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Asia

March 27, 2008

200+ scientists and engineers call for closure of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear facility hit by August 2007 earthquake.

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Australia

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December 4, 2017

Signature/ratification status of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

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October 13, 2017

Nuclear Ban Group ICAN Wins Nobel Peace Prize as Trump Threatens to End Iran Deal & Nuke North Korea

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September 26, 2017

Reshaping History: The importance of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

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July 24, 2013

Very nice new piece from Counterbalance. Myths and Facts: EU Policy and Nuclear Energy (pdf)

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June 8, 2011

NIRS statement of solidarity with Italian anti-nuclear movement and support for June 12-13 referendum to prevent new nuclear reactor construction.

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May 1, 2011

Eight European Union countries (Austria, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta and Portugal) have created a new anti-nuclear bloc within the EU. Initial declaration here.

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Turkey

Bulgaria

March 8, 2005

Assurances sought after death threat against Bulgarian anti-nuclear activist, Goldman prize winner. Link in text to send your message to Bulgarian government.

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July 21, 2007

1 killed, several injured in attack on anti-nuclear camp in Russia,

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February 16, 2005

Ecodefence Demands to Cancel $600 Million Nuclear Waste Deal as Hungary’ Prime-Minister Visiting Russia. Ecodefence press-release. Moscow,

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February 11, 2005

State Environmental Impact Assessment Agency Became Pro-Nuclear. Ecodefense urge government to establish separate agency for environmental impact assessment that would not be dependent on any industry. Ecodefence press-release. Moscow,

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August 21, 2018
Jacksonville Electric Authority, a municipal utility company in Florida, is demanding that the Vogtle 3 and 4 reactors be canceled, after this month’s $2.3 billion cost increase, or it will sue to get out of the project, which now is over five years behind schedule and set to cost over $27 billion. According to JEA,…

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August 21, 2018
Across the country, nuclear plant owners are insisting states and the federal government approve billion-dollar subsidies to bail them out — even if they’re profitable. In a new op-ed in the Gotham Gazette, NIRS explains what’s at stake in our law suit overturn the first and largest bailout for dirty, old, dangerous reactors in New…

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August 09, 2018
NIRS is Hiring – Digital Campaigns Specialist

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June 29, 2018
Nuclear power’s demise can’t be stopped

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June 29, 2018
South Carolina lawmakers decline to remove limits on solar

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June 29, 2018
Dominion will give customers a refund this summer, then bills will go up

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