U.S. Public Interest Research Group * Public Citizen * Sierra Club * Greenpeace * Nuclear Information and Resource Service * Friends of the Earth For Immediate Release: Contact: Erica Hartman, Public Citizen (202) 454-5174 Michael Mariotte, NIRS (202) 328-0002 June 16, 2005 …
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Congress Demands NRC Address Risks at Reactor Waste Pools – News Release by Nuclear Security Coalition
Preparing North Carolina for Climate Changes – News Release by NC WARN
UPDATE SEPT. 2009: State govt. still has done little on this front. Representative Pricey Harrison 57th District North Carolina General Assembly For Immediate Release May 3, 2005 Contact on the bill: Representative Pricey Harrison, (919) 733-5771 On the studies: NC WARN, Jim Warren (919) 416-5077 Studies show likelihood of increasingly violent weather …
Synopsis of Recent Scientific Findings on Global Warming – A Statement by NC WARN
Despite a well-funded public relations offensive by polluting industries, by 2001 scientific consensus was solid: Rising global temperatures are primarily caused by burning fossil fuels. Since then, evidence is mounting that 1) global warming is advancing rapidly; 2) rising temperatures are driving extreme weather; 3) the rate of warming is accelerating at a disturbing pace; and 4) we are rapidly approaching a point of no return.
Report: Bush Administration Degrading National Security to Protect Nuclear Energy Industry – News Release by NC WARN
NEWS RELEASE November 25, 2003 Contact: Stan Goff or Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Report released: Bush administration degrading national security to protect financial interest of nuclear energy industry; Calls Bush administration rhetoric “Orwellian patriotism-for-profit” DURHAM, NC – In the George Orwell classic 1984, the monolithic security state called “Big Brother” combined “doublethink” …
Design Flaw Creates 34% Chance of Core Damage at Nuclear Plants – News Release by NC WARN
NEWS RELEASE August 20, 2003 Contact: Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Chance of Nuclear Accident 34% at U.S. Plants Scientists show risk exists at NC plants and cite regulators’ negligence DURHAM, NC – “According to government reports, the odds that one of the nation’s nuclear power reactors will have a serious accident in …
NRC Blasted for Subverting Science on Cooling Pool Hazards – News Release by NC WARN
NEWS RELEASE May 21, 2003 919-416-5077 NRC Blasted for Subverting Science on Cooling Pool Hazards Local Officials, Citizens Press State Attorney General For Action On Nuclear Waste RALEIGH, NC – Civic leaders and environmentalists revealed today that a commissioner with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is colluding with the nuclear …