[GPCA Updates] GPCA RELEASE: Green Party urging immediate closure of nuclear power plants

[Green Party of California Updates]

Green Party of California makes major announcement Tuesday urging immediate
closure of nuclear power plants at Diablo Canyon, San Onofre to 'promote
safety' for humans, state

GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS RELEASE

SAN FRANCISCO (May 2, 2011) - The Green Party of California - the state's only
ballot-qualified environmental political party - said it will make a major
announcement Tuesday regarding closing the state's power plants at Diablo
Canyon and San Onofre.

A news conference will be held Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. at PG&E, 1 Market Plaza in
San Francisco.

The Greens, meeting at their statewide convention this past weekend, approved
a resolution calling for the "immediate closure and decommissioning of the
state's nuclear power plants at Diablo Canyon and San Onofre... to promote the
safety of all Californians and our fellow living beings, and to protect our
natural environment."

The Green Party noted the "Fukushima nuclear power plant catastrophe in Japan
is a wakeup call for all Californians that this energy source is neither safe
nor sustainable...The entire nuclear power life cycle is already fraught with
inherent risk and is multiplied by the possibility of human error."

In a recent letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Senators Barbara
Boxer and Dianne Feinstein noted that "roughly 424,000 live within 50 miles of
the Diablo Canyon and 7.4 million live within 50 miles of the San Onofre
Nuclear Generating Station."

Full details of the Green Party's resolution, and a background report will be
released at the news briefing.

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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