Dreadful NYT Opinion Piece – Hilly
The NYT prints so few letters to the editor. Letters to local papers are probably more effective. Here is a template that everyone is invited to use. It uses the NYT opinion piece as a hook so it needs to go out right away. People are welcome to use it as is, change it into...
Holtec inks agreement for up to 20 SMRs in Ukraine
Kris Singh (front left), Holtec International president and chief executive officer, signs the cooperation agreement between Holtec and Ukraine’s Energoatom, alongside other Holtec officials. (Photo: Holtec) Small modular reactor developer Holtec International and Energoatom, Ukraine’s nuclear plant operator, signed a cooperation agreement last Friday that envisions the construction of up to 20 of the American...
Radioactive Waste in Germany
https://www.dw.com/en/what-now-for-germanys-remaining-nuclear-waste/a-65420338?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf “The interim storage facilities are designed to last for quite some time,” Wolfram König, president of the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal (BASE), told DW. “They are supposed to bridge the time until a final repository is available. … What we are looking for is geological depth, a suitable layer...
April 27 Rally. 4:30 PM. Cortlandt Town Hall. We Need Boots on the Ground!
We need YOU! Community Rally April 27th @ 4:30 pm in front of Cortlandt Town Hall, One Heady Street, Cortlandt Manor. We need boots on the ground!!! In response to widespread vocal opposition, Holtec’s plan to dump radioactive isotopes into the River has been postponed but not stopped. They still maintain their legal right to do so and are...
The end of nuclear power in Germany
By midnight on Saturday in Germany, the last three still active nuclear reactors in the country will be closed, after a long and controversial campaign to decommission nuclear energy, which lasted more than twenty years. The closure of the last three reactors marks the end of the use of nuclear energy in Germany, comes in...
URGENT! Take Action to Stop the Dumping! Thu. April 14, 7 PM
NY: URGENT: How to Stop Radioactive Waste from Being Dumped in Our Water. Zoom tonight: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PMThu, Apr 13, 2023 Link to join: Click Here Should radioactive waste be dumped into the Hudson River, which supports drinking water for local communities and recovering marine ecosystems full of fish and wildlife? If, like us,...
Hochul officials drop proposal to weaken climate law amid criticism
Hochul officials drop proposal to weaken climate law amid criticism The major change is no longer a priority in budget negotiations. Basil Seggos said the state will not push for an immediate change in its nation-leading climate law that had fueled outrage from lawmakers and environmentalists.Mike Groll/AP Photo ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s top...
May 6th at 2pm: HELP FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR BEAUTIFUL HUDSON RIVER: RALLY TO SAVE THE RIVER at Cortlandt Waterfront Park in Verplanck
SAVE THE DATE – May 6th at 2pm:HELP FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR BEAUTIFUL HUDSON RIVER: RALLY TO SAVE THE RIVERat Cortlandt Waterfront Park in Verplanck From Cortlandt Town Supervisor Dr. Richard Becker:“As you might be aware, Holtec International is planning to discharge a million gallons of radioactive spent nuclear rod pool water into the Hudson River....
Why were studies canceled?
https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2023/03/12/why-were-studies-canceled/ “The NAS was considering using new ways of examining the health impacts of radioactivity from NRC licensed sites by implementing a more detailed, more thorough, publicly shared research protocol. Such a protocol could have opened up the NRC’s regulatory regime to exhaustive scrutiny, revealing just how inadequate it is for examining health impacts.” Federal agencies...
Call POTUS now! Stop Willow.
We’re sharing this call to action in solidarity with our friends at Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic and the People vs Fossil Fuels Coalition: President Biden just approved ConocoPhillips’ Willow project, the massive oil drilling project in the Alaskan Arctic. By greenlighting this major fossil fuel expansion, President Biden is betraying his promises...
Willow Project
This is so serious. I think that Biden just lost the 2024 election for himself and other Democrats by approving this project. I certainly will not vote for a liar and a hypocrite when it comes to climate change. The scope of this project is emense and reverses most of the climate actions taken so far. ...
2023 Peace Crane Ceremony at Indian Point, plus Tritium
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Xp76Mp9wZm9vn69YA Today a group of Peace Walkers led by Jun san Yasuda traveled from the Peekskill Train Station to the old gates of Indian Point. They performed a water ceremony for the Hudson while at Riverfront Green. They gathered for the 12th annual Commemoration of the Great Eastern Earthquake and the melt down of the...
