Tag Archives: Friends of the Earth

Lawsuit: Quake standards altered at California nuclear plant via San Francisco Chronicle

Federal regulators secretly and illegally revised the license for California’s last nuclear power facility — PG&E’s Diablo Canyon — to mask the aging plant’s vulnerability to earthquakes, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by environmentalists. The suit claims that the … Continue reading

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The BBC, Friends of the Earth and nuclear power via The Ecologist

At first it looked like a journalistic coup, writes Neil Crumpton – the BBC’s ‘scoop’ that FOE was no longer opposed to nuclear power. Except that FOE remains firmly anti-nuclear as it has been for decades. The spotlight must now … Continue reading

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Radio 4 report on nuclear power (Friends of the Earth Press Release)

In response to a news report on the Today programme on 10th September 2014 that stated that Friends of the Earth had changed its position on nuclear power, Executive Director Andy Atkins said: “Friends of the Earth has not changed … Continue reading

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Friends of the Earth’s shift on nuclear should be celebrated, not denied via The Guardian

The green group’s opposition is now less ideological and more functional, and that’s a sign of maturity Nuclear power in the UK has turned out much safer than environmentalists worried it would be. Friends of the Earth, which feared the … Continue reading

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Greens dispute climate scientists on nuclear power via The Hill

Environmentalists are pushing back against four prominent climate scientists who say the green movement should embrace nuclear power plant construction to help fight climate change. E2-Wire wrote about the open letter from the four scientists to environmentalists on Sunday. Several … Continue reading

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A ‘David vs. Goliath’ tale of how a small environmental group helped close the San Onofre nuclear power plant via KPCC

When Southern California Edison made the surprise announcement last week that it would shut down San Onofre, nuclear foes were jubilant. While there have been many activists working for decades to close to the plant, there was one small environmental … Continue reading

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San Onofre is Dead, the Nuclear Waste Isn’t via Counterpunch

I think Edison deserves credit for making a wise decision to permanently close the San Onofre nuclear plant. I support the decision. It’s good for business, good for California, good for the environment. It’s the correct engineering decision to make. … Continue reading

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San Onofre Power Plant Ruling Sides with Environmentalists via Huffington Post

LOS ANGELES — A federal panel Monday sided with environmentalists who have called for lengthy hearings on a plan to restart the ailing San Onofre nuclear power plant – a decision that further clouds the future of the twin reactors. … Continue reading

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UPDATE: Feds deny group’s request for San Onofre nuclear plant license amendment via South California Public Radio

UPDATE 4:45 p.m.: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has denied an environmental group’s request to amend San Onofre’s license. The NRC is deciding whether it’s safe to restart San Onofre’s Unit 2 reactor at reduced power. But the Washington D.C.-based group Friends … Continue reading

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