The program for World Nuclear Fuel Cycle 2009 shows the nuclear industry promotional conference, held in Sydney 22-23 April 2009, fails to address longstanding unresolved concerns about nuclear waste management and the ‘dual use’ of uranium – for electricity and deadly nuclear weapons.
The Australian Conservation Foundation said other countries were backing away from the toxic [...]
On April 22nd 1970 some 20m Americans joined Senator Gaylord Nelson’s call to celebrate the first Earth Day, an event described in the New York Times as an “interlude of national contemplation of problems and man’s deteriorating environment”. Since then the holiday has expanded in both size and scope. The Earth Day Network estimates that more [...]
On Saturday 28 March 2009 at 8.30pm, people, businesses and iconic buildings around the world will switch off their lights for an hour – WWF’s Earth Hour.
More than 3,943 cities from 88 countries across the globe have already signed up. In addition, a great number of iconic landmarks will be plunged into darkness, including [...]
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