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The Nurture of Nuclear(Comments Off)
The Nurture of Nuclear Power By NANCY FOLBRE Librado Romero/The New York TimesRegulatory and Congressional support continues for America’s aging nuclear plants, like Indian Point 2, in Buchanan, N.Y., north of New York City. Nancy Folbre is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Free enterprise? States’ rights? Public opinion? These concepts seem [...]
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Support the SANE act, a Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures
Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) has introduced the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act, H.R. 3974, to reduce nuclear weapons spending. It’s time for us to cut excessive, out of control and frankly insane spending on nuclear weapons. As Congressman Markey says, “America’s nuclear weapons budget is locked in a Cold War time machine.” Our [...]
Mr. President, Put It in Writing! Posted by Elaina Ramsey • January 31, 2012 • Printer-friendly Right now, we have a unique opportunity to move closer to a safer world free of nuclear weapons. Over the next few months, President Obama will write new guidance that will lead to the latest nuclear war plan and [...]
66th Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Please join us for A brief ceremony of commemoration for the victims and for the victims of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Saturday, Aug. 6 from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Beacon of Peace and Hope Peace Garden 120 Riverfront Drive North Little Rock (by the USS Razorback) Sponsored by Arkansas WAND (Women’s Action for New Directions) and [...]