Nuclear Royal Commission Adelaide consultations

The Nuclear Royal Commission is doing its Adelaide public consultations next week.

19 May 2015 – University of South Australia – 5.30pm at the Mawson Lakes Centre

20 May 2015 – Flinders University – 5.00pm at Flinders at Tonsley – South Road, Clovelly Park

22 May 2015 – Adelaide University – 1.00pm at Bonython Hall

More information here

Good news! Tesla signals the end for nuclear

The recent announcement by Elon Musk of a scalable battery pack to store electricity at the household or commercial generator scale at half the price of likely competitors has accelerated the demise of the old baseload coal or nuclear power stations.

Already, a NZ energy supplier has announced it will provide the Tesla Powerwall to its customers. Expect to see similar deals from Australian utilities soon.

See this article from The Conversation or reneweconomy.com.au for more details

Clean Futures Campaigner

FoE Adelaide’s Clean Futures Collective are about to employ a campaigner to keep track of the Royal Commission into Nukes & help us respond to the propaganda push from the nuclear industry. More details next issue, but note that we’re meeting Wednesdays from 4-6pm at Kappys, 1/22 Compton St, Adelaide to plan activities. Please join us if you’re interested, or want to talk over a cuppa.

 

New Chain Reaction out!

To download Chain Reaction #123 (April 2015) as a PDF file click here or read online …

Friends of the Earth Australia: 40 years young

and more at Chain Reaction