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Jane Fonda: Nuclear power at Three Mile Island is no climate solution (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Read famed actress Jane Fonda’s op-ed in The Philadelphia Inquirer, arguing against the re-opening of Three Mile Island and summarizing the arguments against nuclear power, by clicking on this link.
EPA and Navy announce Hunters Point shoreline cleanup plan (NBC Bay Area)
“Federal environmental officials unveiled Thursday what they hailed as a landmark deal with the Navy to clean up the shoreline around the old site of its Hunters Point Naval Shipyard—a key hurdle to make way for a large residential and…
Navy’s Hunters Point Shipyard Cleanup in San Francisco Moves Underwater (KQED)
“Bayview residents, including Arieann Harrison, have advocated for the complete cleanup of the site for decades. Harrison, founder and CEO of the Marie Harrison Community Foundation, said community members felt blindsided by the plan. ‘None of us affected by the contamination…
California’s last nuclear plant is a risky, costly business (Los Angeles Times)
“The plant is central in an ongoing debate over California’s energy future, Noah Haggerty, a mass media fellow at The Times, explained this week. Key arguments center on the skyrocketing cost of nuclear energy and the risks of an earthquake…
Earthquake risks and rising costs: The price of operating California’s last nuclear plant (Los Angeles Times)
“Under two gargantuan domes of thick concrete and steel that rise along California’s rugged Central Coast, subatomic particles slam into uranium, triggering one of the most energetic reactions on Earth. Amid coastal bluffs speckled with brush and buckwheat, Diablo Canyon…
Why no action from government leaders on Santa Susana Field Lab? (Ojai Valley News)
“We thank you for coming to the aid of the people who are affected and living in harm’s way, especially all the children who are now suffering from cancer. But as of this writing, I am sad to report that…
‘We’ve been too patient’: Community, officials demand action on Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup (VC Reporter)
“An advocacy group founded by families of children diagnosed with rare cancers, Parents Against Santa Susana Field Lab, recently staged a “10 Days of Action campaign,” to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the 1959 incident involving an experimental nuclear…
How a US health agency became a shield for polluters (Reuters)
A major new Reuters investigation details how the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) “regularly downplays and disregards neighbors’ health concerns” and “has helped polluters save at least tens of millions of dollars on cleanups, delayed billions…
“S.F. shipyard redevelopment delayed further after Navy agrees to expand toxic cleanup” (San Francisco Chronicle)
“The objects — a 1.5-inch deck marker covered in radium tainted paint that was used to light passageways on ships during the Cold War, and a radioactive piece of glass — were discovered on two swaths of land where the…
Guest column: Sue for a full cleanup of Santa Susana Field Lab (Ventura County Star)
“There are times when the citizens of Ventura County need to stand in solidarity for our shared interests. Now is such a time. While many of us are potentially affected, the residents of the East County are directly in harm’s…
Supervisors hear calls to sue over site of partial nuclear meltdown (Ojai Valley News)
“The action culminated in a demonstration on July 23 outside the county Government Center in Ventura, featuring protesters wearing green Parents Against SSFL T-shirts and carrying signs, followed by a parade of 15 speakers from the campaign asking the Board…