http://www.nirs.org/alerts/index.htm Alerts from the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) 587 74 http://www.nirs.org http://www.nirs.org/images/printlogo.gif 06-30-2009/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/06-30-2009/1 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EDT Dear Friends, Now that the House has finished its version of the climate bill, it's time to turn our attention back to the Senate-and to the White House. President Obama issued a statement praising passage of the House bill that said, in pa... Michael Mariotte Nukes and Climate Change 05-21-2009/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/05-21-2009/1 Thu, 21 May 2009 01:00:00 EDT Dear Friends, Thank you to each of the thousands of you who have written and called your elected officials over the past couple of weeks. You are making a difference! Both the Senate Energy Committee, which is considering S. 949, the ... Michael Mariotte Nuclear Power Relapse 05-20-2009/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/05-20-2009/1 Wed, 20 May 2009 01:00:00 EDT Dear Friends, The Maryland Public Service Commission is considering whether it has jurisdiction over the proposed investment by Electricite de France (EdF) of $4.5 Billion to purchase just less than half of Constellation Energy's five existing... Michael Mariotte No New Nukes! 05-14-2009/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/05-14-2009/1 Thu, 14 May 2009 01:00:00 EDT <center> <b>THIS IS IT FOLKS! EITHER WE STOP THE Michael Mariotte Nuclear Economics 03-26-2009/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/03-26-2009/1 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:00:00 EDT Dear Friends:What does democracy look like? It looks like people everywhere taking action to protect themselves, their communities, their planet.And we all need to take action now.When Congress returns from its April recess, work will ... Michael Mariotte Nuclear Economics 02-18-2009/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/02-18-2009/1 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST Dear Friends, Beating back the $50 billion in nuclear/coal loan guarantees in the economic stimulus bill was just the first step-though it was a great one! But the nuclear/coal industries are coming back again and will be looking for more ta... Michael Mariotte Nuclear Economics 02-12-2009/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/02-12-2009/1 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST Dear Friends, Late last night, we got word that the $50 Billion in taxpayer loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors and "clean coal" plants has been stripped from the final economic stimulus bill! Your actions made a huge difference. T... Michael Mariotte Nuclear Economics 02-02-2009/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/02-02-2009/1 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST Dear Friend of NIRS,If you are like us at NIRS, the only thing you have confidence about radioactive waste is that we need to STOP MAKING IT! Then we need to do everything we can to prevent its release into the cycles of Earth's air, water an... Diane D'Arrigo Radioactive Waste Project 09-19-2008/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/09-19-2008/1 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 01:00:00 EDT THANK YOU! And some very good news below... A huge THANK YOU! to everyone—individuals and organizations--who participated in Wednesday’s National Call-In Day against unlimited taxpayer loan guarantees for new nuclear reactors! The ... Michael Mariotte Nuclear Economics 09-12-2008/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/09-12-2008/1 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:00:00 EDT This is it. In the mainstream media, the Gang of 10 (actually, now it's the Gang of 20) energy bill is all about offshore oil drilling. And, to be sure, there's lots of that in the bill, which is expected to come up in the Senate late next week. B... Michael Mariotte Nuclear Economics 08-14-2008/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/08-14-2008/1 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:00:00 EDT Out of Control - on Purpose Diane D'Arrigo Radioactive Waste Project 07-28-2008/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/07-28-2008/1 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EDT NIRS and the Chesapeake Safe Energy Coalition believe that every Marylander should have the opportunity to weigh in and get information on Constellation's plans to build a new nuclear reactor in our state. Unfortunately the PSC is only holding he... Michael Mariotte No New Nukes! 07-25-2008/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/07-25-2008/1 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EDT Tuesday, August 5 - Monday, August 11 - come for all or part! http://www.climateconvergence.org/southeast/index.php The program schedule will be posted on-line soon - the li... Mary Olson Nukes and Climate Change 06-24-2008/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/06-24-2008/1 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:00:00 EDT This summer, join people of all ages and backgrounds from throughout the Southeast and beyond for the second annual Southeast Convergence for Climate Action. After the resounding success of last year's convergence we are excited to continue the st... Mary Olson Nukes and Climate Change 06-03-2008/1 http://www.nirs.org/alerts/06-03-2008/1 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:00:00 EDT Debate on the Senate climate change bill (now numbered S. 3036) began on Monday and has continued through Tuesday. Voting on amendments—including amendments to give billions more taxpayer dollars to the nuclear power industry—will begin as early a... Michael Mariotte Nukes and Climate Change