MVP and the Dirty Side Deal
Melinda is a front line pipeline warrior. She will be at the Sept. 8 DC lobby day/ demo and speaks from experience. You can believe what she says. The Mansion side deal drives a truck through any reduction of green house gases. What can those of us far away from the action do? Contact your...
Questions about nuclear power? CHECK OUT THE NEW ONFN Nuclear/Climate Fact Sheet
Greetings to All Those With Questions About Nuclear Energy, Have you ever been in conversation about nuclear power and just did not quite know what to say? Look no further. This excellent, well done assortment of fact sheets on many aspects of nuclear power is incredibly handy for all occasions and easy to use! Thank...
Senator Schumer, Did Manchin Tell You Oil/Gas Was Drafting the Side Deal?
https://tedglick.com/2022/08/22/senator-schumer-did-manchin-tell-you-oil-gas-was-drafting-the-side-deal/ Future Hope column, August 22, 2022 Senator Schumer, Did Manchin Tell You Oil/Gas Was Drafting the Side Deal? By Ted Glick Did Joe Manchin tell Chuck Schumer that the American Petroleum Institute was going to draft “must-pass” legislation, a pro-fossil fuels side deal, to go along with the Inflation Reduction Act? On August 3,...
REALTORS(R) Use Advocacy Everywhere Program to Defend Against Dumping of Radioactive Wastewater in Cape Cod Bay
Article is being distributed nationally to all Realtors. On Massachusetts’ South Shore, REALTORS® Use Advocacy Everywhere Program to Defend Against Dumping of Radioactive Wastewater in Cape Cod Bay ABOUT US, SUCCESS STORIES, SUCCESS STORY August 2022 Not disposing of nuclear waste in any region’s precious waterways would seem be a matter of common sense, but apparently,...
Fuel pool water: second round
“Local leaders and environmental groups have urged Holtec to ship the water to a licensed disposal facility, but company President Kris Singh said in a letter to Sen. Markey in June that the option to ship had been discarded because it “runs counter to our basic tenets of environmental justice.” Holtec’s decision may also have...
How Safe Are Nuclear Power Plants?
A new history reveals that federal regulators consistently assured Americans that the risks of a massive accident were “vanishingly small”—even when they knew they had insufficient evidence to prove it. By Daniel FordAugust 13, 2022 Reactor operators in the control room of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, in 2018.Photograph by Michelle Gustafson/ Bloomberg /...
Environmental Forum. District 17. Excellent questions for any candidate. Link below.
Courtney Williams has hosted another outstanding environmental. Special thanks to Tina Bongar and Marie Inserra who also worked on this project. The list of environmental questions apply to any candidate and it is well worth watching and taking notes for your own candidate if you are not in District 17. Biaggi’s answers were impressive and...
Letter to the Editor Re: Sean Patrick Malony Endorsement
August 14, 2022 Dear Sir: In the past I have looked to the NYT endorsement of candidates as a guide to selecting the brightest, most ethical and best prepared person for a public office. That is clearly no longer the case. Sean Patrick Maloney’s use of his power as head of the Democratic National Campaign...
The IRA doesn’t add up
Will The Manchin Climate Bill Reduce Climate Pollution? The media coverage on the Inflation Reduction Act touts its 42% emissions reductions, but we dove into the math and it just doesn’t add up. By Jim Walsh and Peter Hart The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) takes aim at a lot of things over the next decade...
Manchin’s Side Deal for Fossil Fuels – Behind the Scenes…
Joe Manchin made a side deal with Schumer that there would be a separate bill for what he required for the fossil fuel industry and his pet project, the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Schumer agreed to bring the bill to the floor but not that it would pass. It will need 60 votes to pass and so...