Environment/Energy
Army gags rural neighbors of Badger
Submitted by Staff on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 3:06pm
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger, a WNPJ member group, reports:
Army officials have ordered rural neighbors of Badger Army Ammunition Plant (pictured) to suppress an environmental report by an independent consultant working with the local Restoration Advisory Board (RAB).
Dane Democrats back Carbon Free Nuclear Free campaign
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 11:44am
2010/03/11: Wis Public Radio: Attempts to block more nuclear energy in Wisconsin
Submitted by Staff on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 5:49pmChuck Quirmbach of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on the Carbon Free Nuclear Free Coalition, of which WNPJ is an active member:
Anti-nuclear groups are trying to close a potential window for expanded use of nuclear power, as Wisconsin lawmakers debate a global warming bill.
2010/03/04: MPR: Bill to undo (Minnesota) moratorium on nuclear plants stalls
Submitted by Staff on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 11:26am
While the Wisconsin legislature considers a Clean Energy Jobs Act that would open the door to more nuclear reactors in Wisconsin, a similar pro-nuclear proposal has suffered a major setback across the Mississippi in Minnesota. Minnesota Public Radio reports:
Clean Energy Jobs Act 'anti-nuclear?' We wish...
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 11:41am In a sort of Alice in Wonderland version of the debate now going on in the Wisconsin Legislature, one of the biggest supporters of nuclear power declares that the Clean Energy Jobs Act is "anti-nuclear" and written to please "fringe groups" like WNPJ. That comes as news to WNPJ and others who have been working to strengthen the bill, which would open the door to more nuclear reactors in the state.
Vermont Senate votes to shut state's only nuclear plant
Submitted by Staff on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 4:49pm
By an overwhelming 26 to 4 vote, the Vermont Senate voted to deny a request by Entergy Corp., the operator of Vermont's sole nuclear plant, to extend its forty-year lifespan by an additional twenty years, forcing a shutdown of the aging reactor by 2012. The vote marks the first time a state has moved to shut down an operating reactor, and deals a severe blow to the troubled nuclear industry, which had hoped for a revival after President Obama made massive federal loan guarantees to promote construction of new nuclear plants a centerpiece of his proposed energy policy. Pictured: Collapsed cooling tower, 2007
2010/02/20: The Progressive: No new nukes in Wisconsin
Submitted by Staff on Sat, 02/20/2010 - 12:27pm
Elizabeth DiNovella of The Progressive writes about WNPJ's work against opening the door to more nuclear power in Wisconsin as part of the Clean Energy Jobs Act now before the legislature, and quotes Diane Farsetta, coordinator of WNPJ's Carbon Free Nuclear Free campaign.
Nuclear 'tweaks' in energy bill could be a deal-breaker
Submitted by Staff on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 9:19pmWhen is a "tweak" in a legislative bill a deal breaker?
Maybe, just maybe, when the change is to an already controversial section on nuclear power that's part of the proposed Clean Energy Jobs Bill for Wisconsin.
Pro-nuclear changes being pushed by utilities could derail the whole thing.
WNPJ board member Bill Christofferson explains on WNPJ blog.
