Time for a nuclear phase-out?
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- Published on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:48
This Article on Le Monde Diplomatique: Time for a nuclear phase-out? by Adam Chimienti shows a well-drawn picture of the situation with nuclear power in the world today. Read about the dawn of the so-called "nuclear renaissance", the risks, the waste problems, the cover-ups, and the ability of first-world countries to do without nuclear power.
Forty eight NGOs call for a continuation of the uranium zero tolerance policy in the Danish realm
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- Published on Monday, 29 April 2013 14:58
Forty eight NGOs from all over the world call on the Governments of Greenland and Denmark to continue the uranium zero tolerance policy in the Danish realm. Both governments have recently given notice that they intend to lift the ban on uranium mining in Greenland.
Avataq, NOAH Friends of the Earth Denmark and the Danish Ecological Council have sent an appeal to the leader of the Greenlandic government, Aleqa Hammond, and the Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, calling on Naalakkersuisut – the Greenland Government – and the Danish government not to abolish the uranium zero tolerance policy in the Danish realm. It is stressed in the appeal that combination of rare earth elements and uranium mining is environmentally unsustainable and unnecessary, because the rare earth elements can be extracted other places in Greenland, where they are not mixed with uranium.
Kein Uran aus dem Herzen Afrikas - Vortrag Anthony Lyamunda - 25. April 2013
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 11:32
No Peace walk in Arlit, activists protest Nigerian Uranium Policy in Niamey instead
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 09:58
The peace walk planned by the SOSC Arlit has been forbidden by the mayor of Arlit. Enclosed is the letter driving that decision, on grounds of "disturbing the social peace". This has not stopped activists in Niger, however, as there has instead been a demonstration in the capital city of Niamey last Friday.
Wanderausstellung der Wiener Umweltanwaltschaft über das schmutzige Geschäft des Uran-Abbaus auch vor unserer Haustüre!
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 14:56
Über die dramatischen Konsequenzen des Uran- Abbaus informiert eine neue Wanderausstellung der Wiener Umweltanwaltschaft. Umweltstadträtin Ulli Sima hat diese am 15. April im Gymnasium Parhamerplatz im 17. Bezirk eröffnet:
"Wir wollen den Jugendlichen eine bisher vermutlich weniger bekannte alarmierende Facette der Atomkraft aufzeigen - die Folge des Uran-Abbaus, der für den Betrieb von Atomkraftwerken notwendig ist", so Sima.
SOSC Arlit - Press Release Nr. 4 - Synergy of civil society organizations and AREVA behavior in Arlit, Niger
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- Published on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 12:52
ARLIT, March 24, 2013. The executive office of the Synergy of the civil society organizations with other partners of Arlit, met in the usual room of meetings to discuss on the critical situation and degrading conditions of life in the town of Arlit; which is considered as the lungs of our country economy. Indeed, among many evils that our fellow citizens are suffering from, we can identify among others:
- The long-lasting problem of access to water and drying up of underground (aquifers) water;
- Unsatisfying number of local youth in the recruitment/employment process of the industry’s services;
- Health and environment problems caused by mining;
- Terrible condition of the uranium road and of the streets in the town;
- Non-respect of AREVA’s commitment regarding mining taxes for the region;
- Plundering of mineral resources ( water and minerals ) by the nuclear giant, Areva; and
- Poor electricity delivering in Arlit and frequent power interruption where there is some.
Inuit Organization documents unbalanced and secretive decision-making on uranium and other mineral extraction in Nunavut
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- Published on Wednesday, 10 April 2013 10:47
Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit has made a submission to the study on extractive and energy industries in and near indigenous territories being conducted by Prof. James Anaya, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The submission explains that since it was formed in November 2009, Nunavummiut Makitagunarningit has lobbied the institutions created by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement to provide mechanisms to ensure the free, prior, and informed consent of Inuit in questions regarding uranium and other mineral extraction in the territory.
The AFNQL strongly objects to the exploration and mining of uranium in Quebec
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 10:26
Assembled in the Abenaki community of Odanak on March 13 2013, the Chiefs of the AFNQL adopted a resolution which strongly and definitively opposes the exploration and exploitation of uranium.
“The exploration and exploitation of uranium constitute major and irreversible health hazards to our populations, our territories and the resources it contains. The First Nations have the most sacred duty to protect their populations, their territories and their resources”, stated Ghislain Picard, Chief of the AFNQL.
Der Krieg in Mali - dient er der Rohstoffsicherung?
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 09:44
(Eine Kurz-Version dieses Artikels erschien in "analyse & kritik - Zeitung für linke Debatte und Praxis", Nr. 580, vom 15. Februar 2013, Seite 6)
Seit Beginn der französischen 'Intervention' in der ehemaligen französischen Kolonie Mali steht die Frage im Raum , ob diese Intervention der Rohstoffsicherung dient; die Frage ist aber auch - WESSEN Rohstoffsicherung soll sie dienen?
Die Ressourcen Mali's
Werfen wir zunächst einen Blick auf die Ressourcen Mali's:
"indexmundi", eine Info-website, zählt auf: Gold, Phosphat, Kaolin, Salz, Kalk, Uran, Gips, Granit - und Wasserkraft; außerdem Bauxit, Eisenerz, Mangan, Zinn, und Kupfervorkommen - die zuletzt genannten Ressourcen sind bekannt, werden aber nicht ausgebeutet.
(aus: http://www.indexmundi.com/mali/natural_resources.html)
Eine wesentliche Ressource bleibt ungenannt: Öl.
Uranium Mining ban near Grand Canyon stays intact
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- Published on Wednesday, 03 April 2013 12:38
The Navajo Hopi Observer reports that the ban on uranium mining on 1 million acres of public land near Grand Canyon will be kept in place. Judge David Campbell rejected all claims to the contrary made by uranium mining firms on his decision on March 20th.
The moratorium was put up in January 2012, to protect the land and prohibit uranium mining claims old and new. In reaction, the National Mining Association, Nuclear Energy Institute and Northwest Mining Association, among others, went to court. After the ruling in Phoenix, the 20-year-ban will be protecting the lands near the Grand Canyon from uranium mining.