Tag Archives: anti-nuclear

Opposition CDP bringing nuclear energy debate back to the Diet via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2018/01/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In a direct challenge to the Abe administration, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan plans to submit a bill that would abandon nuclear power and promote renewables as a basic energy policy. The bill is expected to reinvigorate … Continue reading →

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Sea of Miracles via Patagonia

Posted on 2018/01/02 by nfield

 

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Nobel peace prize winners urge Australia to sign treaty banning nuclear weapons via The Guardian

Posted on 2017/10/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons says global nonproliferation regime has failed and weapons pose ‘an existential threat’ to humanity The winner of the 2017 Nobel peace prize, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, has written an open letter … Continue reading →

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South Korea’s president says will continue phasing out nuclear power via Reuters

Posted on 2017/10/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on Sunday the government will continue to phase out nuclear-generated electricity, following a public opinion survey that dealt a blow to his plans to do so. “We will completely stop all … Continue reading →

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Nigeria reaffirms Africa’s commitment to nuclear weapons-free world via Vanguard

Posted on 2017/10/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nigeria has pledged Africa’s support to the non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction mass (WMD), saying a world free of nuclear weapons is the ideal society it envisaged. Prof. Tijjani Bande, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, delivered this position … Continue reading →

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Ann Darling: Climate change should hasten end of nuclear power via The Daily Hampshire Gazette

Posted on 2017/09/29 by nfield

Climate change should hasten end of nuclear power The front-page article (“Experts: Warming world no place for nukes,” Sept. 25) reported about the risks of nuclear weapons in a rapidly warming world, as conflicts over land and resources increase. Climate … Continue reading →

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Fukushima from Within via The New York Review of Books

Posted on 2017/08/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kazuto Tatsuta’s Ichi-F: A Worker’s Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant occupies a unique position in the history of comics. It is probably the first work of journalistic comics in the world to supersede its prose counterparts as … Continue reading →

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Drilling work for proposed nuclear power plant Chutka stopped after villagers protest via Hindustan Times

Posted on 2017/07/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Villagers in tribal dominated Mandla district’s Chutka staged a protest on Saturday, refusing to allow drilling for soil samples for the proposed nuclear power plant in the area They said their demands and concerns have not been addressed by the … Continue reading →

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122 Nations Approve a Global Treaty to Ban Use of Nuclear Weapons via Democracy Now!

Posted on 2017/07/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

At the United Nations headquarters in New York, 122 countries have approved a global treaty to ban the use of nuclear weapons […] In the end, all countries with nuclear arms ended up boycotting the negotiations. The historic vote now … Continue reading →

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In France, anti-nuclear activists protest sixth MOX shipment en route to Japan via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/07/06 by nfield

PARIS – A cargo of reprocessed nuclear fuel containing highly radioactive plutonium left the French port of Cherbourg for Japan under heavy security on Wednesday as demonstrators protested the transport. The controversial shipment from a plant of the French nuclear group … Continue reading →

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