Sen. Pete Harckham Invites New Yorkers To Speak Up NYS Senator Pete Harckham wants all New Yorkers to take part in the Climate Action Council’s hearings and to keep involved in order to bring about needed actions to fight climate change. The Climate Action Council has staged public meetings throughout New York accepting comments from...

Vanessa Agudelo Invites YOU to the Climate Action Council Hearings Vanessa Agudelo, former Peekskill council member and presently a Democratic candidate for the congressional seat formerly held by retiring Sandy Galef (CD-95), is asking all of us to bring our ideas concerning Climate change and what we can do about it to these hearings, whether...

This 6 minute video by Marilyn Elie highlights how the fossil fuel industry and their allies are using the war in Ukraine to ramp up production and as an excuse to push to build more pipelines. The questions to ask when confronted with this faulty logic are: How does it help Ukraine for us to...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/NRNkGMqadB3Z7rDk8 Hi Howard, I thought you might enjoy this glimpse of the Solidarity Fair.  Feel free to share with other groups if you like. Marilyn Elie

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2022/05/11/nrc-faced-backlash-public-meeting-plymouth-proposed-changes/9598232002/ Read this important article because it will apply to Indian Point. The question is not what is allowable under NRC regulations but what happens when swimers, boaters, children playing on shore and also fish and wildlife ingest a radioactive isotope?  It remains in bone and tissue for the life disrupting cell function. Marilyn  Elie...

Windmills Not War Machines EARTHDAY 2022: 50 ASHEVILLE ACTIVISTS SHUT DOWN RAYTHEON: WORLD’S SECOND LARGEST WAR MACHINE CONTRACTOR On Earthday, 2022 50 young and elder activists from the Asheville area gathered in Bent Creek Park on the French Broad River under banners that read: “Windmills not War Machines” and “Declare a Climate Emergency”. Our goal...

By Marilyn Elie Nuclear reactors are decommissioned. The rest of the clean-up is a massive deconstruction job, a lot of which involves low level or non-radioactive material. Items like laundry and workers’ gear are considered low level. Some of the buildings on the property fall into the non-radioactive category.  Not that the site is benign. ...

Dear All – Here is a copy of a letter sent to Richard Webster in hopes of addressing the concerns outlined. Marie — Richard – I have amended the letter to include the point I mentioned at the meeting on Thursday Marie Dear Richard – I’m sure you are aware of the numerous concerns voiced...

This article is a comprehnsive look at the race for profits on the part of the fossil fuel industry. It puts a human face on the toll this expansion would take and what it would mean to the environment and decarbonization plans. Read and share this information.  None of this is for Ukraine. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/04/21/lng-texas-louisiana-ukraine/ “Europe...

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/biden-launches-6b-effort-distressed-nuclear-plants-rcna25186 All of the same old lies are firmly embedded in this story starting with nuclear is carbon free.  Even Amory Lovins has stated that there might be an uptick in fossil fuel use in the short term.  That is until renewables catch up.  Keeping the reactors running on life support keeps renewables from expanding into...

Federal Budget Funding for New Nuclear Reactors a ‘Climate Throwaway’ www.ccnr.org/media_11_April_2022.pdf       version en français: www.ccnr.org/communique_11_avril_2022.pdf Toronto (April 11 2022) – The 2022 federal budget’s investment in unproven nuclear reactor designs, dubbed Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), is being called a “climate throwaway” by civil society groups. Just days after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its...