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Monthly archive April, 2010

“Indian Pointless” by Marilyn Elie

“The column, “Indian Points to Ponder,” which ran in your paper on April 21 is full of errors.  While everyone is entitled to their opinion, facts are not subject to whim.  I would like to correct the most egregious polemics and, unlike your columnist, cite sources so that readers can check out the following information...

NRC Admits it Can’t Prevent Leaks at Indian Point

“On Earth Day, April 22, I attended the NRC’s Annual Assessment of the Indian Point Nuclear Plant.  The NRC spoke about their on-going observations of Indian Point.  They are always pretty much the same and they generally sound like this – “We found a few issues that you guys should focus on, but we find...

DEC Denies Water Quality Certificate for Indian Point

Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition For Immediate Release DEC Denies Water Quality Certificate for Indian Point The Department of Environmental Conservation has taken a major and historic step toward ending the rape of the Hudson River by Indian Point. For the last 30 years Units 2 and 3 have decimated the ecosystem as they used...

“State Says Indian Point Plant Violates the Clean Water Act” by David M. Halbfinger

“CORRECTION APPENDED In a major victory for environmental advocates, New York State has ruled that outmoded cooling technology at the Indian Point nuclear power plant kills so many Hudson River fish, and consumes and contaminates so much water, that it violates the federal Clean Water Act. The decision is a blow to the plant’s owner,...

“New York State DEC Denies Indian Point water use permit 4 Fires rage in Nuclear Plants across the Nation”

“The DEC denied Indian Points water use permits because they do not and will not comply with existing new York water quality standards. The legal team of Assemblyman Richard Brodsky and Rockland County Attorney Susan Shapiro first started litigation this issue in 2002. Currently this team is litigating the failure of the NRC to enforce...