Analysis of Replacement Electricity for Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
NYC and Westchester form one service area, and uses a peak max of approximately 13,000 MW of electricity daily, depending on the time of year. Before deregulation, Con Ed owned IP#2 and NYPA (New York Power Authority) owned IP3. Following deregulation, both units were sold to Entergy during 2000-2001. Con Ed no longer produces electricity,...
Nuclear Power – Well Past Its Prime
Recently Julie Sherwood wrote an article for the Daily Messenger, a Rochester paper, about Ginna, a reactor located near Lake Ontario. In many ways her story echos the Indian Point story. (http://tinyurl.com/juliesherwood)The lead paragraph concludes, “but if the nuclear plant were to close, Rochester Gas and Electric’s more than 300,000 electricity customers wouldn’t notice.” Sound...
Why we say ‘no’ to new fossil fuel projects like the CPV power plant and Valley Lateral Pipeline
Riverkeeper fights every day for a clean, safe and secure energy future, without which our precious drinking water supplies and the iconic Hudson River will never truly be protected. This means opposing all new fossil fuel infrastructure projects, which are unnecessary and threaten both the climate and the Hudson; promoting the enormous opportunities associated with...
US Sailors Face Grim Diagnoses After Fukushima Mission
U.S. Navy officer Angel Torres. (Photo courtesy Angel Torres) (CN) – To serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, you must meet certain health and fitness requirements: you must be fit to serve. But a healthy group of young service men and women – many in their 20s – have come down with serious health problems...
Happy new year from the anti-Indian Point and pipeline crowd
SO YOU CAN ANSWER THE SKEPTICS WHO THINK THE RATES WILL RISE, THERE WILL BE BLACKOUTS, ETC. ETC. OF COURSE THIS STILL DOESN’T SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF A 42″ FRACKED GAS PIPELINE HAVING BEEN INSTALLED RIGHT NEXT TO INDIAN POINT WHICH WILL RENDER IT DANGEROUS UNTIL IT (THE PIPELINE) IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION. A...
#WalkTheTalk Yorktown Vigil
IPSEC organizer Marilyn Elie recently (Saturday, November 18th) attended a Yorktown vigil protesting fracked gas, at which Willow Park residents asked Gov. Cuomo to stand behind his words and #WalkTheTalk: to follow up on his campaign antifracking rhetoric. Here is her report: “Betty Jasper, Dominican Sister, led the group in a prayerful vigil filled with...
April 29: Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent at the People’s Climate March
We are marching for a 100% renewable, nuclear-free, carbon-free world. The climate crisis is the defining issue of our time. It poses an existential threat to life on Earth in a manner civilization never before has faced. Immediate action is necessary to slash climate-changing emissions in all sectors of society. On April 29, the Nuclear-Free,...
“IMMEDATE ACTION NEEDED: Stop The Cuomo Tax Campaign Legislative Action”
In less than four weeks, Gov. Cuomo aims to pull off a deal to bail out dangerous, outdated, inefficient nuclear power plants with $7.6 billion of our money. Despite the renewable-energy alternatives that would cost less, cut more CO2 and create more good-paying jobs, Gov. Cuomo insists on sending billions to America’s largest nuclear producer, Exelon. The...
“There’s Still Time To Tell The NRC No To Deadly Nulear Waste Transports Across The USA”
http://www.nirs.org http://www.nrc.gov Please pass this around to interested individuals, lists and via social networks. Dear Friend, There’s still time to submit your comments to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to tell them not to license an unnecessary nuclear waste dump in West Texas that will cause thousands of shipments of deadly, cancer-causing, high-level radioactive waste...
INDIAN POINT IS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE AND FUKUSHIMA IS STILL A CATASTROPHE
Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition INDIAN POINT IS SCHEDULED TO CLOSE AND FUKUSHIMA IS STILL A CATASTROPHE Stopping the reactors is just the first step. How do you safely store 2,000 tons of radioactive material that is lethal for 240,000 years? Can a radioactive site be decontaminated so it can be used for commerce and...
March 11: Fukushima Remembered in Peekskill
Fukushima Is Forever – Radioactive Waste at Indian Point March 11, 2017, 1:30 PM Peekskill Presbyterian Church, 705 South St. 10:00 Peace Walkers Assemble at Cortlandt Train Station and begin their walk. 12:43 NYC friends leave Grand Central for Peekskill. 1:30 Start time for Fukushima Remembrance. People will arrive to quiet music. Marcia Slatkin, poet,...
March 11: Peace Walk at Indian Point
Peace Walkers will gather for the last leg of their walk on March 11 at the Cortlandt Metro North Station at 10:00 AM with Jun-san Yasuda from the Grafton Peace Pagoda. People from NYC who want to walk with Jun-san are most welcome. They need to arrive at the Cortlandt Metro North station prior to...
