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NIRS + 85 Organizations Call for Immediate Action on COVID-19 Nuclear Risks
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2020 CONTACTS: Tim Judson, NIRS 301-270-6477 timj@nirs.org Karen Orenstein, Friends of the Earth korenstein@foe.org Deb Katz, Citizens Awareness Network 413-339-4374 deb@nukebusters.org Cynthia Papermaster, CodePINK codepinkgg@gmail.com Priscilla Star, Coalition Against Nukes priscillaastar@hotmail.com Mike Carberry, Green State Solutions mike@greenstatesolutions.com Dave Kraft, Nuclear Energy Information Service neis@neis.org Sheila Parks, On Behalf of Planet…
The Movement for Black Lives’ Red, Black & Green New Deal offers Statement Calling for the Postponement of COP26
The Movement for Black Lives’ Red, Black & Green New Deal offers Statement Calling for the Postponement of COP26
Billions for Nuclear R&D Could Cost Us the Climate
The climate crisis is accelerating. We have no time to waste idling in the status quo of the carbon economy. We can invest in the carbon-free, renewable energy future we need – and we must. Wrangling greenhouse emissions and taking swift, effective action to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis is the most urgent…
Safe Energy Groups Call Out Lax Nuclear Oversight During Pandemic
For immediate release: Contacts: Tim Judson, NIRS, 301-270-6477 Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, 301-523-0201 David Kraft, NEIS, 773-342-7650 Nuclear power plants appear to be sites of COVID-19 super-spreader events, but government regulators are ignoring the problem. So says a coalition of safe-energy advocates who have been tracking the situation. The groups obtained copies of social media…
Time to get off the fence on nuclear
Last week, we published a blog about a new study by researchers at the University of Sussex that shows nuclear power is no solution to the climate crisis, and that it is actually keeping countries from making the steep reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions we need to keep the world livable. This study has…
Statement by NIRS on the Death of George Floyd
“Like most Americans, we at the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) were horrified at the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd while in police custody. The death of African Americans at the hands of police continues to be distressingly common in our country. We stand in solidarity with the rightful anger of people of…
Coronavirus and the Nuclear Industry
This page is an archive of news stories about the spread of coronavirus in nuclear facilities across the country. The table is sortable by title, date, state, and specific facility mentioned in the story (‘all’ means the story is national). Title Date State Facility Georgia nuclear project reports more than 800 COVID-19 cases to…
Nuclear workers are essential to nuclear safety. Tell our leaders to protect them.
When we think about frontline or essential workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, we often think of doctors, nurses, grocery clerks, bus drivers, and others who perform critical services and can’t work from home. But there are some frontline workers that haven’t been mentioned a lot in the news: nuclear workers. Nuclear workers already work under…
No way to (de)regulate nuclear during a pandemic
America is in the middle of a global pandemic. There are currently more than one million cases of Covid-19 in the U.S. and more than 67,000 people have died from it so far. Millions of Americans are sheltering in place, either voluntarily or because of state or local mandates. Roughly 30 million people have filed…