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Energy Dept. Nearly Triples Funding for Plutonium Pit Production Cuts Cleanup in Half But Refuses to Complete New Env. Impact Statement for Los Alamos Lab

Nuke Watch New Mexico FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, March 10, 2020 Contact: Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch NM, 505.989.7342, jay@nukewatch.org Scott Kovac, Nuclear Watch NM, 505.989.7342, scott@nukewatch.org Santa Fe, NM – Today the Department of Energy’s semi-autonomous nuclear weapons agency, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), announced that it will not complete a new site-wide environmental impact …

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Community Leaders across Georgia Converge in Atlanta to Kick-off National Climate Justice Tour

Community Leaders across Georgia Converge in Atlanta to Kick-off National Climate Justice Tour For Immediate Release, August 24, 2018, Atlanta, GA: Georgia WAND Education Fund, Inc (“Georgia WAND”) hosts “JUSTRAVAGANZA”, an electrifying town hall-style event. “The Justravaganza platform allows us to elevate people across Georgia living at the margins to the international …

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PRESS RELEASE: On eve of U.S/Korea talks, Atlanta welcomes Christine Ahn, Women Cross DMZ founder, to panel with local Peace Champions

PRESS RELEASE June 8, 2018 Press Contact: Becky Rafter Executive Director 678-637-3744-mobile 404-524-5999 x1014 Direct becky@georgiawand.org Georgia WAND Presents: Mother’s Day for Peace 2018 Meet the Real Champions Creating Global Peace For Immediate Release, June 8, 2018, Atlanta, GA: On the eve of historic denuclearization talks with North Korea, Georgia …

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Georgia WAND Climate and Nuclear Report Shared with the United Nations

Our Climate Report, “Community Impacts at the Crossroads of Nuclear and Climate Injustices in the U.S. South,” has been shared with the UN Special Rappeteur on Poverty and Human Rights. Thanks to our partner the US Human Rights Network, this report is now being circulated more widely. The report educates …

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PRESS RELEASE: Georgia WAND Responds to PSC’s 12/21 Decision Mandating Rate Payers Shoulder Nuclear Expansion

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/28/2017 Contact: Lindsay Harper Deputy Director Georgia WAND Education Fund lindsay@georgiawand.org (404) 428-7440 Georgia WAND Responds to PSC’s 12/21 Decision Mandating Rate Payers Shoulder Nuclear Expansion Financial Burden ATLANTA, GA, Tuesday December 28, 2017: Although disappointed that the Georgia Public Service Commission decision moves Plant Vogtle’s construction …

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Georgia WAND Releases Report on the Nexus of Climate Change, the Nuclear Industry, and Southern Communities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/15/2017 Contact: Lindsay Harper Program and Communications Manager Georgia WAND Education Fund lindsay@georgiawand.org Georgia WAND Releases Report on the Nexus of Climate Change, the Nuclear Industry, and Southern Communities Environmental group calls for clean energy, sustainable local economies, and long-term health research Atlanta, GA: On Wednesday 12/13, …