It’s exasperating that The N&O repeatedly advances one of the nuclear industry’s most damaging distortions (“Progress’ nuclear plans attract friends, foes,” June 11 news article). Since 2005 the industry has with impunity claimed nuclear power is “carbon free” and therefore a solution to climate change.
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Since the early 1990s, NC WARN has watch-dogged the state’s nuclear power industry over its “low-level” and high-level waste practices, along with reactor safety and security issues.
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Industry data prove new coal & nuclear plants are not needed – Statement From NC WARN
Speak out for climate protection. Duke Energy, Progress Energy and their political allies want to gamble tens of billions of public dollars to build (lucrative) coal and nuclear power plants. That path is already squandering our chances to avert climate catastrophe. Continuing disclosures prove that energy efficiency, cogeneration and renewable …
9 Reasons For No New Nukes – Fact Sheet by NC WARN
Fire Safety Pilot Program at Harris is in Shambles – News Release by NC WARN
Climate Crisis, New Nukes & Progress Energy – News and Observer Op-ed by NC WARN
SE Oversupply of Power – NC WARN Motion to Utilities Commission
Behind Closed Doors – NRC, Progress Energy & New Nukes – News Release by NC WARN
News Release Contact: Jim Warren March 11, 2008 NRC cut public out of meeting on new nukes at Shearon Harris Group says agency went into “closed session” after Progress Energy ran into trouble Durham, NC – Federal regulators abruptly halted a public meeting Thursday after problems arose with Progress …
Nuke Costs Can’t Be Secret, Groups Tell NC Commission – News Release by NC WARN
Progress & Duke Promote Wastage to Build New Plants – The News and Observer
“Leave the lights on – what the heck!” The article below describes only one of several utility programs that encourage maximum electricity usage. Both Duke Energy and Progress Energy “are aggressively recruiting new customers for their programs” before the Utilities Commission bans them. Note that these “leave the lights on” …
Blocked! $50 billion in toxic pork for nuclear energy axed from stimulus bill – Announcement from NC WARN
$50 billion in toxic pork for nuclear energy axed from stimulus bill Congressional negotiators in the House of Representatives and the Senate agreed late February 11 on a $789 billion stimulus bill but killed an attempt to squander $50 billion on new nuclear reactors. This result is a major victory …