Jim Green (activist)
Jim Green | |
|---|---|
Green at the Melbourne's GPO in March 2011 | |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | University of Wollongong |
| Occupation | Activist |
Jim Green is an anti-nuclear campaigner with Friends of the Earth Australia.[1] Green is a regular media commentator on nuclear issues.[2] He has an honours degree in public health from the University of Wollongong and was awarded a PhD in science and technology studies for his analysis of the Lucas Heights research reactor debates.[3]
Issues
[edit]Green and Peter Karamoskos (a nuclear radiologist) say there is growing scientific confidence in the linear no-threshold model for ionising radiation.[4]
Further reading
[edit]PhD thesis
[edit]- (1997) "Reactors, Radioisotopes & the HIFAR Controversy", Department of Science & Technology Studies, University of Wollongong, Australia
Recent publications
[edit]- (2005, September) "Nuclear Power: No Solution to Climate Change"
- (2006) "Australia, Uranium and Nuclear Power", International Journal of Environmental Studies, 63 (6), pp 845–857 (with J. Falk and G. Mudd)
- (24 November 2006) "No to Howard's nuclear madness", Green Left
- (3 August 2007) "James Lovelock and the big bang", Green Left
- (2 November 2007) "Nuclear power and water scarcity", Green Left (with Sue Wareham)
- (25 October 2009) Nuclear debate: A dangerous option that won't solve climate change Green Left.
See also
[edit]- Anti-nuclear movement in Australia
- Gavin Mudd
- Jim Falk
- Mark Diesendorf
- David Noonan (environmentalist)
- Dave Sweeney
References
[edit]- ^ "Friends of the Earth Australia's Nuclear Free Campaign".
- ^ Nuclear waste and indigenous rights
- ^ EnergyScience Coalition energyscience.org.au
- ^ Peter Karamoskos and Jim Green (18 April 2011). "Do we know the Chernobyl death toll?". The Drum.