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

Fri Dec 13 21:03:42 PST 2013

I concur. Let's endorse the letter.
Jim Doyle

Spencer Graves wrote:

> Hi, John:
>
>
> Thanks for raising this issue. Will you be able to take the 
> appropriate action when either Drew or Jim replies in the affirmative? 
> (I discussed this with Betsy. She and I concur. A positive response 
> from either Drew or Jim will give us the required 80%.
>
>
> Spencer
>
>
> On 12/13/2013 12:02 PM, John Thielking wrote:
>
>> We should endorse this letter as an organization.
>>
>> John Thielking
>>
>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>> *From:* Cindy Folkers <cindy at beyondnuclear.org>
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>> *Sent:* Friday, December 13, 2013 11:50 AM
>> *Subject:* Nader, Beyond Nuclear: no nukes for climate change
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>> Beyond Nuclear
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>> December 13, 2013
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>>     Nader, Beyond Nuclear: no nukes for climate change
>>
>> earth 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 
>> <http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WodGH43rExxzAK%2FqTCEpw3xtQtvgWDAH> 
>> 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 
>> <http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=a5pcZvAwC8UsNz9nyJXAWnxtQtvgWDAH>, 
>> 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 
>> <http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fMmDCw7m%2BRSi9Cox2sidBHxtQtvgWDAH> 
>> 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
>>
>> Fire at Arkansas nukeOn 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. 
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>>         *Nuke waste CON GAME: final written comments due 12/20!*
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>> NRC's Nuclear Waste Confidence draft Generic EIS public comment 
>> opportunity is coming to an end in a week. Thanks to all who took 
>> part in the call-in, submitting oral comments to NRC on 12/9! Written 
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>>         *Senate waste bill delayed, but vigilance still needed!*
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>> Thanks for those who've contacted their U.S. Senators to urge them to 
>> stop S. 1240, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013, dead in 
>> its tracks. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee mark up 
>> vote, scheduled for 12/19, has been postponed. Please continue to 
>> urge your Senators to block this dangerous proposal, and instead 
>> support an end to high-level radioactive waste (HLRW) generation, and 
>> to require Hardened On-Site Storage for HLRW that already exists. 
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