February 6, 2008 Dear N&O Editors, The N&O missed the mark twice on Feb. 2 regarding Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein’s visit to Raleigh and the Shearon Harris power plant. Both articles gave the political appointee public relations platforms to endorse the industry he’s supposed to regulate. Both failed …
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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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Six Progress, Duke Nukes Lead in Fire Violations
NEWS RELEASE January 30, 2008 Contact: Jim Warren, NC WARN 919-416-5077 Paul Gunter, Beyond Nuclear 301-523-0201 David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists 202-223-6133 Inspector General: Progress, Duke Nukes lead in fire violations Agency’s watchdog cites 14 years of non-enforcement of key meltdown risk DURHAM, NC – Six out of 15 …
Harris Nuclear Plant Fined for Security Violations – News Release by NC WARN
NEWS RELEASE Contact: Jim Warren August 30, 2007 919-416-5077 Penalty closes two-year scandal after 9 charges were confirmed Statement by NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren: Federal investigators today levied a $65,000 penalty against Progress Energy, owner of the Shearon Harris nuclear plant, ending a wide-ranging security scandal that began …
NC Energy Bill, Sorry Process Send State Backward – News Release by NC WARN
Energy Bill S-3 Sends NC Backward Utility influence & sorry process leads to damaging legislation STATEMENT BY JIM WARREN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NC WARN: North Carolina has been harmed by a disreputable process that gives powerful corporations even more control over our energy and environmental future – at the worst …
More Problems with Energy Bill – Letter to House Speaker from Jim Warren
More Problems with Energy Bill: Letter to Speaker Hackney July 26, 2007 Speaker Joe Hackney North Carolina House of Representatives Raleigh, North Carolina Subject: More problems in energy bill S 3 with serious ramifications for the public Dear Speaker Hackney, As various public interest attorneys and others continue analyzing Senate …
Utility $$ Corrupts Energy Bill – Report by Democracy NC
NEWS RELEASE Contact: Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Bob Hall 919-489-1931 July 24, 2007 Energy Bill Corrupted by Utility Money “Is this still Jim Black’s legislature?” groups ask as utilities invest in key lawmakers Durham, NC – A clean elections watchdog group reported today that two power companies pushing a controversial …
CWIP: Transferring Risks to the Customer – Statement from John Blackburn and John Runkle
Power Plant Financing in Senate Bill 3 Shifts Risks to Customers By John Blackburn and John Runkle July 16, 2007 CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS (CWIP) Senate Bill 3 has two main sections: the first is the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards (REPS) and the second is the treatment …
Will we pay, again, for nuclear folly? — News and Observer
Serious Problems with Energy Bill S3 – Statement from NC WARN
NC Needs Clean, Economical Energy – Not a Consumer & Public Health Rip-off Energy bill has fatal flaws: Fix it or nix it Despite the efforts of many dedicated people to address concerns with Senate Bill 3, more problems have emerged after continuing scrutiny. The electric utilities have laden this …
GAO to Study N-Plant Fire Reg Enforcement per Rep. Price – News Release by NC WARN
NC WARN: Waste Awareness & Reduction Network PRESS STATEMENT July 11, 2007 Contact: Jim Warren 919-416-5077 GAO Will Study Enforcement of Nuclear Plant Fire Regulations Statement from NC WARN Executive Director Jim Warren: Today, Congressman David Price announced that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has accepted his request to study …