[GPCA Updates] GPCA PRESS RELEASE: Green Party sympathizes with Japanese people

[Green Party of California Updates]

Green Party of California sympathizes with Japanese people, expresses concern
for safety of California, supports dismantling all nuclear power plants and
shift to 'greener, safer power sources'

GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS RELEASE

SACRAMENTO (Mar 14, 2011) - The Green Party of California Monday expressed its
"deepest sympathies" with the people of Japan after last week's earthquake and
tsunami disaster, and the possible nuclear catastrophe that may engulf Japan
and parts of the rest of the world - including California, which may be one of
the first mainland states to be effected by radiation from a Japanese meltdown.

"We express our deepest sympathies for the people of Japan. The Japanese
became the only people to suffer from an attack on cities using atomic bombs.
It is indeed horrifying that this island nation again be the victim of
humankind's shortsightedness," said Laura Wells, the 2010 Green Party
candidate for governor in California.

"The idea that nuclear fission reactions could be used to produce power for
peaceful purposes has been shown to be wishful thinking, because there is
nothing peaceful about a power source that is unsafe for people and the
environment," added Wells, who said the Green Party's platform calls for all
nuclear plants around the globe to be dismantled.

"This is a wake-up call. We need to transition to renewable, non-toxic,
non-radioactive sources like solar, wind, wave, biomass-waste, industrial hemp
and geothermal. Every single region in every single country has access to at
least one of these - we need green economies now. No one should have to face
the horror of nuclear meltdown in the throes of a natural disaster - its
incomprehensible," said Kendra Gonzales, GPCA Campaigns and Campaigns Working
Group co-chair.

"This is a warning not to locate nuclear reactors in earthquake zones like
California, which derives 20 percent of its energy from nuclear reactors. We
must use alternative sources of energy like solar, wind, tidal, geothermal
power, and hydro power," added Shane Que Hee, GPCA Platform co-chair.

"The Green Party of California believes grassroots democracy and conservation
to be two of the most underutilized energy sources available to humankind,
everywhere. We share one planet, we share one global future," added Wells.



The Green Party of California
PO Box 2828
Sacramento, CA 95812
Phone: (916) 448-3437
Web: http://www.cagreens.org
EMail: gpca at greens.org