“Radioactive waste is a problem that we will hand on to future generations. There is no good solution but we must do the best we can with what we have to work with. The best solution is to stop creating it.”
On September 17th, People Vs. Fossil Fuels, a broad coalition of over 1,200 climate and environmental justice groups, is planning a massive demonstration during the United Nations Climate Action Summit. NIRS called us together to form a Nuclear-Free/Carbon-Free contingent—let’s go!
“The United Nations is calling on world leaders to take real steps to lead us off fossil fuels to protect people and the planet. On September 20th in New York, the UN Climate Ambition Summit will gather world leaders to commit to phasing out fossil fuels.”
Thousands of us will take to the streets before the summit to demand President Biden take bold action to end fossil fuels. Other direct actions are being planned all week in the lead up to the march and across the country!
Are you planning on joining the march in New York on Sunday, Sept. 17th? Interested in joining the NuclearFree/CarbonFree hub? Fill in the form below so that we can connect you with the group!
Write to Stop Ohio H.B. 434
This is a bad bill that is under the radar, and we have just a few days to be heard.
Ohio House Bill 434 would create a secretive new Ohio Authority that would dip into the public treasury for unspecified amounts of money to support research and development of what is called an “advanced” nuclear reactor. However, the entities behind the bill want to build old and failed nuclear power technology. Only 7 people testified in favor of this bill in the House, 5 of whom would potentially be direct beneficiaries of the bill.
Ohio residents are asked to contact their legislators and write letters to the editor of their local paper. Other folks, read on:
The Ohio Nuclear Free Network has created a 4-page fact sheet with 28 concise points on why this bill is dangerous and precedent-setting: OHIO HOUSE BILL 434, Information for Legislators (Google document). Write a letter in your own words, copy and paste talking points from the flier, or send the entire flier.
Send your letter to the 13 members of the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee: Mccolley@ohiosenate.gov; Schuring@ohiosenate.gov; Martin@ohiosenate.gov; Brenner@ohiosenate.gov; Cirino@ohiosenate.gov; Craig@ohiosenate.gov; Dolan@ohiosenate.gov; Fedor@ohiosenate.gov; Hoagland@ohiosenate.gov; Peterson@ohiosenate.gov; Reineke@ohiosenate.gov; Romanchuk@ohiosenate.gov; Wilson@ohiosenate.gov.
It is best to send your letter as opposition testimony to HB 434. The timing for e-mailing your letter (in PDF form, if possible) will be on the weekend of Dec. 10-11 up until 10 am Mon., Dec. 12. Send your letter along with a witness slip.
No Bailouts for Palisades or Diablo Canyon!
Act Now! Tell DOE: No Bailouts for Diablo Canyon and Palisades
The suggestion to extend the operational life of Diablo Canyon and Palisades with a bailout program for which these reactors may not even qualify is an outrage and a betrayal to those of us seeking a clean and safe energy future.
The DOE must make sure the community and workers at Palisades and Diablo Canyon land on their feet, help save the climate, and transition these states to an affordable, sustainable future with good jobs in the new energy economy.
Tell the Secretary of Energy: NO to Nuclear Bailouts and YES to Just Transitions at California and Michigan Nuclear Reactors
“Angry Poodle” on Possible Diablo Canyon Resurrection
This article, “Zombie Power: Governor Newsom Brings Diablo Canyon Back from the Dead: Hedging Our Bets Between Climate Change and Nuclear Catastrophe”, discusses the dangers from climate change, the financial cost, and the lost opportunities for wind energy if the Diablo Canyon Power Plant is not closed as scheduled.
Gov. Newsom: Close Diablo Canyon As Planned!
NRWC member San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace has long been anticipating the closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant scheduled for 2024 and 2025. Now, a well-organized and well-funded campaign is trying to link nuclear energy to a climate solution. Governor Gavin Newsom has turned his back on the legally binding Joint Proposal to close the plant, which was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. Newsom is interested in keeping Diablo Canyon open for an undisclosed number of years beyond its safe operating lifetime. We are outraged! It is vital that we all speak up!
Sign the petition, call, and/or send a snail-mail letter or e-mail to Governor Newsom:
https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/
NRWC member San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace has long been anticipating the closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant scheduled for 2024 and 2025. Now, a well-organized and well-funded campaign is trying to link nuclear energy to a climate solution. Governor Gavin Newsom has turned his back on the legally binding Joint Proposal to close the plant, which was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. Newsom is interested in keeping Diablo Canyon open for an undisclosed number of years beyond its safe operating lifetime. We are outraged! It is vital that we all speak up!
Sign the petition, call, send a snail-mail letter, or e-mail to Governor Newsom:
https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/
Send letters to the editor:
- NewTimes: letters@newtimesslo.com
- Tribune: letters@thetribunenews.com
- Santa Barbara Independent: letters@independent.com
Help Us to Support New Mexico’s Governor in Acting to Stop WIPP Expansion!
STOP “FOREVER WIPP!”
The Department of Energy is seeking to modify the nuclear waste permit for southeastern New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Dragging out WIPP’s operations decades past the original 20-year agreement violates the social contract made with New Mexicans. WIPP is being equipped to take the waste that will be generated from production of plutonium pits for nuclear warheads, and it was never supposed to do that. An expansion of WIPP will impact the entire country, not just residents of southeastern New Mexico.
View the videos below for more information, and, if you live in an area that may be endangered by these nuclear waste transportation risks, please consider making your own “This is My Neighborhood” video!