June 2004 Reducing Power Consumption: Inspiring Stories of Success Subway franchise owner Steve Kaplan is now saving over $20,000 a year in energy costs, simply because he decided to evaluate the energy efficiency of seven of his Subway locations in Oklahoma. He found that by using energy-efficient lighting, he could …
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Fact Sheet: The Alarming Truth About Global Warming – NC WARN, 2004
A summary of the science and the consequences for North Carolina and the rest of the planet.
NC’s Disappearing Coast – The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte Observer Sunday, May 9, 2004 North Carolina’s disappearing coast JACK BETTS RALEIGH – RALEIGH — North Carolina’s coast is disappearing. Each year, rising sea level gently floods more land in Eastern North Carolina as faraway glaciers melt. And every so often, relentless northeasters and ferocious hurricanes come along, pounding …
25 Years After Three Mile Island; Industry-Wide Problems Increase – Announcement from NC WARN
25 Years after Three Mile Island, Industry-wide Problems Increase NC WARN joins citizen groups across the nation this week observing the 25th anniversary of the Three Mile Island meltdown. Just as the industry and the NRC pretend that Three Mile Island didn’t hurt anyone, they are pushing the deception that …
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” …
Government Auditor: Serious Weaknesses in Security at Civilian Nuclear Reactors – Announcement from NC WARN
GOVERNMENT AUDITOR: Serious Weaknesses in Security at Civilian Nuclear Reactors Two senior congressional representatives have released a U.S. General Accounting Office report that found several serious weaknesses in NRC’s oversight of security at U.S. nuclear power plants. To see highlights of the study and a link to the full study: Click Here …
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No Confidence in NRC: 100s of Citizen Groups Led by UCS’ Lochbaum – Letter to Chairman and Commissioners
Chairman Nils J. Diaz Commissioner Edward McGaffigan, Jr. Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrifield SUBJECT: VOTES OF NO CONFIDENCE IN NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Dear Chairman and Commissioners: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) lists “improving public confidence” as one of its four strategic goals. Yet, Mrs. Patricia G. Norry, Deputy Executive Director for Management …
Blackouts Leave Emergency Generators as Thin Protection at N-Plants – NC WARN Analysis
Blackouts Leave Emergency Diesels as Tenuous Protection at Nuclear Plants On August 14th the largest electrical blackout in history caused sixteen nuclear plants to automatically shut down in the U.S. and Canada. Even when a reactor is off-line, large amounts of circulating water must cool the reactor core and large, …
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 …