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

[Drew]

Agreed

John Thielking <pagesincolor at yahoo.com> wrote:
>We should endorse this letter as an organization.
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>John Thielking
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>From: Cindy Folkers <cindy at beyondnuclear.org>
>To: pagesincolor at yahoo.com 
>Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 11:50 AM
>Subject: Nader, Beyond Nuclear: no nukes for climate change
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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.
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>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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>Nuke waste CON GAME: final written comments due 12/20!
>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
>comments can be submitted at any time until Fri., 12/20. Beyond
>Nuclear, NIRS, NEIS, and many others now have provided sample comments
>you can use to help prepare your own. More
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>Senate waste bill delayed, but vigilance still needed!
>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. More
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