Fate of Indian Point Wastewater Still Unclear
A month after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill preventing Holtec from discharging water from Indian Point’s spent fuel pools into the Hudson River, the company said it hasn’t yet decided what it will do with the waste. At the Sept. 21 meeting of the Indian Point Decommissioning Oversight Board, a representative for Holtec, which is decommissioning...
Update: Stop Holtec and more.
Victory Party! Celebrate our win in getting Governor Hochul to sign the bill prohibiting dumping. Tuesday, September 26, 6 to 7 PM Peekskill Brewery. Contact Santosh Nandabalan <snandabalan@fwwatch.org> so that he knows how many to expect. Stop Holtec Food an Water Watch organizer Santosh was just excellent in keeping the pressure on Hochul to sign the...
TUNE IN TODAY – We’re live from the UN Climate Ambition Summit!
Hi all – Today, march organizers and allies are inside the UN Climate Ambition Summit, where UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling on world leaders to commit to ending fossil fuel expansion and develop policies for phase-out. You can tune in for the summit here:10:00 a.m. EDT: Opening 1:15 p.m. EDT: Convening on Loss and...
(Audio) Activists Shut Down MOMA to Kick Off Fossil Fuel Baron from Board; Sept 17 rally and march at 1 PM. Plus local vigil. If you have friends who are not going into the City, please share these audio clips with them.
Local Vigil at Main and Mamaroneck, Renaissance Fountain. 3 PM to 4 PM. Thank you Vitalah for organizing this for those of us who can’t make it in to the City. From: ‘dunleamark@aol.com‘ via NYC Grassroots Alliance Momentum is building for Sunday’s September 17 End Fossil Fuel march and rally in NYC which starts at 1...
9 days til we March! Are you coming? SEPTEMBER 17
Hello Marchers! This is an historic event and requires all hands on deck! Organizers were talking about tens of thousands in NYC. Given the reports of buses coming in from all over the country, it now looks like it may be more than that. Here is some information about meet up places and a video...
Earth Matters: Industry pollutes the Hudson River—again
Excellent article on the history of pollution in the Hudson River. Exactly what we were working for when we all came together to stop the dumping of tritiated water. Please share with interested others. Marilyn The Hudson River has been used as an industrial sewer for centuries and thus has played a prominent role in...
CCoHOPE Indivisible: REPORT ON LAWLER TOWN HALL / CLIMATE ACTIONS / POSTCARDS / LTEs / MEET CD17 CANDIDATES and more!
This excellent newsletter speaks to many of the issues we have to prepare for such as the SEPTEMBER 17 NYC DEMONSTRATION. DETAILS BELOW. ARE YOU READY TO MARCH??? Talk to, not email, people about this crucial demonstration. You can read about Lawler’s town hall and his strategy of using a lottery to select question. A...
Opinion: Here’s how we ‘saved the Hudson’
The successful effort to ban nuclear waste discharges from Indian Point holds lessons – and warnings – for the entire state. On Aug. 18, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Assembly Bill 7208/Senate Bill 6893, colloquially known as the “Save the Hudson” bill, into law. The enactment of this legislation, which I sponsored in the Assembly, followed months...
State Asked to Study Wastewater Procedures at Indian Pt.
With Gov. Kathy Hochul signing into law a bill that prohibits the dumping of radioactive waste into the Hudson River, environmental groups and elected officials are turning their attention to the possible harmful effects of the toxic discharge that has occurred for the last 60 years. In an Aug. 23 letter to Hochul and various state agencies,...
