Published: September 1st, 2012 at 12:45 am ET
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Free Lecture Featuring Dr. Helen Caldicott
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is excited to welcome Dr. Helen Caldicott to Santa Barbara on Friday, March 23 for a free lecture entitled "The Medical Implications of Fukushima, Nuclear Power and Nuclear Proliferation."
The lecture will take place on Friday, March 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 E. Anapamu St. The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Helen Caldicott, a world-renowned medical doctor, author and anti-nuclear activist, will give a free lecture that addresses the ongoing radioactive catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in Japan as well as the many dangers associated with nuclear power and nuclear proliferation. An expert on the effects of radiation, nuclear waste and nuclear weapons, Dr. Caldicott is one of the most knowledgeable and inspiring individuals working for a nuclear-free future.
http://www.keyt.com/community/key-events/Free-Lecture-Featuring-Dr-Helen-Caldicott-143662666.html
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the yeoman
April 21, 2012 at 1:08 pm · Reply
Static 66, we are on the far side of that pesky inverse bell curve.
Fellow San Diegans(go Chieftains), if you haven't noticed, we are uniquely boxed in, Camp Pentleton to the north, Pacific to the west, and Mexico to the south. East is the only way out. Talk about your nar-nar. Know your surface streets, thats all I'm saying.
Navy personnel two words…West Pac…One long continuous drill on the high seas right. Knowing their inportance, consider this, when was the last time you had an evcaution drill for San Diego County. Never?
Its time to light a fire under Southern California Edison ass.
How about this lets send pretty postcards of San Diego with the message "we are shutting San Onofre down!" best wishes, Your Name and send it from your home via snail mail(the Post office could use the business-multi tasking)and to the fellowing addresses
Southern Califonia Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
5000 Pacific Coast Highway
San Clemente CA 92672
Southern California Edison Company
2244 Walnut Grove Ave
Rosemead CA 91770
According to SCEC the plant is jointly own so…
SDG&E
8326 CENTURY PARK COURT,
San Diego, California, 92123
or their bill paying address or both
SDG&E
P.O. Box 25111
Santa Ana, CA 92799-5111
And the city of Riverside
Mayor Ronald O. Loveridge
3900 Main Street
Riverside, CA 92522
or his opponent
Ed Adkison
6879 Airport Drive,
Riverside, CA…
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SUPPORT INDIAN PROTESTORS!
6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912; 301-270-6477; nirsnet@nirs.org; http://www.nirs.org
CLOSE KUDANKULAM REACTORS–BEFORE THEY OPEN!
March 23, 2012
Dear Friends,
Dr. S.P. Udayakumar (Kumar to his friends, and I consider myself one of them) is a longtime leader in the peaceful resistance to nuclear power in India, as well as a leader in the NIRS/WISE international network. The Indian government has threatened to charge him with terrorism and "waging war" for his role in leading the nonviolent citizens movement against operation of the nearly-completed Kudankulam nuclear reactors in the Tamil Nadu section of southern India.
He is currently with 10,000 other people protesting near the reactor site. Some are on a hunger strike. Some 10,000 police have surrounded the protestors and reportedly are blocking the media from entering the area.
Dr. Udayakumar was able to get a moving letter to members of the NIRS/WISE network yesterday describing the current situation at the protest site. You can read it here, and also get links to TV interviews with him and other information.
Now he and other protest leaders are asking for international support. Let's give it to them! Please help by sending a letter to top Indian officials, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, here. http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ovPlAX8oKox8F91ix6Kq0POs%2BFT1G4cP
We're demanding that the Kudankulam reactors be stopped, and that the protestors be left alone.
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Our friends at DiaNuke.org have prepared a background paper (pdf file) http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wJP3%2Ba%2FIBIjv%2FyP%2F%2BNIFG%2FUD3jDkEyjB on the Russian-made Kudankulam reactors and the long struggle to stop them–a struggle that has intensified greatly since Fukushima.
Earlier today, for example, at least 500 people, including local political leaders–some reports say as many as 3,000–were arrested in an attempt to march to the protest site.
Another attempt by more protestors to reach the site will be made Monday.
We are calling on every one of you, from every country, to act now to support these protesters and help stop these most dangerous Kudankulam reactors now, before they can begin operation. http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Rxu%2BsshKaePpcyGu7P8FOfOs%2BFT1G4cP
In other news, if you haven't heard yet: more than 1,000 people protested non-violently against the Vermont Yankee reactor yesterday; 168 were arrested at Entergy headquarters in Brattleboro. NIRS was proud to be represented there by the chair of our board of directors, Chris Williams. Thanks Chris!
Our movement is growing, across the U.S. and across the world. Thank you for all your help in making this happen. Please help it keep growing by making a small donation after you take action.
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Thanks for all you do,
Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
nirsnet@nirs.org
http://www.nirs.org
Stay Informed:
NIRS on the web (stay up-to-date with our new Nuclear Newsreel section on the front page, featuring the day's most interesting news on nuclear power and other energy issues): http://www.nirs.org
NIRS on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nuclear-Information-and-Resource-Service/26490791479?sk=wall&filter=12
http://www.facebook.com/nonukesnirs
http://www.causes.com/causes/49098-no-nukes-nuclear-information-and-resource-service
NIRS on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/nirsnet
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Pacific NW Citizens, here is a chance to ask the questions.
Meetings To Address Tsunami Debris
http://news.opb.org/article/meetings-address-tsunami-debris/
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@Admin!!!
Can you fix this thread?
How are people supposed to find upcoming events to attend?
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The interchange of ideas related to the production of natural energy.
Heliostat (mirror) based concentrator solar collectors.
Solar trackers.
Electric vehicles (battery powered).
Pneumatic vehicles (compressed air powered).
Hybrid vehicles.
Neat patents.
http://www.redrok.com/main.htm
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Hundreds Gather to Protest Vermont Nuclear Plant
More than 1,000 people turned out for a rally to show support for decommissioning the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, one of the oldest nuclear plants in the country … continue
http://www.chem.info/News/2012/04/Safety-Hundreds-Gather-to-Protest-Vermont-Nuclear-Plant
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NEXT STEP IN NUCLEAR 911 CAMPAIGN TO EXPAND EMERGENCY EVACATION ZONES:
ASK YOUR TOWN/CITY/COUNTY TO SUPPORT EXPANSION
April 18, 2012
Dear Friends,
On February 15, 2012, NIRS and 37 organizational co-sponsors submitted a formal Petition for Rulemaking to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to expand emergency evacuation zones around U.S. reactors and improve emergency planning.
More than 4500 of you have now signed on as co-petitioners. Thank you!
We have been told by the NRC that the Petition will be published for public comment soon, probably later this month. We will let you know when that happens–we'll want as many comments as possible from all across the U.S.
But now we're moving to the next stage of this campaign: building support among local jurisdictions–and you can help.
The concept is simple. Ask your local town, city or county council to adopt a resolution in support of the petition. We've prepared a sample resolution you can present to these local officials: you can download it here. http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sTUVQVgtg1fF4WGEfKXm3NWUjwVYwbWq
Jurisdictions that lie within 50 miles of a reactor site, but outside the existing 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone, have the most to gain by adoption of this petition: better protection for their residents and perhaps compensation for planning and evacuation expenses.
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In this election year, it shouldn't be too hard to find local officials who would be willing–even eager–to sponsor such a resolution.
The more jurisdictions that adopt such a resolution, the greater their impact will be. Then we will be moving on to the state and federal levels.
Besides political jurisdictions, the resolution can easily be modified for adoption by just about any organization–such as labor union locals, PTAs, church groups, and so on. We hope you'll present it for adoption to any and every organization you belong to. But please make sure to let us know of any organizations and/or local governments that adopt the resolution (or something similar) and to let the NRC know too. We'll soon be adding a list of governmental/organizational adopters to our website.
In the meantime, if you have questions about how to do this or about the issues, please contact Dominique French at NIRS. mailto:dominiquef@nirs.org
A sheet of citations that support the resolution along with other helpful background information on emergency planning, as well as the text of the Petition for Rulemaking, can be found on this page.
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lmUeNPtWg2bXzHZaWp2sGtWUjwVYwbWq
Improving emergency planning is, of course, no substitute for shutting down nuclear reactors–and attaining a nuclear-free, carbon-free future as quickly as possible is our goal. But there are 104 reactors operating in the U.S., and unfortunately,…
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Thank you for your help! And if you can help support the Nuclear 911 Campaign with a tax-deductible donation, we would be very grateful. http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kiojAKzPWvXoNe54BI%2BPPdWUjwVYwbWq
Thanks for all you do,
Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
nirsnet@nirs.org
http://www.nirs.org
P.S. if you haven't yet sent a letter to President Obama & Energy Secretary Chu urging them to stop the $8.3 Billion taxpayer loan for new reactors in Georgia, please do so now here. This is a winnable battle if enough of us act. Nearly 9,000 letters have gone in so far; but we'll need more than that.
Stay Informed:
NIRS on the web (stay up-to-date with our new Nuclear Newsreel section on the front page, featuring the day's most interesting news on nuclear power and other energy issues): http://www.nirs.org
NIRS on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nuclear-Information-and-Resource-Service/26490791479?sk=wall&filter=12
http://www.facebook.com/nonukesnirs
http://www.causes.com/causes/49098-no-nukes-nuclear-information-and-resource-service
NIRS on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/nirsnet
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OAK RIDGE, TN; Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Plant
4/21/12, 12:30pm @ the Friendship Bell, Bissell Park
PEACE RALLY/MARCH
"The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance will hold a protest Saturday at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge. According to info distributed by the group, the event will include a "march, rally and action against continuing nuclear weapons production and new bomb plant in Oak Ridge."
Participants will gather at 12:30 p.m. at the Friendship Bell in Bissell Park and march cross-town to Y-12, where a rally will include music by Joe Williams, the Raging Grannies and the Emancipators. There also will be a "dramatization of the Folly of Icarus that explores lessons for the nuclear age," OREPA said."
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/munger/2012/04/peace-rally-at-y-12-1.html
**Just now heard about this- don't think I can make it, but I'm gonna try**
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Odd. No idea how my post ended up in February somewhere up there ^^
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the yeoman
April 21, 2012 at 1:08 pm · Reply
Static 66, we are on the far side of that pesky inverse bell curve.
Fellow San Diegans(go Chieftains), if you haven't noticed, we are uniquely boxed in, Camp Pentleton to the north, Pacific to the west, and Mexico to the south. East is the only way out. Talk about your nar-nar. Know your surface streets, thats all I'm saying.
Navy personnel two words…West Pac…One long continuous drill on the high seas right. Knowing their inportance, consider this, when was the last time you had an evcaution drill for San Diego County. Never?
Its time to light a fire under Southern California Edison ass.
How about this lets send pretty postcards of San Diego with the message "we are shutting San Onofre down!" best wishes, Your Name and send it from your home via snail mail(the Post office could use the business-multi tasking)and to the fellowing addresses
Southern Califonia Edison Company
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station
5000 Pacific Coast Highway
San Clemente CA 92672
Southern California Edison Company
2244 Walnut Grove Ave
Rosemead CA 91770
According to SCEC the plant is jointly own so…
SDG&E
8326 CENTURY PARK COURT,
San Diego, California, 92123
or their bill paying address or both
SDG&E
P.O. Box 25111
Santa Ana, CA 92799-5111
And the city of Riverside
Mayor Ronald O. Loveridge
3900 Main Street
Riverside, CA 92522
or his opponent
Ed Adkison
6879 Airport Drive,
Riverside, CA 92504
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YOUR ACTIONS MATTER!
TELL YOUR SENATORS–AND PRESIDENT OBAMA–TO OPPOSE RE-NOMINATION OF KRISTINE SVINICKI TO NRC
6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912; 301-270-6477; nirsnet@nirs.org; http://www.nirs.org
April 24, 2012
Dear Friends,
Under heavy pressure from Republicans in Congress, President Obama has said he will re-nominate Kristine Svinicki to a second term as a Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Environment Committee Chair Barbara Boxer and Senator Bernie Sanders already have come out in opposition to Svinicki for her consistent and uniform pro-industry votes at the expense of public health and safety.
We call upon all anti-nuclear activists and friends to also come out against Svinicki by contacting your Senators and President Obama here.
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=q2oRUCOKA2b9t10Veg9bxaorlMaButTT
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Organizations: we also will be submitting an organizational sign-on letter to Sens. Boxer and Inhofe (chair and ranking member of the Senate Environment Committee, which must first approve any NRC nomination) and President Obama. A draft of the letter can be found here.
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7w8wVsoRRNLMuUAV8VMNrKorlMaButTT
If your organization (please, organizations only) can sign this letter, please send your name, title, organization, city and state to nirsnet@nirs.org by 9 am eastern time, Monday, April 30, 2012. We will be submitting the letter later that day.
We all know the NRC is absurdly pro-nuclear, and a majority of the Commissioners have been attempting for many months to block even the mild post-Fukushima safety improvements pushed by the NRC staff and Chairman Greg Jaczko. But Commissioner Svinicki's votes have been the most pro-industry of them all. Her term is scheduled to end June 30, 2012, and that's not a moment too soon.
Let's help send her out the door by telling our Senators and President Obama to oppose the Svinicki re-nomination.
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=It5GYmSU3UDomAvS7wLS5KorlMaButTT
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Note: We are told by knowledgeable sources on Capitol Hill that while the President has said he intends to re-nominate Svinicki at GOP insistence, he has not yet done so (NRC Commissioners traditionally are divided 3-2 by political party, and the President normally nominates the person the party wants. The GOP has said it wants Svinicki). Therefore it's important that he hear from us as quickly as possible. Your letters will go both to your Senators and to President Obama.
Svinicki's nomination must go through Sen. Boxer's Environment Committee and to reach the Senate floor, must go through Senate Majority Leader Reid. We need them to stand strong against this re-nomination should it be submitted.
You can find background information on just how bad Svinicki's (and for that matter, the Commission majority's generally) voting record is here.
And here is an article with background information on why Sens.
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uJCJGFDEqCHb6H3MEXM8GqorlMaButTT
Reid and Boxer are opposed to Svinicki's re-nomination (hint: she lied to Congress). And here is a statement from Sen.
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2Fm842WTJ8sNz%2FOq2%2BmvPwaorlMaButTT
Sanders on why he is opposed to Svinicki (hint: Vermont Yankee!).
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Your actions now can help send Commissioner Svinicki back to private life and out of the NRC. Don't delay! Thank you!
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=isnz886Dcl%2FgKmbCVu9DD6orlMaButTT
Thanks for all you do,
Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service
nirsnet@nirs.org
http://www.nirs.org
P.S. your activism and financial support are what keeps us going. Seriously. Please make a tax-deductible contribution if you can (maybe you're getting a tax refund this year?) here, or after you take action.
Stay Informed:
NIRS on the web (stay up-to-date with the Nuclear Newsreel section on the front page, featuring the day's most interesting news on nuclear power and other energy issues): http://www.nirs.org
NIRS on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nuclear-Information-and-Resource-Service/26490791479?sk=wall&filter=12
http://www.facebook.com/nonukesnirs
http://www.causes.com/causes/49098-no-nukes-nuclear-information-and-resource-service
NIRS on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/nirsnet
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Beyond Nuclear's latest:
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/nuclear-reactors-whatsnew/2012/4/25/groups-challenge-insufficiency-of-nrc-post-fukushima-orders.html
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A New Zealand radio station GreenplanetFM aired an interview with me. My Geiger Counter detections in the Southern Hemisphere have been helpful in getting publicity on the seriousness of the situation at Fukushima.
The show has been to air and is now available as a podcast for listening on line, or for download. Because it is on a radio station it may carry more weight when trying to convince friends and relatives. It has with mine. So if you can use it as a resource please do. In the Interview I point people to enenews, Fairewinds, Dr Busby and Dr Caldicott.
The podcast link is at the top of the page, and the interview starts after a bit of an introduction on synchronicity.
http://www.greenplanetfm.com/members/greenradio/blog/VIEW/00000001/00000193/Peter-Daley-on-the-Fukushima-Radiation-Cloud-over-Australia–NZ.html#00000193
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Excellent interview, vital1!
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James2, you are too much! Ha ha
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Press Conference on Fukushima Daiichi Disaster
May 4, 2012
New York City, New York
Japanese nuclear scientist and Japanese and U.S. medical doctors to discuss current radiological health conditions and concerns in Japan after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor catastrophe.
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Location: Rissho Kosei-kai, 320 East 39th Street (between First Ave. & Second Ave.)
Featuring: Mr. Hiroaki Koide, Assistant Professor, Research Reactor Institute of Kyoto University, Japan; Dr. Junro Fuse, Internist, Japan; Dr. Ken Nakayama, Orthopedic Surgeon, Japan; Dr. Andrew S. Kanter, President, Physicians for Social Responsibility, USA; Kazko Kawai, Voices for Lively Spring, Japan; Mari Inoue, Human Rights Now, USA.
http://www.psr.org/news-events/events/press-conference-on-fukushima.html
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Thanks, Andii! Gosh I sure wish I could be there! Hope some enenewers can attend and report back to us! Should be fantastic and highly educational!
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I know a lot of enenews users have been finding it frustrating trying to convince friends and relatives how serious the Fukushima disaster is.
My Geiger Counter detections in the Southern Hemisphere have been helpful in getting publicity on the seriousness of the situation at Fukushima.
A New Zealand radio station GreenplanetFM has aired an interview with me.
It is now available as a podcast for listening on line, or for download. Because it is on a radio station it carries more weight when trying to convince friends and relatives. It has with mine. So if you can use it as a resource please do. In the Interview I point people to enenews, Fairewinds, Dr Busby and Dr Caldicott.
The podcast link is at the top of the page, and the interview starts after a bit of an introduction on synchronicity.
http://www.greenplanetfm.com/members/greenradio/blog/VIEW/00000001/00000193/Peter-Daley-on-the-Fukushima-Radiation-Cloud-over-Australia–NZ.html#00000193
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Sorry admin, Didn't remember I had already posted this in this forum, please feel free to remove one of the duplicates.
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James2, U R 2 funny! Thnx to Dr Fox for all the info, and thnx to Admin for this site. By the way, who is it? Dr Fox? What kind of doc? And is that really you in the photo? of course, don't have to answer if you dont want to. just curious
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last night i attended a meeting of Friends of the Earth, Sydney.
it was a small group, less then a dozen, of various ages and sections of the community.
the hall was a little oversized for the group, which left the air a little cool.
but the energy was there and a they have laid plans for a 'rally' in sydney next month. the theme relates to 'Sustainable mining', as I understood it.
of course, i'm sure your invited, i'll post dates as they are locked in.
http://www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/links#1
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California anti-nukes groups are planning several statewide protests this month (May, 2012), including a protest in San Diego at Sempra headquarters on May 18, and several statewide protests on May 23.
For more details, read the article in the OB Rag:
http://obrag.org/?p=60556
Also of interest on that same page is a new citizens' radiation monitoring network being set up in S. CA near San Onofre. Yay team!
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the citizens' radiation monitoring network is the way to go. the more data we have against the industry the better. we've turned into a new era .. in a way this should've happened so long ago.
now the technology for monitoring is more affordable and accessible we can use these tools for the information war. looking for to this maturaing in a global monitoring scheme, outside of mob.media.corp.guv restraints.
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Agreed! And if enough people join and pitch in donations, the networks can purchase the really robust, professional testing equipment, so they can discern exactly which isotopes they are finding.
But the Geiger counters are a good start. At least they'll know when radiation levels are increasing, or when hotspots are found.
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Chicago, Illinois USA
Protest Restart of Japan’s Ohi Nuclear Plant
June 15, 2012, Friday
11am – 1pm
Japanese Consulate
Near corner of Michigan Ave. & Chicago Ave.
The address of the consulate is 737 N. Michigan Ave.
DO NOT GO TO THAT ADDRESS ON MICHIGAN AVENUE
The actual entrance to the building is on Chicago Ave.
closer to the corner of Michigan Ave. & Chicago Ave.
We will protest on that corner or just a few hundred feet East of there in front of the actual building entrance (which is on Chicago Ave. ) where the Japanese Consulate is located.
-Make and bring a sign if you can, we may have extras.
"Please note that we wish these protests to be absolutely civil and peaceful, and to fully observe the sovereign rights of the Japanese embassies.”
Questions Contact:
NEIS
3411 W. Diversey #16
Chicago, IL 60647
(773)342-7650
neis@neis.org
http://www.neis.org
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Proposal for SEPTEMBER NO NUKES SWARM on D.C. September 20-22:
http://coalitionagainstnukes.org/no-nukes-swarm-on-d-c/
It is time to PUSH Nuclear Energy Issues onto the National Agenda and FORCE Nuclear Power Issues onto the table during the Presidential Election Season. In order to do this we need to think creatively, multi – dimensionally and dynamically and we must MOBILIZE to act. We are organizing an Antinuclear convergence to bring the on going crisis at Fukushima and the unfolding crises with our own domestic power plants to the forefront of our largely pro nuke elected leadership and to the broader public. This a framework of what we are envisioning, with plenty of room for suggestions, additions and YOUR INVOLVEMENT. We don’t want to lose the opportunity of the election season to bring National attention to the pertinent issues surrounding nuclear energy and we want to force the PRO NUKE presidential candidates of the two corporate parties to consider us. We also want to welcome the Green Party and any other Anti-Nuke candidates to be a part of these events.
Schedule of Events: 9/20: Mothers (parents) against Nukes Rally on Capitol steps before the Congressional Briefing 2:00pm – 4:00pm Cannon Building – Room number 121 (confirmed)This briefing will include medical testimony on the effects of radiation from Dr. Andy Kanter of PSR, Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, on the Freeze Our Fukushima’s campaign.
All events here: http://coalitionagainstnukes…
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"The time is now to think big and ACT BIGGER!"
Well said!
sherryrazor, I might have a great "action idea" for you – something done over here in Europe to raise awareness also with people not present at the gathering:
several thoudsands of (biodegradable) anti-nuke helium balloons set free to imitate a radioactive plume. Attached were postcards with a website, where the finder could post the place he/she found the balloon. After threee weeks, the google map showed a perfect imitation of a large scale radioactive contamination.
Creates some "what if" moments….
See the clip here, the press got great pictures! It's in German, but the images speak for themselves…
This was at the NPP Biblis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeMaTTta5hQ&feature=relmfu
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B&B that is a brilliant idea! I am cutting and pasting to the CAN FB page now! Fantastic. Thank you so much for posting that. Anything that anyone here can think of to get the word out is so much appreciated. Being that our rally is not only directed at Congress, but at the NRC and their rubber stamp procedure for re-licensing these murder machines for 80 yrs now has to be emphasized, that is why we're taking it to NRC in Rockville!
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B&B — got some feedback already from a couple people at the CAN FB page. Remy said "cool idea, except helium is getting scarce, and the number one source for commercial helium is in fact made by NPPs"
Erica thought it would be bad for wildlife.
Anarkh said helium=unhappy face
This being said, would you mind posting w/the name of the anti-nuke group that did this at Biblis?
Thanks much, B&B.
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Rally For A Nuclear Free Future 9/20-22 Washington DC/Rockville, MD
Schedule of Events:
9/20
Mothers (parents) against Nukes Rally on the Capitol steps
This rally will take place before our congressional briefing 9/20
Congressional Briefing: 2-4pm Cannon Bldg – Room #121
Nuclear Free Film Screening/Live Music/Speakers Busboys and Poets 7pm-11pm (all events confirmed)
9/21
International NUKE FREE Solidarity March on Embassy Row 9:30-11:30am
No Nukes No War Rally/Occupy The NRC,11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
(peaceful protest outside the building and a public meeting inside the building if possible. we are trying to reserve the NRC’s auditorium for that day.) 2-5pm (confirmed)
Friday AM could also include a round table with organized labor if it materializes.
Film Screening/Live Music/Speakers venue TBA
After Dark: NO Nuke NO War candlelight vigil — possible TBA
9/22
No Nukes Strategy Meeting at a location yet to be determined. this will focus on taking strategies home for a regional NO NUKES blitz at the end of Oct or beginning of Nov.
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[ADMIN: Thread should be fixed now. Thanks enoughalready45.]
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Rio+20 protest this Thursday noon: sustainable mining is a joke!
Dear friends,
Please join us for a short action at Thursday lunchtime to protest Australia's agenda of "sustainable mining" at Rio+20. Come wearing brightly coloured clothes… so you blend in with our clowns who will be getting the word out that sustainable mining is a joke!!
Protest against Australia's agenda at Rio+20
This Thursday 21st June, 2012
12 noon
@ 4-6 Bligh Street Sydney (Bob Carr's office)
'Sustainable mining' what a joke!
The UN Rio Earth Summit – a meeting of world leaders from June 20-22 in Brazil – is supposed to be “a chance to move away from business-as-usual” and create sustainable solutions to the world's most serious environmental problems.
You’ll never guess what the Australian government’s answer to the environmental problems caused by mining is: more mining of course!
…
For more information read our open letter to Bob Carr, or contact Friends of the Earth Sydney – (email available)
http://www.sydney.foe.org.au/events/sustainable-mining-what-joke
https://www.facebook.com/events/186915588101979/
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"Clowns in Sydney anti-mining protest"
"A group of anti-mining activists dressed as clowns has staged a protest outside the Sydney office of Foreign Minister Bob Carr to highlight the "joke" of Australia's mining obsession.
Protesters from Friends of The Earth dressed as clowns delivered an open letter to Senator Carr condemning Australia's focus on mining at the Rio+20 summit.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is providing $127.3 million over four years to its Mining for Development Initiative.
"Mining's got no place in a sustainable and environmental agenda," environmentalist Liz Barrett told AAP."
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8487382/clowns-in-sydney-anti-mining-protest
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@richard,
for you:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53903742/Clowns%20Army%202.jpg
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….and no, that's not me
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"Reflection on FoE Climate Justice Rio+20 actions"
http://www.sydney.foe.org.au/news/reflection-foe-climate-justice-rio20-actions
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Chicago, Illinois USA – Friday, June 29th
The Second Protest at the Japanese Consulate in Chicago, Illinois USA
Our Japanese colleagues plan another mass action out front of the office of Prime Minister Noda this Friday — expecting up to 100,000 people! — to protest his reactor restart order. We will do another supportive action in Chicago to coincide with protest in Japan.
There will be another letter-signing/leafleting action:
WHEN: FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH
TIME: 11 am – 1 pm
WHERE: Japanese Consulate; Meet at the SE corner of Chicago Avenue and Michigan Avenue at 10:45 p.m.
WHAT: letter signing and info leaflet passing; please wear YELLOW if possible, in solidarity with the Hydrangea Revolution (it is significant that the Japanese are using this term!), which is what the movement is calling itself. NEIS will provide BOTH the letters and handouts we used last week, AND new handouts focusing on the danger of these reactors in IL.. We will again attempt to deliver all signed letters to the Consul General. Please bring your signs again. NEIS will bring the banners.
Please RSVP your intentions to come and consider bringing a friend along to help.
Contact:
Nuclear Energy Information Service-Chicago
Email: neis@neis.org
Phone: 773-342-7650
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Olkiluoto Blockade Sat 11 Aug and Nuclear Camp 6-13 Aug, 2012 in Finland!
"On August 11, people are going to block the roads to Olkiluoto nuclear power plant in Eurajoki. Previous years have seen people blocking the roads using banners, drumming, performances and peaceful civil disobedience. You can join the demonstration in any way you like, with no obligation to participate in civil disobedience. (…)
There will be a special program for kids, and babysitting help available. As well as yummy vegan food, sauna, crafting, live bands and sharing struggles for a nuclear free future!
http://olkiluotoblockade2012.wordpress.com/english/
*sounds lovely
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Dr Caldicott to speak in Adelaide
URANIUM, THE NUCLEAR CYCLE, AND THE THREATS TO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH
Sunday July 22, 2pm
Lecture Theatre 102, Napier Building, University of Adelaide
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Chicago, Illinois USA
July 11, 2012
Action Today
Safe-energy and anti-nuclear advocates will be leafleting and letter-signing before this week’s Grant Park Concert on Wednesday, July 11th. We will meet at 6 p.m. by the tables in the area to the east of “The Bean” (Cloud Gate Sculpture) in Millennium Park (located between Madison and Washington Streets), and will pass leaflets and gather signatures before the evening convert begins at 8:30 p.m. It will be a simulcast of the movie, “Frozen Planet” accompanied by live music from the orchestra. We’ll stay and listen after we leaflet, so bring a blanket and something to eat and drink. Organized by NEIS Nuclear Energy Information Service, http://neis.org/
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that's "concert" not "convert" although ultimatley that is the goal. LOL
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"ultimately" I'll learn to use spell check when in a hurry.
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From an email injust received, cya there:
"This is an urgent call from the people of Malaysia for people in Australia to support the Stop Lynas National Day of Action tomorrow Saturday 14th July. Please share and invite others to join.
Venue : precinct of the Sydney Opera House
Time : 4.30pm"
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"Sydney-based Lynas Corporation has built a rare earth plant near the beautiful and tranquil town of Kuantan in Malaysia to refine its ore concentrate from its Western Australian mine. Rare earth processing is highly hazardous and polluting. There will be millions of tonnes of radioactive waste to be left behind. Lynas has no safe permanent waste storage todate and has planned to convert its contaminated waste into commercial products potentially spreading its hazards to household, factories and public roads. "
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Richard, great. Keep up the great work!
Do you have knowledge of how to facilitate liaison work between groups of indigenous peoples, governments, and grassroots political action groups? Or groups interested in partnering with indigenous peoples to develop eco-forest products to sustain local agriculture, and for sustainable economic development where control of the product or resource remains in the hands of the indigenous people group?
Am exploring working with Southern Hemisphere indigenous people group in one area to discuss developing product which would support health after exposure to radiation. For export to Northern Hemisphere. The idea is to keep most of the money in the hands of local people, and trying to provide the product to people impacted by radiation at relatively low cost.
"Big Pharma" has developed some things to treat some of the disorders by removing consituents of some of the plants. But they generally patent whatever they produce. May have to work around this to find out if the Big Pharma cos. have tried to "own" the native plant resources in the country of origin.
Would like to make this available to naturopathic doctors, integrative medicine specialists, etc.
This is another incipient idea. If anyone wants to chime in, please do. Would love to work with a team to develop some of these products. Need to keep the specifics under wraps for the time being. Any naturopaths or herbal pharmacists out there?
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Anyone with experience in providing seed money or small loans or grants to indigenous people groups for development of small business? Agribusiness? Developing tinctures from herbs and native plants?
Please write to me at HoTaters@hush.com if interested in discussing further.
Would like to meet with you or do virtual meeting to discuss.
The end goal: not to get rich, but provide indigenous peoples with a decent living and sustainable production (w/o messy pollution, etc.). Provide those impacted by radiation with "medical" herbal tinctures for relief of illness or symptoms.
Am aware this has to be done carefully by qualified people, so as not to be making medical claims or practicing medicine without a license.
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I'm hoping to run a ustream broadcast from this event.
It'll be a short, sweet broadcast from Sydney Harbour.
I expect to start the broadcast between 4:30pm and 5:00pm.
Which is between 2 and 2.5 hours from the time of this posting.
The URL for the channel is ..
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ozevent2012
There is a really short test recording there. I've just tried the system out.
So, maybe you can watch a bit of the broadcast live, or I'm looking into how it youtubes as well.
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I'll broadcast rivercat harbor pickup at 3:24pm, and arrival at sydney harbor at 4pm. So about 15 and 50 minutes away
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Ok, nice arvo, rads at 0.11 mcSv/Hr on the quay. Broadcast starts in a moment
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Well, interviews on the harbour completed. I hope some of you get to see my inaugural citizen journalism live stream.
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That was great Richard, well done. More stuff i've never ever heard about but everyone should know.
Where are you going next?
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wow, what a deep question – where am i going next … the world in my oyster – except i'm vegetarin
Thank you very much Sue.. I am so pleased to get some response. It's been a big new thing for me. I chatted with the people. We met again on the train home. It was, I don't know… it just felt like it had to be done, so I went out and did it, and it NOW HAS BEEN DONE !.
Yes!.
Where next.. well, I just don't know. But I want to do what I can to help. I wish I could go to Olympic Dam.. but I simply can't fit it in. Thousand of kilometres and many hours of travel are between us.
I keep thinking Japan. But that's still just a thought right now. It can happen. Depends. Did I mention I'm pleased you wrote
I'm pleased about today's process.
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It feels good doesn't it!
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yes it does feel good sue. i know we face a system of gaganormous size and power. lame stream media is part of the feed-disinfo system.
to be able to do a live broadcast to the world
is powerful stuff. (not that anyone was watching live, but hey you gotta start somewhere). from my portable 3G communicator device – a phone.
we have to grab a hold of this resource and secure it for the people. we cannot lose this. it's one element that scares me a little. We cannot lose this new power.
i've urge people to setup the citizen journalist accounts. we need to be the media.
http://enenews.com/forum-topic-discussion-thread-feb-26-2012-present/comment-page-39#comment-267433
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And I'm sure there are some bonus Sydney Harbour on a picture perfect day. I mean it really was in full fine form today, you have to take a look just for that reason.
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nice one richard!
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@arc. i've found more details on the case too. it's a parallel that i think you'll recognise ..
"AFP May 01, 201212:12PM
Australian rare earths miner Lynas sues Malaysian opponents
… the plant has been hugely controversial with fears it will harm the environment by producing radioactive pollution.
Protests have been held and the Lynas website hacked, proving a headache for Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's Government ahead of elections expected to be held soon.
Lynas says the facility — the Lynas Advanced Material Plant (LAMP) — is safe and has been the target of a "baseless scare campaign".
"
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/australian-rare-earths-miner-lynas-sues-malaysian-opponents/story-e6freonx-1226343609861
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Hi Richard, were you able to publish or post videos for all the interviews? Is there one with a narrated introduction or overview so if someone comes in on one of the threads or partway through the interviews, they can understand what's being discussed? (Or did I miss something?) I wasn't sure what this was about. Uranium mining in Malaysia? Or another rare earth element?
Sorry if I missed something, would you please explain?
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Friends of the Earth and AID/WATCH panel and discussion:
Advancing environmental justice as governments abdicate responsibility: what role can the Australian climate movement play?
Speakers: Lee Rhiannon (Greens Senator for NSW), Mehreen Faruqi (Associate Professor of Sustainability, UNSW), Kylie Benton-Connell (FoE Sydney)
When: 6.30pm, Wednesday 18 July
Where: Newtown Neighbourhood Centre, 1 Bedford Street, Newtown
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"The recent failure of the Rio+20 conference to agree on a real and just framework to reverse the environmental crises we face was the latest in a series of unsuccessful UN conferences, including the yearly international climate talks.
Nnimmo Bassey, chair of Friends of the Earth International, reflected on the 20 years prior to Rio+20, saying: “What were middle-of-the-road ideas at the Rio Summit in 1992 are now considered radical. Governments this week have done all they can to retreat from what they agreed on then.”
Australia went to Rio+20 with the objective of using aid money to promote ‘sustainable mining’ as the key to poverty alleviation and blocked plans to phase out fossil fuel subsidies."
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4:00 PM AUG 5 Anti-Nuke DEMO in Livermore, CA USA
FORECLOSE ON THE BOMB, NOT THE PEOPLE.
Join hundreds of peace advocates at the Livermore nuclear weapons Lab. Gather across from Livermore Lab at Wm. Payne Park on Vasco Rd at Patterson Pass Rd. The commemoration will be held in a grassy area with a procession to the Lab immediately following: http://www.trivalleycares.org
"Emma’s Revolution" will perform music.
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Monte Rio, CA usa Sat, July 14, 12-4pm
OCCUPY Bohemian Grove–Make the 1% Pay for the Crises (including nuclear crises)
Speakers: Fukushima Mother's Delegation, force for peace, Cindy Sheehan, Code Pink on Drone Warfare, more.
Music: The Hubbub Band, Occupy Wall St Troubadore, Dave Lippman, Attila Nagy, more.
This launches our 2 week encampment/protest. Bohemian Grove is a heavily guarded, elite, men-only club of the 1% on the Russian River. Members include CEOs & top government officials. This year, Occupy movements from several cities join Bohemian Grove Action Network, Sonoma Peace & Justice Center, Project Censored, Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, National Lawyers Guild, Round Valley Indians for Justice, ANSWER Coalition, more for the Bastille Day rally. 71 miles from SF.
It's past time to bring the "CLOSE NUKES NOW" message to all related protests, folks.
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July 15: "Take the Yellow Train (Sobu Line) to Funabashi (Noda's Constituency), Make the Sound of Drums Heard!" Demo from 1PM in Funabashi, Chiba
"…Clearly including the ones who organized the very fun protest on June 24 in Funabashi City, Chiba (Prime Minister Noda's constituency), the group of people calling themselves "Drums of Fury" is doing another protest in Funabashi. Participants are encouraged to take the "Yellow Train" – JR Sobu Line that goes from the western Tokyo into Chiba…"
http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/july-15-take-yellow-train-to-funabashi.html
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San Francisco – Tomorrow!
Mon July 16 7:00 PM (Free!)
ILWU Local 34 -801 2nd St. next to the AT&T Ball Park
"Fukushima, Nuclear Power and Labor"
Speakers:
•Shin’ichi Ishii, the President of Doro-Mito, a Japanese railroad workers union
•Chieko Shiina, an anti-nuke activist from Fukushima, Japan
•Ron Kaminkow, Secretary Railroad Workers United RWU (invited)
•Nuclear power plant whistleblower
Sponsored by Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org
No Nukes Action Committee http://nonukesaction.wordpress.com
Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) Executive Director http://www.trivalleycares.org/
Dave Lippman will provide music and comedy relief.
ENENewsers who want to meet each other are invited to wear nametags that say ENEnews.com.
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nice demo.
your point on the nametags… i kind of wanted to get some thoughts on this.
i turned up at a protest on the weekend, started filming, and the particpants wondered if I was security. so i'm trying to think of a way to identify myself with activists even though I may be busy trying to hold a good shot at the time.
maybe i can dig up an old anti-nuke badge from somewhere, now that i think of it. anyway, i like your name tags idea.
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Nuke free badge, button, tag and/or T-shirt will identify you as on the good side, and a good idea anyway to help spread awareness. Didn't find ENEnewsers last night. From her speech, assumed the 1st public commenter was HoTaters, but she was unaware of ENE, getting similar info elsewhere. A long lost friend likewise, onto it via other sources, brought several friends. We all went for a drink/schmooze after the program. Then she presented us w/ unbirthday gifts. Fun!
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Hi demo, I wasn't able to make it to this event. Would have identified myself clearly. And probably by my real name. Am going to come out of my "online closet" for on the ground meetings the real world.
Sorry I missed the event. It was too far to drive, and have been having lots of osteopathic treatment for a back problem lately. So haven't been able to get out to many local events.
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CALIFORNIA ANTI-NUKE TOUR OF CHIEKO SHIINA, A FUKUSHIMA MOTHER AND FARMER. Schedule:
http://nonukesaction.wordpress.com/2012/06/30/california-anti-nuke-tour-of-chieko-shiina-a-fukushima-mother-and-farmer/
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Oakland tonight 6:30 FUKUSHIMA MOTHER/FARMER CHIEKO SHIINA. OK to go late. 2277 International Blvd near 23rd Ave http://nonukesaction.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/chieko_shiina_oakland/
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TONIGHT San Onofre Presentation to be made to OCICE
Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment
Wednesday, July 18 – 7:00 pm
Aldersgate United Methodist Church (Sanctuary)
1201 Irvine Blvd., Tustin
San Onofre Safety: A Matter of Right vs. Wrong
Hear Gary Headrick, co-founder of San Clemente Green, tell the personal
side of taking on an industry so deeply devoted to profit that it would risk
all of creation to squeeze the last drop of profit from the innocent masses
being misled by rumors of blackouts & given a false sense of security.
Fukushima is a crime against Nature
that could have been prevented by "those in charge."
San Onofre is not far behind.
will provide a fresh perspective on the reality of living near an old nuclear
power plant, surrounded by fault lines, in a tsunami zone. We've lived
without nuclear power for more than five months now. Let's find out
what we can do to keep it that way.
Sign up on Facebook Event
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=4xdmoojab&v=001KWNitdH9AKWYNHQPVS9TaBEZvHW45rfF7jSeaIhu0U4mTm5l-fzoGJu5X6bCpPJWF7kd-Zl8oyEyxE_lWHwX6IZgDt3oj4qcE8WZ8HgYlXdlSZh9dr-KjndFbC8OJp4Pjzb7ShJnL-JIp6Twl3C8hOMT4lrz8h98wmwWMXkI-Ko%3D
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Idea: FUNDRAISERS to aid Fukushima children, and help provide much needed medical care to those impacted by the Fukushima accident. This is an incipient idea, just in beginning stages. Would like to work on a "fund raiser blueprint" of sorts, or co-op.
Have some ideas and met with one of the owners of Dharma Trading Co. of San Rafael, Calif. yesterday. He'll work with any groups interested in doing fundraisers. Dharma Trading imports beautiful, high quality T-Shirts, scarves, and a full line of high quality, non-toxic dyes and artist's supplies.
Idea: have T-shirt design workshops or parties in local areas. Teach people to do tie dye, special dying techniques like I for a small fee. They design the T-shirts and can take them home. (They're beautiful when done.)
Or have Ikat dying workshops taught by a Japanese person. Part of fees for classes to go to Fukushima relief fund.
Issues: organization, communication, liaisoning between Japanese persons in U.S., suppliers like Dharma Trading, finding trustworthy persons to distribute the money in Japan and handle trust fund accounts. Developing teams to put on workshops on the ground. Accountability of all participants in handling monies, and representing the concept of Fundraiser events properly, i.e., what do we want to communicate? Why are we educating? Agreement of all participants on desired outcome of Fundraisers.
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Would really enjoy being on the ground to do S.F. Bay Area fundraisers. Experience coordinating teams & some exp. w. fundraisers. Would like to help facilitate a "master plan" of some sort (flexible of course) so we can begin doing fundraisers in our local community. How do we not re-invent the wheel?
Maybe logical to begin with T-Shirt design parties and classes. And/or design beautiful scarves. Ikat a wonderful fiber art. Idea: have a speaker explain at some point why the class and fundraiser are being done, or have literature at a table there.
Have a cousin in Denver who has had a T-Shirt design company for 30+ years. He might be able to facilitate printing of Fukushima T-Shirts for sale. Do for other events?
Would need lots and lots of help to get these things going. Would just like to float this as an idea to see if anyone is interested. For me, San Francisco, S.F. East Bay, Sonoma County, Napa County, and even Sacramento area are logical participants.
San Francisco has a large "Japan Town" and Japanese Cultural Center. Perhaps we here in Calif. could partner with them.
Please write to me at HoTaters@hush.com to discuss ideas. Am thinking we need to find a 503c organization (or organizations) or that kind of counterpart organization in Japan. Lots of "logistical" and organizational details to work out. But am thinking this is a great grassroots way we can have fun, educate people, and provide financial relief to people in Japan.
Your ideas?…
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BTW, what ideas do you have, out there, for Fukushima T-Shirts?
Please send them to HoTaters@hush.com if you're willing to share your ideas for the common good. Or pls. just send any suggestions you're willing to share.
Any graphic designers and artists? I know you're lurking out there! At least one of us is an artist. I'm a painter, graphics, block printing, fiber arts, and music type (aside from the other worldly work things I've done).
Ready to move forward with making a positive change here, and supporting the people in Japan. Pls. let me know if you think we need to partner with others, and how to do it, so we're not "re-inventing the wheel" every time we do something.
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Request: please contact me re: interest in Dharma Trading Co. so that we can coordinate this, and not swamp them with too many requests right away.
HoTaters@hush.com Put something in the subject line identifying why you are writing to me, thanks.
The idea is to make a coordinated effort. Better to have one person as the point of contact with them, at first. Not that I want to run things, but until we decide who is the "front person" and point of contact for liaison with Dharma Trading, please let me work with them directly on our behalf.
Dharma Trading will provide support in helping to organize the fundraisers (i.e., the methods groups have using working with them in the past). And they'll coordinate in supplies, etc. Nice group of people.
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Another idea for facilitating meetings, political action, etc. Am considering talking with people representing sister cities in Japan. Nirasaki, Chubu is my cities' sister city. Am thinking partnering with someone there might be a good means of finding out how their area has been affected by the earthquake tsunami (indirectly), and Fukushima. Nirasaki appears to be southeast of Tokyo, so it's some distance from Fukushima and possibly Tokyo contamination.
Would like to know if people as far away as Nirasaki have been impacted by the Fukushima accident.
Just an idea I'd like to float out there for anyone who might be interested in partnering with someone through the Sister Cities program.
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Nuclear South Wales? Resisting O'Farrell's uranium push.
Public Meeting- Thursday August 16, 6-8pm.
Tom Mann Theatre
136 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills (near Central Station)
Speakers:
Luke Foley MLC, Shadow Minister for the Environment
Jamie Parker MP, Greens NSW spokesperson on uranium
Arthur Rorris, South Coast Labour Council Secretary
Peter Watts, Arabunna Man, Australian Nuclear Free Alliance co-chair
Chaired by: Rita Mallia, NSW President, CFMEU Construction and General Division
Welcome to Country: Auntie Millie Ingram
Website: http://beyondnuclearinitiative.com/events/2012-2/
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/418594158184357/ (or search Nuclear South Wales)
"In March the NSW government passed the Mining Legislation Amendment (Uranium Exploration) Act 2012, overturning a 26-year bi-partisan ban on uranium exploration in the state.
The uranium industry poses serious health risks to workers and the community and long-term hazards to the environment."
The Beyond Nuclear Initiative is holding a public meeting on August 16 at the Tom Mann Theatre to allow the community to hear from key stakeholders and discuss the potential social and environmental impacts of the government’s decision.
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The U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium has been temporarily shut after anti-nuclear activists, including an 82-year-old nun, breached security fences, government officials said on Thursday. WSI Oak Ridge, the contractor responsible for protecting the facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is owned by the international security firm G4S, which was at the center of a dispute over security at the London Olympic Games. Officials said the facility was shut down on Wednesday at least until next week after three activists cut through perimeter fences to reach the outer wall of a building where highly enriched uranium, a key nuclear bomb component, is stored. The activists painted slogans and threw what they said was human blood on the wall of the facility, one of numerous buildings in the facility known by the code name Y-12 that it was given during World War Two, officials said. While moving between the perimeter fences, the activists triggered sensors that alerted security personnel. But officials conceded the intruders were still able to reach the building's walls before security personnel got to them.
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Ellen Barfield, a spokeswoman for the activists who called themselves "Transform Now Plowshares," said three were arrested and charged with vandalism and criminal trespass. She said the three, identified as Megan Rice, 82, Michael Walli, 63 and Greg Boertje-Obed, 57, were being held in custody and appeared for a hearing before a U.S. magistrate judge in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Thursday. A detention hearing is set for Friday afternoon, when prosecutors must show the defendants are a flight risk and a danger to the community in order to keep them in custody, according to court officials. The trial date is October 9. Barfield forwarded a statement from the group in which it said the activists had passed through four fences and walked for "over two hours" before reaching the uranium storage building, on which they hung banners and strung crime-scene tape. Ralph Hutchinson, coordinator for the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, said the group's intention was not to demonstrate the lack of security at the plant, but to take a stance against the making of nuclear weapons. "It wasn't so they could show how easy it was to bust into this bomb plant, it was because the production of nuclear weapons violates everything that is moral and good," Hutchinson said. "It is a war crime."
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=UEV-20120803-36034-USA
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To all of you US West Coast Fukushima Victims.
I have to put this out there. I can't get it out of my mind.
I can not go to the DC Rally on the 20th of September. I want to.
I keep thinking that the US West Coast is two steps away from ground zero Fukushima. We are all victims of this nuclear madness. We were left to be irradiated too. No agency has stepped up to tell the truth. Our children were irradiated.
I watched Kevin's latest video. He's right. Those young people should not die in vain. In Japan or anywhere. The nuclear poisoning is quietly happening everywhere. It can not go unanswered. It has to stop. When will it stop? When we are all on the beach?
I have to do more than I have. I want to do something, anything more.
So, I am putting this out there. Is there any support for something like this?
ON THE BEACH
West Coast Rally Against Nuclear Power
Films
Speakers
Presentations
Raise Awareness
Remedial Information
Radionuclide Survey
Tsunami Debris Cleanup
Connected
Live Streams
Music
Show Support for Fukushima Victims
Show Support for Japanese Anti Nuclear Movement
???
Somewhere on the Oregon Coast
Oregon has Public Beaches
When?
Where?
ON THE BEACH
Tell me it is not time for this. Tell me there is no support.
So I can file it away and move on…
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Michigan, Illinois, USA
Two events listed below regarding Palisades Nuclear Plant
For extensive background on acute and chronic risks at Palisades, see: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/safety/2012/8/29/take-action-against-palisades-atomic-reactor-912-nrc-mtg-in.html
For an update posted today about the correspondence between a coalition of environmental group representatives and concerned local residents with the Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, about the cover up of leaks into the control room at Palisades, see: http://www.beyondnuclear.org/safety/2012/9/10/concerned-local-residents-and-environmental-groups-express-c.html
EVENT #1
NRC meeting open to the public, with public comments allowed at the end.
To discuss the 2012 safety culture assessment results for Palisades Nuclear Plant and subsequent actions taken by the licensee.
Sept. 12th, Wednesday
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Beach Haven Event Center
10420 M-140
South Haven, MI
If you are able to attend in person, please do! If you are unable to attend in person, you can also phone into the meeting at the following call-in numbers: Phone 1-800-621-9524; Pass code – 5591733.
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EVENT #2
Kalamazoo Peace House, "Clarification of Thought" speakers series:
Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, on
"The Catastrophe Waiting to Happen at Palisades, and What You Can Do to Prevent It!"
Sept. 13, Thursday
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Peace House
313 and 321 Phelps Ave.
Kalamazoo MI 49048
Weather permitting, the event will be held outdoors. If not, it will be held in one of the houses.
For more info., contact Peace House at (269) 492-1206, peacehouse@tds.net, or Kevin Kamps at (240) 462-3216, kevin@beyondnuclear.org.
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1st OF LOS ALAMOS SIX TRIALS SEPT 18th, 11 am
PRESS RELEASE * PRESS RELEASE * PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Contact: Denise Sheffield, 706-978-9425 or starlavenderblue@yahoo.com
Call this number to arrange an interview with Catherine Euler.
FIRST OF THE LOS ALAMOS SIX TO BE TRIED ON SEPTEMBER 18th, 2012 11 am
Los Alamos Municipal Court
2500 Trinity Dr.
Los Alamos, NM
(West of Ashley Pond)
The first of six morally-called people who were arrested in Los Alamos on August 6, 2012 for peaceably attempting to protect the public from the Lab’s deadly radioactive hazards will be tried on Sept 18th at 11 am.
Albuquerque, Santa Fe and downriver Pueblos now have measurable beta emitters and alpha-emitting plutonium in their water supplies, resulting in (conservatively) over 4000 additional cancer deaths per million population over the next 50 years (based on 3 picocuries of alpha emitters per litre, as they now are at Santa Fe’s Buckman well). Plutonium is one of the deadliest radioactive substances on earth. (The above figure does not even include inhalation of plutonium.)
Some of those arrested were handcuffed by Bechtel Corporation’s contracted private militia–called SOC, (Secure Our Country)–even though they had been arrested by authorized civilian policemen. The Los Alamos manager of SOC has been subpoenaed to testify on this important civil rights issue.
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1st of Los Alamos 6 Trials, cont'd
Municipal Judge Alan Kirk, former Los Alamos Chief of Police, last month denied a request that he be removed for a potential conflict of interest; he denied a request for a jury trial; and he denied a request that Catherine A. Euler, PhD, the sole self-represented defendant, be tried at the same time as her fellow defendants. He has scheduled Euler’s trial to go forward next Tuesday, September 18th at 11 am. The media are cordially invited to attend. Activists are invited to bring signs or banners to display before and after court.
The five co-defendants represented by counsel have a pre-trial date of October 17th; no trial date for them has yet been set. Euler and her five co-defendants are facing three charges under the Municipal Code: Obstructing Movement, Refusing to Obey an Officer, and Trespass on Los Alamos National Lab Property. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of $500 or three months in jail. Euler has said she will refuse to pay a fine because it is Lab activities–not her activities–which are the greater crime. She said she is prepared to spend time in jail if that is the penalty for trying to alert the public to dangerous Los Alamos National Lab impacts on human health and the environment. Euler will also be joining the ongoing anti-nuclear hunger strike on September 18th.
Euler said the municipal code specifically permits citizens to temporarily block a road if they are protecting the public from a hazard,…
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1st of Los Alamos Six Trails, cont'd
Euler said the municipal code specifically permits citizens to temporarily block a road if they are protecting the public from a hazard, and (if given the opportunity) she will argue that the radiological hazards to lab workers and the public have been scientifically proven to be greatly underestimated by the nuclear establishment. Attached are three of the scientific documents she will try to present in her own defense, which suggest that long term exposure to even low levels of man-made ionizing radiation constitute a previously unacknowledged public hazard, and that she was justified in temporarily blocking the road into the lab in a moral-conscience-directed effort to protect the Lab workers and the public from these hazards.
She will further provide documentary evidence that excess cancers are not the only hazard caused by exposures to low levels of man-made ionizing radiation; dozens of sound epidemiological studies also point to a dose-response relationship which also includes genomic instability, higher infant mortality, and heart disease, among other potential health effects. Some scientists believe they have evidence that lower levels of radiation can actually be MORE harmful to humans, because the cells are not killed outright; instead, they can sometimes replicate in a damaged form.
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1st of Los Alamos Six Trials Sept 18th, cont'd
Catherine Euler said: “We can no longer allow the nuclear establishment to gamble away all our futures. Some plutonium and insoluble uranium isotopes will remain accessible for human ingestion and inhalation in the dust and air of New Mexico, and in the Rio Grande and nearby aquifers, for the rest of time. The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) radiation “protection” standards are neither accurate nor updated by recent epidemiological studies (See attached summaries of the German KiKK and French Geocap epidemiological surveys). Bechtel and the DOE are invested in relaxing radiation standards because it helps lower fiscal costs, but the cost in terms of human health effects are beyond calculation. Indigenous peoples downstream are at great risk, as are all the breathers of air and drinkers of water in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and downriver. Citizens have a duty to future generations to inform themselves about the hazards Lab authorities are refusing to acknowledge, and then to act on that information.”
That same evening there will be a public hearing in Española to give the public an important opportunity to voice concerns over the DOE’s plans to process 13.1 tons of "excess" plutonium at Los Alamos National Lab and/or the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The hearings begin at 5.30 pm at the Northern NM Community College, Center for Fine Arts, 921 Paseo de Oñate. Public comments begin at 6…
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WHEN: September 20-22
WHAT: Coalition Against Nukes Rally For a Nuclear-Free Future
WHERE: Washington, D.C.
http://coalitionagainstnukes.org/
They could use donations, too:
http://coalitionagainstnukes.org/donate/
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