Jim Green

The British government is the major backer of Pangea Resources, the company scheming to build an international radioactive waste dump in Australia. An article published in the industry journal Nuclear Fuel on December 14 reveals that

Jabiluka: World heritage nightmare for governmentOnce again, the federal government has been seriously embarrassed over the possible listing of Kakadu National Park as "world heritage in danger" because of the potential impact of

Government plans to dump nuclear waste in SAThe federal government's plan to establish a nuclear dump in South Australia has reached a crucial juncture. The government plans to begin test drilling of 18 sites in the coming weeks and

The Olympic greenwashSYDNEY — Greenpeace's recent campaign against the use of ozone-depleting chemicals at Homebush Bay, the site of the Sydney Olympics, highlights what a sham the "green games" label is. The latest row concerns

Rumours have been circulating amongst anti-nuclear activists that Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) wants to pull out of the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory. ERA began construction of the mine in June. At the moment,

Australia 'world's best' for nuclear waste dumpThe federal government and the nuclear industry might have hoped the leaked video identifying Australia as the "world's best" site for an international nuclear dump would have made the

Lucas Heights EIS releasedSYDNEY — On January 18, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) released the final environmental impact statement on a new nuclear reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas

Activists create 'JAILS'In 1998, about 500 people were arrested at the Jabiluka uranium mine blockade in the Northern Territory. Many are to face court in coming months. JAILS (Jabiluka Arrestees Information and Legal Support) has

Radioactive racismThe nuclear industry profits from and reinforces racism. Backed by its political partners, the industry forces uranium mines, nuclear reactors, radioactive waste dumps and weapons tests on to the land of

SYDNEY — In September 1997, when the federal Coalition government announced the decision to build a new nuclear reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights, a "stringent" environmental assessment was promised. Instead, the

The federal environment minister, Senator Robert Hill, has rejected a public environment report into the milling of uranium ore from the Jabiluka mine in the Northern Territory. The proposal from Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) was

Australia's anti-nuclear movement: a short historyAustralia's involvement in the nuclear industry began with supplying uranium for the US and UK's weapons programs during and after World War II. British weapons tests in South