Solar Cities Home Energy Audit

Jane Clark was proud to particpate in a solar Cities home energy audit recently.

The changes you make will not only benefit you. They will also make a difference to the community and the environment.

If we all make a few small changes, our combined efforts will make a huge difference. By the end of the project, the estimated reduction in CO2 emissions will be the equivalent of taking almost one quarter of all Alice Springs vehicles off the road.

www.alicesolarcity.com.au

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Authorised by Derek Schild for The Greens NT, 32/24 Cavanagh St, Darwin NT

Greens Candidate for Braitling NT Elections 2008

The greens have announced that the first preselected candidate for the NT elections is Jane Clark standing for the electorate of Braitling.

Download A3 Poster to Print

ABC Radio Coverage July 22, 2008


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Authorised by Derek Schild for The Greens NT, 32/24 Cavanagh St, Darwin NT

UMine Motion 14 July 2008 - the outcome

Greens Alderman Jane Clark puts motion before Alice Springs Town Council opposing the application to NT Govt for a Uranium exploration licence to be granted to Cameco Paladin 21km from the town of Alice Springs NT Australia

ABC Radio July 16 2008 - No Angela Pamela Uranium for Alice Springs

ABC Radio July 16 2008
link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/16/2304854.htm?site=alicesprings

An Alice Springs alderman says she is disappointed the town council has blocked her motion objecting to a mining exploration licence for the Angela Pamela mine site.
Alderman Jane Clark says the council should have been more supportive of the view that the proposed mine is too close to town.

Ms Clark said the council has supported her request for a report from the Mining Minister, ensuring exploration shafts will not be flooded and guarantees that water and air will not be contaminated.

She said Cameco and Paladin, the joint venture companies applying for the exploration licence, have not addressed the community's real concerns.

"Accidents have happened, there are still huge unresolved issues," she said.
"They said they learn from their mistakes and I'm really concerned that they're going to come here and make some more mistakes to learn from.
"I haven't heard anything yet that makes me feel comfortable having a uranium mine 25 kilometres from my town."


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The decision - ASTC July 14

Thanks to those who faithfully sat in the council gallery for about 2 hours waiting for this....

uranium motion
A and B lost
C was carried with amendments (ii) and (iii)

Motion A.
That Alice Springs Town Council writes to NT Government Mining Minister Chris Natt objecting to Cameco and Paladin being granted licence 25758 to explore for uranium at the Angela and Pamela sites
(LOST)

B. That Alice Springs Town Council supports the recommendations which came from the public meeting held at Anzac High School Hall on May 7 2008 being: i) That exploration of the Angela Pamela uranium deposit should not be allowed to proceed and;ii) That Federal Energy and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson and NT Government Mining Minister Chris Natt organise and attend another public meeting where they can address the concerns of Alice Springs residents and answer queries directly.
(LOST)

C. That Alice Springs Town Council request a report from the Minister for Mining, Chris Natt,

i)outlining a guarantee that a plan is in place to ensure the exploration shafts and mine will not be flooded and a guarantee that the air and underground water will not be contaminated by the substantial drilling involved in both exploration and full scale mining.

ii)that the report include what measures or legislation are on hand for any rehabilitation work if the mine does not go ahead to stabilise the area that has been drilled for exploration and;

iii)is there a financial security bond during exploration

(CARRIED)



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Full audio will be uploaded by Friday

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Rollback the Intervention

Excerpt from speech by Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens spokesperson for Indigenous Affairs

The Australian Greens today remain united and steadfast in our opposition to the approach taken by the NT intervention.

We were the only Party to stand up as one in the Australian Parliament to condemn the intervention when it was announced … and we have maintained and continue to maintain our opposition …

• to the suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act,
• to compulsory seizures of lands,
• to indiscriminate quarantining of welfare
• and to the trampling of the human rights of Aboriginal people in the NT

We call today on the Rudd Government and on the Minister for Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin to admit they'd made a mistake in backing the rushed approach taken by the Northern Territory Intervention.

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Cameco - should we let them near our water catchment????

Cameco Q & A ASTC Aldermen and the Mayor:
www.netgrrl.com.au/June16

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At la Alice Springs Town Council Committee Meeting on June 16 2008, I put the following question to the Regional Manager of Cameco, the company applying to the NT Government for a uranium exploration license just 20km from Alice Springs and over our water catchment area:

Given two very recent examples of unresolved environmental damage caused by Cameco’s mining operations;

Firstly - Cameco’s underground uranium mine at Cigar Lake in Sasketchewan Canada completely flooded with water in October 23 2006 and you continue to have the entire mine shut down and not operating despite it containing 17% of the world's known uranium reserves, almost two years later;

and Secondly – Cameco suspended operations at the Port Hope Nuclear Plant in July 2007 noting soil contamination and now some 12 months later it has been revealed this has leaked into one of North America's largest bodies of fresh water, the Great Lake, Lake Ontario;

how can you guarantee the mine will not be flooded and how can you guarantee the underground water on which Alice Springs' very existence depends will not be contaminated even by the substantial drilling involved in exploration to the satisfaction of the many people now aware of Cameco's past record?

My Question to Jennifer Parks and Response



Questions from all Aldermen -note YouTube is low quality.
Click here for streamed high quality clip

Their response including Q's from other Aldermen and the Mayor:

www.netgrrl.com.au/June16

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