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Sad news for peak oil disciples

Sad news for peak oil disciples
Financial Post (blog)
Martin Pelletier: Don’t expect a return to the days of ultra low oil prices, but at least we’re headed in the right direction with regards to minimizing the probability of …
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13 June, 2012

Court: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Must Assess Spent Fuel Storage Dangers

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Court: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Must Assess Spent Fuel Storage Dangers
Environment News Service
After four to six years of use in a reactor, nuclear fuel rods can no longer efficiently produce energy and are considered spent nuclear fuel, the court explained. Fuel rods are hot when removed from reactors and emit enough radiation to be fatal in …
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Environment News Service

Were US– India relations oversold?
Foreign Policy (blog)
Their critique has been given unearned momentum by the Indian parliament, which passed nuclear liability legislation that does not meet international standards, effectively making it impossible for US companies to build civilian-nuclear plants in India …
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Iran Swears It’s Building Nuke Subs
Wired News (blog)
First, Iran will have to miniaturize the country’s nuclear technology into a safe and working power plant capable of powering a sub. Second, one does not just install a nuclear plant onto a submarine. Iran will have to build a new sub from scratch …
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Wired News (blog)

Japan Used Claims of Inaccuracy To Divert Release of Critical Radioactive …
Spyghana.com
Japanese officials have failed to justify why it took them over a month to disclose large-scale releases of radioactive material in mid-March at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. A special government tool had been producing critical …
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13 June, 2012

How a Heat Pump Could Provide Cheap, Clean Energy for your Home

How a Heat Pump Could Provide Cheap, Clean Energy for your Home

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 02:43 PM PDT

Heat pumps offer a form of renewable energy technology readily available in the current market to provide heating and hot water for domestic use. They provide efficient, reliable methods for heating homes and buildings, and help reduce the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases due to the low amount electricity consumed.Heat pumps work by drawing naturally occurring heat from the ground, or the atmosphere, and increasing it via a heat convertor to be used for heating water or air in a domestic system. They do require small amounts…

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12 June, 2012
Joint Statement Graph 30 Nov 2011.pdf KELVIN THOMSON

Good Morning,

Kelvin has asked me to distribute the attached position statement as an indication of the interest and action about the issue of population around the world.

Regards,

Tim Hamilton

Electorate Officer

Office of Kelvin Thomson MP

Member for Wills

(P) 9350 5777

(M) 0424 138 558

Joint Statement Graph 30 Nov 2011.pdf
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12 June, 2012
UN Believe Switch to a Green Economy will Create 60 Million Jobs

UN Believe Switch to a Green Economy will Create 60 Million Jobs

Posted: 08 Jun 2012 02:21 PM PDT

Despite the continuing economic difficulties faced around the world, and the subsequent falling levels of investment as governments try to reduce their budgets, the UN is still pushing to create green jobs as part of a move towards a green economy.The UN is of a mind that green policies put in place to help the switch from the current high-carbon economy to a low-carbon economy will create tens of millions of jobs around the world over the next two decades. In fact a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) predicted that up…Read more…

12 June, 2012

POPULATION STATISTICS

Population clock

On 11 June 2012 at 09:10:19 PM (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be:

22,930,685

This projection is based on the estimated resident population at 30 September 2011 and assumes growth since then of:

one birth every 1 minute and 47 seconds,
one death every 3 minutes and 35 seconds ,
a net gain of one international migration every 2 minutes and 47 seconds, leading to
an overall total population increase of one person every 1 minute and 34 seconds .

These assumptions are consistent with figures released in Australian Demographic Statistics, September Quarter 2011 (cat. no. 3101.0).

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States and Territories

Australian Demographic Statistics (cat. no. 3101.0)

Animated Population Pyramids

Local government and other regions

Regional Population Growth Australia (cat. no. 3218.0)

Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia (cat. no. 3235.0)

Births and Deaths

Births, Australia (cat. no. 3301.0)

Deaths, Australia (cat. no. 3302.0)

Historical demographic data