No New Nukes at North Anna
Nuclear Power and the Bottomless Bank
Envisioning a Nuclear Future—Funded by Taxpayer Dollars
By Roger Witherspoon
Congress and the Obama administration are on a course to provide the nation’s nuclear industry an unprecedented financial package—one that could dwarf the combined expenditures of last year’s bailout programs. And the legislative package comes with restrictions that would block the Nuclear [...]
By Cathy Garger
Unless you’ve been hidin’ out in a 1961 nuclear fallout shelter,
you’ve no doubt seen a hefty push to create what
is gleefully being called a –Nuclear Renaissance.|| With memories of
Chernobyl and Three Mile Island –so, like,
“A New Energy Future: Conservation, Efficiency,and Renewables”
Physics Building at the University of Virginia
Saturday, Oct. 17 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Keynote Address and workshops on energy efficiency, wind energy,
biomass. sustainable food production, alternatives to coal and nuclear
energy production and more.
$10(includes lunch).
Preregistration is encouraged.
“REAL DISCUSSION, REAL CHOICES, REAL ANSWERS”
Sponsored by:
Sierra Club-Piedmont Group
People’s Alliance for Clean Energy
Charlottesville [...]
Wall Street Journal
MARCH 26, 2009
Water Worries Shape Local Energy Decisions
Scarcity Forces Electricity Companies to Rethink Power-Plant Plans,
Providing an Opening for Renewable Sources
By REBECCA SMITH
Last month, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, a
utility that provides power to mostly rural areas, agreed to conduct a
major study to see if it might meet growing energy needs through
energy efficiency and [...]
Columns
Harvey Wasserman
Obama’s stimulus money must NOT be wasted on nuke reactors
January 8, 2009
A nuke power bailout must NOT be part of the hundreds of billions of
federal dollars about to pour out of Washington to revive our
Bush-whacked economy.
If the huge Obama stimulus package we all know is coming includes
money to build new reactors, the whole venture [...]
I am pleased to give you all an update on our appeal of the state
water pollution permit for Dominion’s North Anna Units 1 and 2. You
all have done a good job with fundraising and I want to recognize the
special efforts made by Vanthi Nguyen, John Cruickshank, Rebecca Faris
and Jerry Rosenthal. A financial report follows the [...]
Title: Put Dominion on Trial
Location: Louisa County Courthouse
Description: Three local activists stand trial for a teach-in and sit-in at the North
Anna Nuclear Power Plant Information Center. The prosecutor is asking for
jail time and outrageous fines of $1000 per person. Meanwhile,
Dominion Power continues to
push ahead with plans for new nuclear reactors in VA despite opposition
by local [...]
The ongoing campaign to stop Climate Crimes — and the first
non-violent direct action at a nuke in “Relapse” need your support –
significant fines and fees have already been
awarded to the first to go before a judge — please contribute what
you are able — we are appealing these unconstitutionally harsh
sentences — so need money for legal [...]
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