated.<br /><br />A whopping 58 organisations have endorsed the Palm Sunday events, and<br />this list is growing every day! It's great to see the diversity of<br />groups that are part of the alliance - see<br /><a href="http://www.nuclearfoolsday.org/endorsers">http://www.nuclearfoolsday.org/endorsers</a><br /><br />The website now has fliers and posters which people can download. For<br />people wanting to adapt the flier with their local details, a<br />template is available there also for you to adapt. If you would like<br />a personalised flier, please e-mail details to: <a href="mailto:azane83@gmail.com">azane83[at]gmail.com</a><br /><br />To get involved in Palm Sunday activities in Parramatta contact:<br />Contact: Holly Creenaune, Friends of the Earth, 0417 682 541<br /><a href="mailto:holly.creenaune@foe.org.au">holly.creenaune[at]foe.org.au</a><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br />The website again: <a href="http://www.nuclearfoolsday.org/" target="_blank">http://www.NuclearFoolsDay.org</a></span></pre>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-73323833166211398942007-03-14T17:16:00.000+11:002007-03-15T01:01:41.551+11:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61f46lPXGA7EIz9TbE9iE4htcxEG5MZq2chDbesTfpmG8fu4cusQkNxSyOO8bF35KAxyp09tVWmm8XIyivwnj_HUiB3_keX2wc8xyVySM1dIL53ehdmGfn1cIoWKw_3ljlF220ZpOsBGq/s1600-h/Solar+Energy+26+March.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61f46lPXGA7EIz9TbE9iE4htcxEG5MZq2chDbesTfpmG8fu4cusQkNxSyOO8bF35KAxyp09tVWmm8XIyivwnj_HUiB3_keX2wc8xyVySM1dIL53ehdmGfn1cIoWKw_3ljlF220ZpOsBGq/s320/Solar+Energy+26+March.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041661273843720034" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >SOLAR ENERGY</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Everlasting environmentally friendly energy</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Solar energy has supported life on Earth for millions of years.</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >It may be used to support life for ever.</span></span></span><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Free Lecture with Professor Helmut Tributsch</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Monday, 26 March, 6pm</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:arial;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">UNSW, The Scientia, Leighton Hall</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2853940288818899010.post-53000137332243158232007-03-14T17:01:00.000+11:002007-03-15T01:02:39.329+11:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >Nuclear Power & Radioactive Waste: </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >No Solution to Climate Change</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span>Saturday 31st March @ 4pm</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span>Carrington Hotel Katoomba</span></span><br /></div><pre style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;font-size:100%;" >Speakers:</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Information & Resource Servic<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">in Washington, D.C., USA.</span></span><br /></span></pre><ol style="font-family: arial;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Why the safety and security risks of high-level radioactive waste storage is a major problem for the next 500,000 years.</span> </li><li>Why modern reactors are not a solution.</li><li>How you could be living downstream from an Aussie nuclear plant<br /></li></ol><pre style="font-family: arial;">Imogen Zethoven, The Wilderness Society<br /></pre><ol style="font-family: arial;"><li>Where proposed Australian nuclear power stations could be built. </li><li>Fallout zones.</li><li>Transport routes in Australia.</li><li>The clean renewable energy alternatives.<br /></li></ol><pre style="font-family: arial;">For more information call 0412 141 753 or email <a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="comp_in_new('/webmail/src/compose.php?send_to=amber.jacobus%40gmail.com')">amber.jacobus@gmail.com</a><br />Organised by the Labor Environment Activist Network<br />and Blue Mountains Young Labor<br /><br /></pre>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09123950544488315190noreply@blogger.com0