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SUN DAY Campaign: 1st Half 2021 – Renewables Are 92% of New U.S. Electrical Generating Capacity; Actual Electrical Generation by Solar Grows by 25% and Wind Is Up by 10%

SUN DAY CAMPAIGN 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite #340; Takoma Park, MD 20912 sun-day-campaign@hotmail.com  Twitter: Follow @SunDayCampaign Brief News Update & Analysis FOR FIRST HALF OF 2021, LATEST FERC & EIA DATA SHOW: RENEWABLES ARE 91.6% OF NEW U.S. GENERATING CAPACITY   DURING THE PAST YEAR,  SOLAR-GENERATED ELECTRICITY GREW BY 25%;  WIND IS UP BY 10%  OVER...

Monitoring Discussion attachments

Hello Marilyn: Attached are slides from my June 23, 2021, presentation to the Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board. They address the release pathways for radioactivity to reach the air and water.  In addition to radiation monitors on these release paths, there are two rings of radioactive monitoring stations around the site.  A problem is that...

Walk For Our Grandchildren, A Short Documentary

Grannies in rocking chairs marching and singing out for a future for their grandchildren and the planet.  This video is especially relevant given the UN Climate Report that was just released and the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed in the Senate (the Exon bill) that supports fossil fuel subsidies and kills renewables.  Pass it on to...

NRC Meeting Report Back and Do Over on August 18

Rick Pezzullo of the Examiner News wrote up the last meeting the NRC scheduled to hear community concerns over decommissioning and added a bit of context in regard to how we got to where we are.  The link is below. It was a different atmosphere from any other NRC meeting in the past. There was...

Written Comments to NRC

The NRC got an earful of knowledgable concerns and comments last Thursday. About 50 people attended and the tone was different from any meeting in the past, certainly more civil. It was calm without the presence of union members or the usual pro nuclear contingent. The meeting was transcribed and will be posted on line....

COMMENTS TO NRC PUBLIC HEARING, TARRYTOWN, NY JULY 29, 2021