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Addressing the impact of Indian Point’s closure

Indian Point Energy Center is scheduled to cease operation in 2021. When the plant closes, the Village of Buchanan and the Town of Cortlandt will be left with a large amount of stranded nuclear waste onsite. This week I offered an amendment with Congressman Brad Schneider (IL) that would help communities like Buchanan and the...
"Nuclear Ticking Time Bomb 28 Miles From NYC – America’s Lawyer"

“Nuclear Ticking Time Bomb 28 Miles From NYC – America’s Lawyer”

“Via America’s Lawyer: Mike Papantonio speaks to senior attorney and president for the Waterkeeper Alliance, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., about the decision to shut down the troubled Indian Point nuclear power plant by 2021. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uptcOOfPTBY] Transcript of the above video: Mike Papantonio: For years, environmentalists have been fighting to shut down the Indian Point...

“CBS2 Exclusive: When Indian Point Closes, What Happens To Its Nuclear Waste?”

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T23awOATlo] “BUCHANAN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — The Indian Point nuclear power plant will be shut down four years from now, but what will come of all the radioactive waste that’s stored there? CBS2’s Brian Conybeare took an exclusive look at the 40-foot deep spent fuel pool inside the Westchester County facility. “You’re looking at about 30 years of...
Joint Legislative Public Hearing: Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown

Joint Legislative Public Hearing: Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown

Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown 28 Feb 2017 Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications Chair: Senator Joseph A. Griffo Public Hearing: Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown Place: Roosevelt Hearing Room C, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, New York Time: 10:00 A.M. Contact: Emma Maceko (518) 455-2908 (Senate); Media Contact: Rocco LaDuca...

Stop the Cuomo Tax

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsH4duiOo5c] Governor Cuomo is pushing a scheme that would force New Yorkers to pay $7.6 billion to keep two aging nuclear plants open. We are working with groups across the state to stop this rip-off. Video courtesy of Food & Water Watch.
Gordon Edwards on the Problem of Radioactive Nuclear Waste

Gordon Edwards on the Problem of Radioactive Nuclear Waste

Gordon Edwards, scientist and founder of the Institute for Resource and Security Studies, discusses the problem of radioactive nuclear waste. Edwards argues that there is no solution to the storage of nuclear waste. The earth is a collection of moving dynamic systems, not a lock box where we can deposit plutonium and expect it to...

Eyewitness Fukushima Emergency Responders Conference

In memorial to the March 2011 nuclear disaster at Fukushima-Daiichi, four eyewitnesses from Japan met with First Responders from the region surrounding Indian Point nuclear power plant at Manhattanville College on March 5, 2012. They were joined by a panel of US experts on Emergency Preparedness and Response and a seismologist from Lamont-Doherty Earth Institute....
Indian Point: Nowhere To Run

Indian Point: Nowhere To Run

A provocative program outlining the compelling reasons to shut down and decommision the Indian Point Nuclear power plants which operate within 35 miles of New York City. Silver Medal Winner – 2003 Houston International Film Festival To view more about this documentary, click the link below: http://www.documentaryworld.com/IndianPoint.html To view the documentary, watch the video below,...