Nuclear War
One in three would die, industry would lie in ruins and government in Whitehall would cease to exist. Such was the apocalyptic vision of a nuclear conflict projected by government officials at the height of the Cold War.
Observer 5th August 2007 more >>
Nuclear Convoys
GREEN party leader Robin Harper has demanded an inquiry into roads being used to transport nuclear weapons. The Lothians MSP has written to First Minister Alex Salmond claiming emergency planning exercises show that government agencies are ill-prepared for an accident.
Scotland on Sunday 5th August 2007 more >>
Sunday Herald 5th August 2007 more >>
Midlothian Advertiser 5th August 2007 more >>
Nuclear Weapons
WHO wants a shiny new set of nuclear weapons? Hands up, the Bush administration. Who doesn’t? Democrat-controlled Congress.
New Scientist 4th August 2007 more >>
New nukes
Climate change hardly qualifies as good news for anyone. But for advocates of nuclear energy, these are practically glory days. As the urgency of combating global warming has risen, even environmentalists and politicians who may have once chained themselves to the reactor gates are taking another look at the industry that has languished in regulatory and PR hell since the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979.
Newsweek 5th August 2007 more >>
Iran
Iran might eventually consider suspending uranium enrichment but Tehran’s right to the technology must be recognized, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said.
Guardian website 5th August 2007 more >>
Israel
ISRAEL is considering plans to build a nuclear power station in its southern Negev desert.
Scotland on Sunday 5th August 2007 more >>
Climate
Gordon Brown’s commitment to tackling global warming has been called into doubt after Downing Street decided to downgrade the key cabinet committee on global warming. The Ministerial Committee on Energy and the Environment, which under Tony Blair was a top-grade cabinet committee chaired by the Prime Minister, has been reduced to a sub-committee, chaired by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr Brown has also scrapped a ministerial committee devoted to promoting sustainability across government. The committee on Sustainable Development was designed to ensure that policy decisions, for example on housing, would not have an adverse impact on the environment in the future.
Independent on Sunday 5th August 2007 more >>
