We all know about Chornobyl. Don't we?
Forty years on, the science tells a very different story to the one anti-nuclear groups have been selling since 1986.
The ecology. The cancer data. The exclusion zone. The actual death toll.
It's not what you think.
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Are vaccines overrated?
At WePlanet, we believe in science and human ingenuity to liberate nature and elevate humanity.
This week, @marklynas.bsky.social speaks with Dr Seth Berkley about why vaccines remain one of humanity’s greatest public health tools.
🎙️ Listen below.
There are over 8 billion reasons in this photo to protect our home.
Join us this evening to discuss the future of food.
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Press release: Support for nuclear energy surges while opposition drops to the lowest level ever.
Support is highest among voters under 35. Labor & Greens could both secure significant votes if they adopted a policy supporting nuclear energy.
From small things, big things grow!
Our first uni club stall held at Monash Uni today.
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Join us for our April community meeting where we will discuss how making meat from cells lets us enjoy the foods we know and love without the animal welfare, public health & environmental impacts of existing animal agriculture.
Everyone welcome. RSVP:
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MONASH GET HYPED!!!!
Next week on Thursday the 26th of March we have a Free Taste Testing Stall for lab grown froie gras at Campus Centre Clayton.
The next meeting of our Monash WePlanet uni club is on the 1st of April at noon in room G40 in Bld 75.
But we want to hear from you.
Have you ever confused a plant-based milk with dairy milk?
Would you swap back to dairy milk if plant-based alternatives could no longer use the term 'milk'?
And do you think these changes would help farmers?
There are real challenges facing Aussie farmers, such as climate change, energy costs, and power imbalances with major food retailers like Woolworths and Coles. Banning plant-based dairy alternatives — which use produce grown on Aussie farms — from using the term 'milk' won't help farmers.
The Australian government has agreed to tighten restrictions on a voluntary code that restricts the terms plant-based foods can use. But as we have seen in places like the UK and Europe, this is often the first step toward tighter restrictions.
Aussie dairy producer associations are pushing to ban plant-based dairy alternatives from using the term 'milk', following a UK court ruling which found it could confuse consumers.
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This means when natural disasters or global conflicts disrupt supply chains, EVs keep you and Australia moving.
Energy security isn't just a government problem. We can all play our part through the choices we make.
Right now, conflict in the Middle East has effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, blocking the flow of 20 million barrels of oil each day and 20% of the world's LNG.
Electric vehicles reduce our dependence on imported fuels, allowing us to rely on domestically produced electricity.
⚡ Australia's fuel vulnerability is real. EVs are part of the solution.
Australia holds approximately 25 days of fuel reserves, and we import 80–90% of our liquid fuels, leaving us highly exposed to global shocks.
But we also know driving is often convenient, enjoyable, or unavoidable. That’s why governments should back practical policies that help more people make the switch to electric vehicles.
The benefits are clear. We just need to choose to embrace them.
Studies consistently show that investing in public and active transport delivers higher economic returns—and a lower long-term tax burden—than investing in new roads.
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We’ve made progress in recent years to improve public and active transport, but much more needs to be done. The benefits are clear: better public and active transport improves people’s ability to move around our cities and reduces costs for the whole community.
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With fresh conflict in the Middle East likely to push fuel prices even higher, and too many people stuck commuting in car-centric cities, cost-of-living pressures will squeeze households further.
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In Australia companies like Eden Brew are working on bringing this to market.
Full details linked below.
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If you want to reduce the environmental footprint of your diet, switching to plant-based milk alternatives is a good option.
The good news for dairy lovers is that we can now make precision-fermented dairy which is biologically identical to cow dairy but with a fraction of environmental impact.
Nuclear and renewables are far, far safer than fossil fuels.
That's it, that's the post.
Understanding the science helps us have informed, evidence-based conversations about nuclear energy's role in our clean energy future.
Time to lift the ban on nuclear energy in Australia.
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Radiation is a natural part of life. This doesn't mean we don't need to take precautions — it can cause health impacts and, in extreme cases, death. But it is well understood, and we know how to implement the safety measures needed to protect the public.
From the article:
"The government's radiation safety body ARPANSA estimates that the average Australian is exposed to about 1.7 millisieverts of natural radiation a year all up, including radiation from rocks, space and diet. That's equivalent to about 75 chest X-rays."
From the article.
"The average exposure came to 0.24 millisieverts. That's about as radioactive as you are; human bodies emit a similar amount of radiation, mostly from potassium, which is absorbed from soil by the plants we eat and is an essential mineral for health."
New research led by Dr Laura Manenti at UNSW has found that parts of Sydney around Glebe and Surry Hills naturally emit radiation over 2,000 times higher than the exposure from living within 50km of a nuclear power station.
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