Blogposts tagged 'Nuclear'

Government gave nuclear lobby group Greenpeace legal papers

Posted by Louise Hutchins - 6 December 2011 at 4:59pm - 0 Comments
Setting sun shines through nuclear protest flag with radioactive symbol
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Philip Reynaers
Setting sun shines through nuclear protest flag with radioactive symbol

If further proof was needed of the unhealthy relationship between the Government and the nuclear industry then it can be found here in the release of a tranche of documents from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that show they are working hand in glove to thwart our legal challenge to the decision to build a new generation of nuclear power stations.

Article tagged as: DECC, EDF, freedom of information, judicial review, nuclear, nuclear industry association

Alive and kicking: Indonesia office remains open

Posted by Nur Hidayati - 15 November 2011 at 5:26pm - 2 Comments
Candles spell out 'Don't nuke Asean'
All rights reserved. Credit: Donang Wahyu/Greenpeace
Our Jakarta office remains open, allowing the forest and nuclear power campaigns to continue

Since our office was threatened with closure by the South Jakarta district authority last week, our staff pulled out all the stops to keep the office open.

Article tagged as: APP, asean, asia pulp and paper, deforestation, indonesia, nuclear power

EDF found guilty of spying on Greenpeace

Posted by Louise Hutchins - 10 November 2011 at 5:28pm - 5 Comments
edf logo and van
by. Credit: Greenpeace
EDF compiled dossiers on our activists in Britain

So it turns out we’re not paranoid then – the French courts today convicted EDF, the French nuclear giant of spying on our colleagues in the French Greenpeace office. They were hacking their computers, putting viruses into their networks and compiling dossiers of our activists here in Britain.

Article tagged as: EDF, espionage, Greenpeace France, Kargus, nuclear, trial

MPs should keep their promises - not back £1 billion windfall for nuclear power

Posted by Louise Hutchins - 4 July 2011 at 5:20pm - 0 Comments

A vote will happen in parliament either late tonight or tomorrow on government plans to hand out a whopping £1billion in new subsidies for the nuclear industry. The money will come from energy consumer pockets and will go to EDF and Centrica for doing absolutely nothing new at all.

Article tagged as: energy, fukushima, nuclear, nuclear industry, subsidies

Join Countdown to Zero screenings across the UK for Demand For Zero day

Posted by louise - 20 June 2011 at 11:16am - 0 Comments

A mind boggling $1,000 billion will be spent by the world’s nine nuclear-armed powers (including Britain) over the next decade on modernising nuclear weapons, says campaign group Global Zero - while UK budgets for social and environmental spending are slashed. 

But, you can do something: learn more about the issues by heading to your local cinema tomorrow, Tuesday June 21, to join the UK premiere of Countdown to Zero for Demand Zero Day.

Article tagged as: Countdown To Zero, Dogwoof, global zero, Inconvenient Truth, Lucy Walker, nuclear, Screenings, video, weapons

Voters to Lib Dems: live up to your nuclear promise!

Posted by Niall Sookoo - 6 June 2011 at 5:00pm - 0 Comments
Setting sun shines through nuclear protest flag with radioactive symbol
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Philip Reynaers
The Lib Dems have long been anti-nuclear. Time to put policy into practice

On the eve of a vital vote on taxpayer subsidies for nuclear power, we've published the results of an exclusive opinion poll which shows that the majority of people - 46 per cent - oppose any future subsidy for the nuclear power industry - compared to less than a third who support it (32%).

Article tagged as: liberal democrats, Manifesto pledge, nuclear, Opinion Poll, Public Bill Comittee, Public subsidy, renewables

Does Trident announcement mark a new Lib Dem broken promise?

Posted by louise - 18 May 2011 at 3:32pm - 6 Comments

A while back I got a letter from the Lib Dems telling me "Trident will not be renewed this parliament - not on a Liberal Democrat watch”.

This ran though my mind today as I watched Defence Secretary Liam Fox stand up in parliament to pronounce ‘thunderbirds are go’ on the next phase of building a replacement for Trident.

Article tagged as: costs, liberal democrats, MoD, nuclear, nuclear weapons, peace, submarines, trident, WMDs

FOI documents reveal MoD plans to purchase "long lead" items for Trident

Publication date:  18 May, 2011

A freedom of information request made by Greenpeace reveals that the MoD plans to purchase a whole series of “long lead” items for Trident replacement submarines in the next few years - estimated to cost billions.

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Article tagged as: foi, MoD, nuclear, nuclear weapons, submarines, trident, WMDs

HSBC backs nuclear power in Indian earthquake zone

Posted by jamie - 11 May 2011 at 11:34am - 5 Comments
Site of the proposed nuclear power station in Jaitapur, India
All rights reserved. Credit: Apoorva Salkade / Greenpeace
Site of the proposed nuclear power station in Jaitapur, India

Two months ago, an earthquake and tsunami hit Japan. This not only resulted in a huge natural disaster and humanitarian crisis, but also triggered an unprecedented man-made tragedy. And yet plans are afoot to build a nuclear power plant in another earthquake zone, this time in India.

Article tagged as: BNP Paribas, climate change, HSBC, india, jaitapur, nuclear power

Subsidy assessment of waste transfer pricing for disposal of spent fuel from new nuclear power stations

Publication date:  1 March, 2011

A key plank of the government’s Coalition Agreement was that any new nuclear power would not be subsidised. Liberal Democrat policy couldn’t be clearer – ‘Reject a new generation of nuclear power stations based on the evidence nuclear is a far more expensive way of reducing carbon emissions than promoting energy conservation and renewable energy.’ Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has insisted again that there would be no public subsidy. But new nuclear power stations are not profitable without massive subsidies from the public purse.

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Article tagged as: coalition government, fixed unit price, nuclear power, nuclear waste, subsidies, waste transfer price
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