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Text of President Obama’s Speech in Hiroshima, Japan via The New York Times

Posted on 2016/05/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The following is a transcript of President Obama’s speech in Hiroshima, Japan, as recorded by The New York Times. Seventy-one years ago, on a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed. A flash of … Continue reading →

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Tell President Obama: We Need Words AND Action in Hiroshima via Union of Concerned Scientists

Posted on 2016/05/04 by yukimiyamotodepaul

At the end of May, President Obama will be traveling to Japan for a gathering of world leaders. While there, the president may visit Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the sites of the horrific US atomic bombings in August 1945, which injured … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima survivors look to Obama visit for disarmament, not apology via Reuters

Posted on 2016/04/14 by norma field

Progress on ridding the world of nuclear weapons, not an apology, is what Hiroshima would want from a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Japanese city hit by an American nuclear attack 71 years ago, survivors and other … Continue reading →

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White House confirms Obama is weighing visit to Hiroshima during G-7 trip via The Japan Times

Posted on 2016/04/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Barack Obama is considering a visit to Hiroshima when he travels to Japan in May for the Group of Seven summit, the White House said Tuesday. It was the first confirmation of reports that the U.S. … Continue reading →

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【petition】Grand Canyon: Radiation alert via Avaaz

Posted on 2016/02/25 by norma field

Dear friends across the US, My people have lived for centuries in the Grand Canyon, and I hope my children’s children will get to enjoy this incredible place. But crazy plans for new radioactive uranium mines around the Grand Canyon … Continue reading →

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President Obama, Cut Dirty Nuclear Power From Your Climate-Change Talks via The New Republic

Posted on 2015/01/26 by norma field

President Barack Obama is getting serious about climate change, a challenge that “poses a greater threat to future generations” than any other, he said in last week’s State of the Union. In July, his administration announced an EPA regulation to … Continue reading →

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Missing a nuclear opportunity　via The Hill

Posted on 2015/01/25 by norma field

In the State of the Union address, President Obama once again failed to rekindle his vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. This is inexcusable. The Cold War ended nearly 25 years ago, but the threat of nuclear annihilation … Continue reading →

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TVA nominees agree to recuse themselves on Bellefonte Nuclear Plant vote via timesfreepress.com

Posted on 2014/12/09 by norma field

wo nominees for the Tennessee Valley Authority are expected to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate today, but only after the pair made an unusual commitment Monday not to vote or involve themselves with any matter involving developer Franklin L. … Continue reading →

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Backsliding on Nuclear Promises via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/09/25 by norma field

(Editorial) For much of the past six years, President Obama has talked about working toward a world without nuclear weapons. Yet his administration is now investing tens of billions of dollars in modernizing and rebuilding America’s nuclear arsenal and facilities, … Continue reading →

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Presley to Obama: Mississippi doesn’t want nuclear waste via The Clarion-Ledger

Posted on 2014/08/19 by norma field

Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley has forwarded to President Obama resolutions passed by the PSC in opposition to storing nuclear waste in Mississippi. Last year, federal officials considering alternatives to plans to store the nation’s nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, … Continue reading →

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