Problems with Dry Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: Letter from the Sierra Club to the US NRC and Some Additional Info
Holtec casks with arrows pointing to small cooling vents, Diablo Canyon, NPS, NRC gov If you think that transferring the …
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The Ongoing Saga 84: News, Updates, & More
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Last update was Sept. 4, 2017. Most recent updates are on top, after image-intro commentary, so…
DAPL Owner Energy Transfer Partners Uses Trump Go-To Lawyers at Kasowitz Law Firm To File Another SLAPP Lawsuit Against Greenpeace; Earth First; BankTrack and 20 Unnamed Parties
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chairman Archambault Addresses UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, 20 Sept 2016: 2 min video of …
Nebraskans Are Building Solar Panels to Block the Keystone XL Pipeline
From Greenpeace.org: “Nebraskans Are Building Solar Panels to Block the Keystone XL Pipeline by Mike Hudema, August 15, 2017 “They’ll …
The Ongoing Saga 84: News, Updates, & More
This post ran from August 22 to Sept. 4, 2017. Most recent updates are on top, after image-intro commentary. It …
US Court Upheld NY State Right To Protect Water From Constitution Pipeline; Now Will The State Stop The Spectra-AIM Pipeline From Operating Near Indian Point Nuclear Site?
“A.G. Schneiderman Statement On Second Circuit Decision Regarding Constitution Pipeline Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit …
My Heart Faileth When I Behold Radioactive Rainbows In The Sky
A UK so-called planning firm “One Creative Environments” has proposed the most bizarrely stupid idea for “beautifying” the proposed Westinghouse-Toshiba …
Mitsubishi Military Industrial Complex Nuked in Nagasaki: Mitsubishi Still Lives While Victims Still Die
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
http://youtu.be/gR6xDij75-4 Mitsubishi Urakami Ordance Plant. Atomic Bomb Area Nagasaki. Movie by US National Archives and Records…
Trump Admin Touts Benefits of Environmental Funds It Wants to Cut
“It is pretty galling for the Trump Administration to tout money for state partnership grants even as it seeks to …
5.8 M Quake Near Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Site; Torrential Rains; Threats Of Increased Dumping of Radioactive Water to the Pacific
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20009yb7 “Magnitude 5.8 quake hits on Japan’s Honshu: PTWC Posted:Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:27:07 -0400 SYDNEY (Reuters) – An earthquake with …
Clearance to Build New Russian Nuclear Reactors in India is Illegal (Koodankulam 3 & 4)
Koodankulam Nuclear Power Protest – PMANE, – Dianuke.org “…the first two units of the Koodankulam nuclear power project are sub-standard, …
Former US Senator John Edwards Representing Thousands of U.S. Veterans Injured in Nuclear Disaster
Originally posted on nuclear-news:
RALEIGH, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the…
Trump Donor-Fundraiser Loses Antitrust Case: U.S. District Court Blocks EnergySolutions’ Acquisition of WCS Nuclear Waste Site (June 21, 2017 Ruling)
WCS west Texas nuclear waste dump Energy Solutions, owned by Trump large donor Doug Kimmelman, wants to take-over competitor WCS …
US Court Rules Trump Administration Violated the Law By Shortcutting Environmental Review of Dakota Access Pipeline; More Environmental Analysis Required
Oil Pipeline spill in a residential area of Mayflower AR (US EPA photo of Exxon Mobil oil spill) See photos …
Bears Ears Intertribal Coalition Condemns Trump-Zinke Recommendation to Eviscerate Bear Ears National Monument; Other National Monuments on the Chopping Block Too
Zinke’s recommendation is at Trump’s behest: “Presidential Executive Order on the Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act, EXECUTIVE ORDER“, …
Why Special Interests Want Bears Ears National Monument Gone: Uranium, Oil and Gas
The comment deadline for “Review of Certain National Monuments Established Since 1996; Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment” is July …
Secret MOX Plutonium Fuel Shipment Planned From French Gov Owned AREVA To Japan; Trump Administration Approved with Tillerson as Lead
Mere Coincidence or somehow related? AREVA Nuclear Fuel Facility in Washington State used to be Exxon Nuclear Fuel until 2001. …
Tuesday: Recommendations Against Dumping Nuclear Waste from Germany and US Commercial Nuclear Waste in South Carolina
From Savannah River Site Watch: “Action Alert! On June 6, 2017, speak up at the Nuclear Material Committee of the …
Trump Administration Moves to Slaughter America’s Mustangs: Tell Congress No!
Originally posted on "OUR WORLD":
https://act.americanwildhorsecampaign.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=24909
UN Rapporteur Received Reports that Japan Media Avoids Covering Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Disaster; Reporter Demoted-Salary Reduced for Writing About Fukushima
USAF bombing of hiroshima-nagasaki fall 1945, color enhanced. “I have also received first-hand reports of newspapers delaying or cancelling the …
Collusion Between Local, State, Federal Police; ETP Pipeline Co and TigerSwan Defense Contractor Against DAPL Pipeline Opponents – Documents Leak
Related Background: “Jeremy Scahill: TigerSwan Security, Linked to Blackwater, Now Coordinates Intel for Dakota Access” November 21, 2016, https://www.democracynow.org/2016/11/21/jeremy_scahill_tigerswan_security_linked_to In …
Experts: Nuclear Industry Pressured USNRC into Low-Balling Consequences of Nuclear Accident
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Overlay Indian Point Nuclear Power Station – Greenpeace OpenStreet Map Trump Tower 5th Ave NY http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/nomorechernobyls/exclusion-zone-comparison-map/ Trump’s …
Letter Opposing Burial of Nuclear Waste Equivalent to 700 Nuclear Warheads on US Beachfront – Petition
This letter may be signed in the form of a petition and/or letters sent directly. Petition link at page bottom. …
South Dakota: Dewey-Burdock ISL Uranium Mining Aquifer Exemption Comment Deadline Extended to June 19th (Midnight)
The deadline was listed at midnight on Friday May 19th, apparently one minute to Saturday, but it’s not clear. It …
Secretive South African Nuclear Deal Blocked by Court; Need for Vigilance Remains
Press Release from Earthlife Africa and SAFCEI: “NUCLEAR DEAL BLOCKED! JUDGEMENT MADE ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT’S SECRET TRILLION-RAND NUCLEAR …
The Risks Attached to South Africa’s Nuclear Energy Strategy
As published by “The Conversation”, August 19, 2015: “The risks attached to South Africa’s nuclear energy strategy By Vladimir Slivyak, …
Children Still Endangered by Chernobyl Radiation in Russia; Russia Pretends Area Has Improved; Removes Medical, Social Insurance and Compensation
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/chernobyl-fukushima-radiation-light-painting/blog/56178 “Stariye Bobovichi is one of thousands of communities in Russia, the Ukraine and Belarus officially declared contaminated by Chernobyl. …
At Chernobyl and Fukushima, Radioactivity Has Seriously Harmed Wildlife
From “The Conversation”: “At Chernobyl and Fukushima, radioactivity has seriously harmed wildlife By Timothy A. Mousseau, University of South Carolina …
When “Energy” Drinks Actually Contained Radioactive Energy
From “The Conversation”: “When ‘energy’ drinks actually contained radioactive energy By Timothy J. Jorgensen, Georgetown University Modern life have you …
Russia Continues Crusade Against Environmental Groups in Run-up to Earth Day
Norwegian NGO Bellona reports: “Another Russian non-profit tarred as a foreign agent for little more than existing. In a continuing …
Russia’s Secretive, Floating, Old Style Nuclear Reactor: Fueling and Testing in St. Petersburg on the Baltic?
Russian President Putin trying to nuke his hometown? As Trump would say: “Sad”! Rosatom, the Russian State owned company which …
Beatrix Potter’s Beloved Lake District Still Endangered by Proposed New Nuclear Reactors and Nuclear Waste
Beatrix Potter, best known as the author-illustrator of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit“, “supported the efforts of the National Trust …
Cameco Crow Butte Uranium Mine Evaporation Pond Requirements Amendment-Teleconference Tuesday 2.30 to 3.30 PM EDT (DC Time)
Crow Butte Evaporation Impoundment (“Pond”). “PUBLIC MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT Title: Evaporation pond requirements amendment April 11, 2017, 02:30 PM to 03:30 …
High Level Nuclear Waste Interim Parking Lot Storage in Texas Comment to April 28th
Comment Deadline April 28th, https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=NRC-2016-0231 Most US high level nuclear waste appears to be kept in open air parking-lot like …
South Africa – Zuma’s Late Night Cabinet Reshuffle: Putin-Rosatom Nuclear Coup?
“One plausible reason for the aggressive push for an expanded nuclear fleet is a political union between Russian President Vladimir …
Stop Koodankulam Nuclear Reactor Expansion: Modi-Putin Nuclear Tango in India
Originally posted on Mining Awareness + :
Photo: Koodankulam Nuclear Power Protest, PMANE, Dianuke.org Via Dianuke.org: “Stop the Koodankulam NPP Expansion Now!: PMANE’s…
Italian Communities Block Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) to Save Ancient Olive Trees-Environment
40°18’22.0″N 18°23’02.4″E https://www.facebook.com/comitato.notap/ From Bankwatch.org: “Italian communities block pipeline works to save ancient olive trees , by Elena Gerebizza, Energy campaigner …
Reindeer Herders-Ecosystem in Russian Nature Park Endangered by Oil Co. Surgutneftegas
Link: http://youtu.be/0jamLZ0bDoo Russia and Europe has been doing resource related colonialism/ imperialism for longer than the US has existed. The …
Trump Supreme Court Pick More Extreme than Scalia; Panders to Polluters; Hearings Should Be Postponed While Trump Investigated in Case Russia Picked Lifetime Justice
Regarding Gorsuch: “AS A JUDGE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, HE HAS TWISTED HIMSELF INTO A PRETZEL TO MAKE SURE …
Trump Cuts Spell Trouble for Security at Indian Point Nuclear Power Station and New York Harbor; Removing Critical Coast Guard Resources May Hamper USCG’s Patrols and Emergency Response
To the left is open-air, spent nuclear fuel. The spent fuel casks have been called “Chernobyl in a Can” by …
Does 65 yr old US Sec. of State Tillerson Have a Chaperone, or His Wife, in the Plane as He Dumps Press Corps for 33 yr old Female Reporter from “Fawning” Media Outlet IJR? An Unmarried Reporter from “The Hill”‘s “50 Most Beautiful” List!
Who travelled in the airplane with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson besides the 33 year old reporter who is around …
US Secretary of State Tillerson Blocks Media Access; What is He Hiding? Is Tillerson Going to Russia Off-Radar?
The head of Saudi Arabia is in Japan now too. Tillerson wouldn’t want to invite press to what certainly looks …
Senator Markey Decries Sec. of State Tillerson’s Official Asia-Pacific Trip without Press
Mining Awareness preface: Tillerson gave himself 90 days to divest Exxon stock, so apparently still has some. The head of …
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Ongoing: Japan Forcing People to Return to Radioactive Areas; NGOs Send Urgent Request to UN to Stop this Violation of Human Rights
From Greenpeace: “Tokyo, 7 March 2017 – Japan’s policy to resettle residents to heavily contaminated areas in Fukushima is in …
Tipi Outside Trump Hotel in DC: Thousands March for Native Nations ‘Standing Rock was Just the Beginning’
From Common Dreams: “We Exist, We Resist, We Rise’: Thousands March for Native Nations ‘Standing Rock was just the beginning’ …
DAPL: Navajo Water Protector Shot in Eye By Police Near Standing Rock Tells What Happened
Water Protector tells about being shot in the eye near Standing Rock. The shot is believed to have been fired …
DAPL: Judge Boasberg Rejects Sioux Injunction Request; Tipis Arrive On the National Mall in DC
From Common Dreams: “Sioux Vow to ‘Stand Strong’ as Judge Paves Way for DAPL Oil to Flow DAPL may be …
Remember Fukushima: Wales
Our friends PAWB, PEOPLE AGAINST WYLFA B tell us that: “On March 11, we will be remembering that exactly six…
President Trump Lies About Working with Tribes on DAPL (Cheyenne River Sioux Chairman Frazier)
Spicer statement http://youtu.be/5-AF8BOzkhM News Release from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe: “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE President Trump Lies About Working with …
Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Responds to White House Press Sec Spicer’s “Absolutely False” Statements re Contact with Tribe
Link: http://youtu.be/5-AF8BOzkhM As explained in the News Release below, the Dakota Access pipeline easement was issued while the Standing Rock …
