Fossil fuel companies donating heavily to Republican candidates in US...
Fossil Fuel Companies Spend Big to Boost GOP in Heated Special Elections for Congress Saturday, May 06, 2017By Alex Kotch, Truthout | Report President Donald Trump nominated several sitting Congress...
View ArticleMedical scientists report on impact of climate change on health in USA
Medical scientists report on the impact climate change is having on health https://www.skepticalscience.com/medical-scientists-report-climate-health-impact.html, 5 May 2017 by John Abraham mEDICAL...
View Article1961 the thermonuclear bomb that they dropped in North Carolina
A thermonuclear bomb slammed into a US farm in 1961 — and part of it is still missing https://www.businessinsider.com.au/nuclear-bomb-accident-goldsboro-nc-swamp-2017-5?r=US&IR=T, DAVE MOSHER MAY...
View ArticleIran warns on USA nuclear tests and the arms race
Iran raps US nuclear stance as provocative, warns about arms race, http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/05/06/520793/Iran-US–Dehqani-NPT-Conference-Nuclear-Weapons-Vienna A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry...
View ArticleUSA – hooray to nuclear weapons – boo to nuclear ban treaty talks
United States Says ‘Yes’ to Nuclear Weapons Tests, ‘No’ to a Nuke Ban Treaty https://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/05/07/united-states-says-yes-nuclear-weapons-tests-no-nuke-ban-treat US military:...
View ArticleTax-payer money urged for funding Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs)
However, nuclear critics point out that the small modular reactors remain unproven. Because none has been built, questions remain about whether they would be safer or more economical than full-size...
View ArticleConcern that Plymouth’s representatives will have little say in...
Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel strategizes with selectmen, Wicked Local, Plymouth By Frank Mand fmand@wickedlocal.com , 9 May 17 – The state’s Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens...
View ArticleRadiation Exposure Compensation Act should include families affected by Los...
Families seeking aid through Radiation Exposure Compensation Act http://www.kob.com/politics-news/families-seeking-aid-through-radiation-exposure-compensation-act/4475299/ Chris Ramirez, May 05, 2017 ,...
View ArticleEventual reuse of Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor not a realistic possibility
Vermont Yankee: Expert says faster reuse unrealistic amid national waste dilemma, Brattelboro Reformer, May 5, 2017 By Lissa Weinmann, BRATTLEBORO — Hopes for an expedited decommissioning and...
View ArticleEnvironmental Protection Agency dismisses at least five members of a major...
E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board By CORAL DAVENPORT NYT, MAY 7, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has dismissed at least five members of a major scientific...
View ArticleProtect our water! Indigenous opposition to uranium mining in South Dakota
Water is rallying cry for opponents at uranium-mine hearing, Rapid City Journal, Seth Tupper Journal staff, May 9, 2017 The spirit of a recent protest against a crude-oil pipeline energized opponents...
View ArticleRecently opened Watts Bar 2 nuclear power plant already shut down for repairs
America’s first ’21st century #nuclear plant’ already has been shut down for repairs, LA Times, Michael Hiltzik Contact Reporter, May 8 2017, When the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar 2 nuclear...
View ArticleTexas Nuclear Waste Bill is amended in a big win for environmentalists
Big Win for Enviros in Texas as Nuclear Waste Bill Is Amended https://www.citizen.org/media/press-releases/big-win-enviros-texas-nuclear-waste-bill-amended AUSTIN, Texas — Today marked a win for...
View ArticleScathing criticism of Trump’s foreign policy – from former US intelligence...
Dahr Jamail | Former US Intelligence Officers Scathingly Critique Trump’s So-Called Foreign Policy, May 08, 2017, By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | News Analysis “……..As the Trump administration appears...
View ArticleCollapse of nuclear waste storage tunnel at Hanford
Tunnel collapses at Hanford; no radiation released, officials say http://www.king5.com/news/local/hanford/tunnel-collapses-at-hanford-no-radiation-released-officials-say/438227872 Hundreds of workers...
View ArticleAnother radioactive waste accident, this time at Hanford, shows nuclear dump...
Beyond Nuclear, TAKOMA PARK, MD, May 9, 2017 — A tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Site in Washington State collapsed today on top of railcars stored there that contain “mixed” radioactive waste, an...
View ArticleRick Perry’s correct title- U.S. Secretary For The Nuclear Industry
US energy secretary touts nuclear power, KOB4, May 10, 2017 ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he will advocate for nuclear power as often and as strongly as he can as the...
View ArticleGeorgia Power officials consider fate of Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant...
Contractor Bankruptcy Looms at Georgia Nuclear Plant Hearing https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2017-05-11/contractor-bankruptcy-looms-at-georgia-nuclear-plant-hearing ATLANTA...
View ArticleBill in USA Congress to ready USA for a nuclear attack emergency
Bipartisan bill allows Washington to prepare for nuclear attack https://mynorthwest.com/628630/bi-partisan-bill-allows-washington-to-prepare-for-nuclear-attack/ BY KIRO RADIO STAFF, Staff report |...
View ArticleMontana’s glaciers disappearing – shrinking, like many glaciers world-wide
Glaciers rapidly shrinking and disappearing: 50 years of glacier change in Montana https://phys.org/news/2017-05-glaciers-rapidly-years-glacier-montana.html#jCphttp://phy.so/413641276 May 10, 2017 The...
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