AWESOME, WASN’T IT??!!! THANK YOU to the 400,000 who marched in New York City on Sunday and especially to the many thousands who joined and marched with the Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent! And THANK YOU to the 60+ grassroots activists from New York to California who joined in Saturday’s strategy session. We got a lot done…
NIRS–and some 800 other organizations–are going all out this weekend to build support for the September 21, 2014 People’s Climate March in New York City. It’s a coordinated effort, so don’t be surprised if you see multiple March appeals in your inbox, on your Facebook page, in your Twitter feed, and maybe even flyers at…
It’s not like this will come as startling news to most readers–most of us already have a strong sense that renewables are far better than either nuclear power or carbon capture/storage (CCS) at addressing our climate crisis. After all, that’s the main message the Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent is taking to the People’s Climate March in…
In any battle, it’s important to know, understand, and keep current on what the other side wants–what its objectives are, how it intends to get there. For clean energy advocates, that means keeping up with the nuclear industry’s strategies and tactics, and we try to keep you informed and updated on those. This week brought…
Recording of last night’s NIRS national telebriefing on nuclear power and climate, featuring Michael Mariotte, Hunter Lovins and Tim Judson. mp3 format.
Conversation between Professor Benjamin Sovacool and NIRS’ Executive Director Tim Judson on nuclear power and climate. Prepared for June 18, 2014 national teleconference on nukes and climate. mp3 file.
We’re conducting a poll on your interest in participation in an anti-nuclear contingent at the September 20 climate march and rally in New York City. Please let us know if you are interested in coming, and/or interested in helping organize the largest and most visible possible anti-nuclear presence at this event (and if the latter,…
Doh! We goofed! More specifically, I goofed. In an Alert NIRS sent out yesterday on EPA’s new carbon rules and other nukes/climate issues, I wrote: “As worded, it seems that EPA would encourage ratepayer (that’s you and I!) subsidies of 6 cents per kilowatt/hour of generation to support six percent of a state’s existing nuclear…
Nuclear Power and Climate: Why Nukes Can’t Save the Planet. NIRS factsheet.
What the nuclear and fossil fuel industries have most in common is that they are “extractive” industries–their basic business is extracting energy sources from our earth (coal, uranium, oil, gas) and using that fuel to provide electricity and transportation–causing enormous radioactive, carbon, and other pollution. What the clean energy industries have in common is that…