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EU Parliament “greenwashing” nukes and gas
Sound science and sustainable economics could globally accelerate renewable energy policy to abate the climate crisis. Instead, on July 6, 2022, members of the European Union (EU) Parliament decided to let politics trump science and voted 328 to 278 to reject a resolution that would have blocked nuclear power and natural gas from being included…
Read MoreEnergy Department Pressed on Nuclear Fuel, Waste in Budget Bill
As reported by Bloomberg Law, re: consolidated interim storage facility and high-assay low enriched uranium funding levels at the U.S. Department of Energy, as decided and provided each year by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, using federal taxpayer funds.
Read MoreCommemorating the Trinity Test on July 16
July 5, 2022 email from Sofia Rose Wolman: Greetings, We’re writing to encourage your ongoing action, through marking Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Trinity Day this summer. This particular email is about July 16: the date of the Trinity Test in 1945, when the first nuclear weapon was exploded in the USA state of New Mexico. Wherever…
Read MoreJuly 16 – 43rd Uranium Tailings Spill Legacy Commemoration, Churchrock, New Mexico
Speak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever
Action Alert: Speak Up July 7 Concerning Plans for WIPP To Remain Open Essentially Forever Thursday, July 7th, at 5:30 pm [Mountain Time, which is 7:30 pm Eastern/6:30 pm Central/4:30 pm Pacific], DOE will host a virtual and in-person WIPP Community Forum and Open House in Santa Fe. It will take place at the Santa Fe…
Read MoreProhibition of federal funds for private interim storage of spent nuclear fuel
U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (Democrat-Texas) introduced an amendment at the House Appropriations Committee markup hearing and vote on Fiscal Year 2023 Energy & Water Development funding that would have prohibited any federal spending on privately-owned consolidated interim storage facilities for highly radioactive waste. See the Cuellar amendment here: Rep. Cuellar did offer his amendment, but…
Read MorePublic Stonewalled in Holtec Takeover of Palisades and Big Rock Point Atomic Reactor Sites: Entergy Confirms License Transfer; No NRC Public Hearings Held
NEWS FROM BEYOND NUCLEAR For immediate release Contact: Terry Lodge, legal counsel, Toledo, OH, (419) 205-7084, [email protected] Michael Keegan, Co-Chair, Don’t Waste Michigan, Monroe, MI, (734) 770-1441, [email protected] Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, Takoma Park, MD, (240) 462-3216, [email protected] Bette Pierman, President, Michigan Safe Energy Future, Benton Harbor, MI, (269) 369-3993, [email protected] Iris…
Read MoreBRIEF FOR AMICUS CURIAE NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INC. IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS AND AFFIRMANCE
On June 13, 2022, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) — the nuclear power industry’s lobbying and public relations HQ in Washington, D.C. — filed a Friend of the Court Brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the Don’t Waste Michigan v. NRC case: NEI’s Friend of the Court…
Read MoreVienna final declaration on TPNW
From Joseph Gerson, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security: The First Meeting of States Parties of the TPNW (Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) concluded in Vienna this week. Please find here a summary of the final communique of the 65 TPNW nations. Its essential elements include Condemnation of Russia’s invasion of nuclear weapons,…
Read MoreINITIAL BRIEF OF INTERVENOR INTERIM STORAGE PARTNERS, LLC
Interim Storage Partners, LLC filed its Initial Brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on June 21, 2022. See ISP’s Initial Brief here: Petitioners (parties opposed to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s approval of ISP’s construction and operating license on September 13, 2021) include Beyond Nuclear, Don’t Waste Michigan…
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