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.
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.
In a speech given at Chatham House on 4 May 2011, Greenpeace UK executive director John Sauven set out the economic and environmental case for a revolution in the UK's approach to building a resilient, efficient and clean energy system.
You download a transcript of the speech, or listen to it below.
Nearby village Rosochovz. People are not allowed to move into the area, only leave.
Twenty five years ago today, the peace and tranquillity of the small Russian town of Pripyat was shattered when reactor number four at the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded.
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.
The ongoing problems with
the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has
prompted many people to question where we get our energy from, now and in the
future. The champions of nuclear power say the risks only affect a small number
of people and are outweighed by the risks of climate change. So if we can’t
burn coal, we must have nuclear power.
Jacob Namminga checks a colleague's boots for traces of radioactivity
Jacob Namminga, one
of our radiation safety advisors, spoke to Brian Fitzgerald at our international office, about the radiation monitoring that began on Saturday March 26, in a rural area of Japan to the north west of the Fukushima nuclear plant.
The trip's aim was to asses the true extent of radiation risks to the local population, which has reported radiation levels of up to ten micro sieverts per hour in Iitate
village, 20km beyond the official evacuation zone - levels high enough to require evacuation. As told to Brian, here are Jacob's reflections on the trip.
Posted by Andrew Davies -
18 March 2011 at 5:05pm -
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One week after the earthquake and tsunami, humanitatian relief efforts continue while workers at the Fukushima power plant strive to bring the situation under control. Overall, with possible exception of the spent fuel pool of reactor 3,
the status of all facilities is very similar to yesterday - which is a
bad thing.
Earthquake and tsunami damage at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, Japan
After days of news reporting one explosion after another at the
Fukushima nuclear plant, there is finally a break in reports of new
explosions. Radiation levels remain high around the plant and the plight of those people coping with the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami continues, including the staff at Fukushima struggling to control the situation.
Posted by John Sauven -
16 March 2011 at 5:37pm -
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Today many people are struggling to recover from the effects of the earthquakes and tsunami. The focus now for everybody should be on saving lives and supporting people in Japan. Our thoughts are also with the heroic engineers working to reduce the impact of the nuclear accident at Fukushima.
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