John Howard welcomed in the New Year with a big cheer for dangerous nuclear power. Meanwhile, Europe acted responsibly by decommissioning seven nuclear power stations, the most ever in one day.
Around midnight last night, a secretive shipment of radioactive nuclear waste moved through Sydney streets. Greenpeace took action, alerting residents to the danger racing through their neighbourhoods.
The nuclear power industry has had 50 years to prove itself and failed! Energy efficiency is still Australia’s best answer to climate change, says the international panel of experts Greenpeace commissioned to look into the Prime Minister’s Nuclear Taskforce draft report.
John Howard's just-released Taskforce report on nuclear energy is fundamentally flawed. So Greenpeace asked independent energy experts to give Australians some real answers on nuclear power.
Sweden has shut down four of its 10 nuclear plants. Major faults were discovered after a serious incident at the Forsmark nuclear power station. A former director of the plant later said, "It was pure luck there wasn't a meltdown."
This is Annya. She is more than just a number. Annya is one of hundreds of thousands of Chernobyl victims. And she was not even alive when it happened 20 years ago.
In a historic victory for the environment and indigenous rights, the Northern Territory government has approved plans to clean up the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National park.
