Environmental Justice 
Reprint: Nuke Accident Would Dwarf Oil Spill(Comments Off)
Nuke Accident Would Dwarf Oil Spill Bob Herbert’s July 19 New York Times column rightly states that the harm from a meltdown at a nuclear power plant “would make the Deepwater Horizon disaster look like a walk in the park.” Herbert also warns that systems needed to prevent a meltdown are not well developed. “Right [...]
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Film: Countdown to Zero = FREE TICKETS
Join Georgia WAND for a FREE screening of the film Countdown to Zero at Landmark Midtown Arts Cinema. After the viewing, we’ll have a panel discussion of the movie. This movie highlights the global nuclear threat and spells out, in chilling terms, the danger facing everyone if nuclear weapons end up in the hands of [...]
Reprint: Screening problems halt Georgia nuke plant work
// Screening problems halt Georgia nuke plant work Trouble with worker background checks halts construction at proposed Georgia nuclear plant Ray Henry, Associated Press Writer, On Wednesday July 7, 2010, 3:06 pm EDT ATLANTA (AP) — Construction on a proposed nuclear power plant in eastern Georgia has been halted because a contractor failed ask its [...]
Reprint: Environmental Racism
Siting Nukes in a Poor Black Town ~ If A Black President Does It, Is It Still Environmental Racism? by Bruce Dixon BLACK AGENDA REPORT (5/4/10) In the weeks since President Obama announced $8.3 billion in loan guarantees to build new nuclear reactors next to an existing pair of nukes in mostly black Burke County, [...]
