[GPSCC-chat] Fw: Action Item For County Council:Nader, Beyond Nuclear: no nukes for climate change

[John Thielking]

We should endorse this letter as an organization.

John Thielking


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December 13, 2013
Nader, Beyond Nuclear: no nukes for climate change
 In recent months, a small number of prominent climate activists have been urging the environmental movement to accept nuclear power to get us off fossil fuels. On Dec. 12, Ralph Nader, and Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps, spoke to the Climate Reality Check Coalition on why we must instead move toward a safe, sustainable, democratic, carbon-free and nuclear-free energy economy.
 
On Nov. 3, Dr. James Hansen, now at Columbia University, and three other climate scientists, wrote an open letter urging the environmental community to embrace nuclear energy as necessary to meet the challenges of climate change. In response, we join with NIRS and the Civil Society Institute in urging organizations (no individual signatures, please) to sign and circulate this letter, addressed to Dr. Hansen et al. To sign the letter, send your name, title (optional), organization name, city, and state to nirsnet at nirs.org by 5 PM Eastern on Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. This letter is based on a longer paper by NIRS and CSI. Beyond Nuclear is a proud supporter of Beyond Business As Usual and its American Clean Energy Agenda, an environmental coalition effort, initiated by CSI and Environmental Working Group (EWG), to phase out dirty fossil fuels, nuclear power, and destructive forms of biomass, and replace them with energy efficiency and renewable sources, such
 as wind and solar power. More
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NRC and industry downplay fire in Arkansas
On December 9, 2013, an electrical transformer exploded in the switchyard at the Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) Unit 2 nuclear power station. The explosion caused a fire that lasted more than an hour before it was contained and extinguished. This was the second significant accident this year at Entergy Corp’s two unit atomic power station located near Russellville, Arkansas. The earlier accident in 2013 killed a 24-year old worker, and injured 8 others.  More

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Senate waste bill delayed, but vigilance still needed!
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