VICTORY ON TX NUKE WASTE BILL! Thanks for helping stop HB 2692 -- for now

Opponents spoke out against Waste Control Specialists, LLC's highly radioactive waste Consolidated Interim Storage Facility schemes at NRC's environmental scoping public comment meeting in Andrews, Texas in Feb., 2017Anti-nuke activist Lon Burnam, who previously served as a progressive Democratic Texas State Rep. from Fort Worth for 18 years, reports: "We in Austin are excited to report the TX Nuke Waste House Bill was referred back to committee today because the Bill Analysis was substantially incorrect. That does not mean it's dead, but is a very polite way of saying the author of the bill has lied about what the bill would accomplish."

Thanks to all who have opposed State Rep. Brooks Landgraf's bill, including our members in TX! Texans, please continue to take action. If you do not reside in TX, please spread word to Texans you know, urging them to take action. See action alerts at link below for more information.

Read more at our "low-level" radioactive waste website section.

Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues, April 26-30

NATIVE NUCLEAR FORUM

5-Day Speaker Series, April 26 to 30

The Native American Forum on Nuclear Issues focuses on the impacts that nuclear has on Native American communities across the country, including uranium mining and milling, nuclear weapons production and testing, atomic reactor operation, radioactive waste transport and dumping, etc. Join them from 5 to 7pm PT each day (8 to 10pm ET; 7 to 9pm CT; 6 to 8pm MT). Speakers include Winona LaDuke, Steve Newcomb, Carletta Tilousi, Dr. Tommy Rock, Manny Pino, Myron Dewey, Joe Kennedy, and Ian Zabarte. Featured artists and performers include Jack Malotte, Sarah Caligiuri, and Bryan Hudson. This virtual event is brought to you by Native Community Action Council in partnership with Native Americans for Restorative Stewardship. Pre-registration is required for each day's session.

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New Mexico sues US over proposed nuclear waste storage plans

Tee shirt design by Noel Marquez, used with permission. The square shape is in the form of NM's map perimeter.As reported by the Associated Press.

Courthouse News Service has also reported on this story, with a link to the State of New Mexico lawsuit.

Additional coverage: PowerMag; Bloomberg Law (behind pay wall); PBS; the Carlsbad Current Argus (behind pay wall); The Hill; The Sandpaper; Nuclear Intelligence Weekly (behind pay wall); and The Center Square -- New Mexico.

See the New Mexico Attorney General's press release, here (it is followed by the lawsuit itself).

Senate confirms former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary

Jennifer M. Granholm's official portrait was unveiled in the state Capitol where it will hang in the Gallery of the Governors. The portrait features the governor amid symbols that tell the story of her administration's efforts to diversify Michigan's economy, educate and train its citizens, and protect them in tough economic times during the two-terms she served as Michigan's 47th governor.As reported by Axios.

See Beyond Nuclear radioactive waste specialist Kevin Kamps's statement about Jennifer Granholm's record, as MI AG and governor, on nuclear power and radioactive waste issues, at the time of her nomination by President Biden. (Kamps has served as a board member of Don't Waste Michigan, the state-wide anti-nuclear coalition, since the early 1990s.)

In response to questions raised by U.S. Sen. Cortez Masto (D-NV) during her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing last month, Energy Secretary Granholm expressed support for consent-based siting, and therefore opposition to the Yucca Mountain high-level radioactive waste dump targeted at Nevada. The state, and the Western Shoshone Indian Nation, have both expressed strong opposition to the proposed dump, for the past 34 years.

Although no U.S. Senators questioned Granholm about the Consolidated Interim Storage Facilities targeted at Texas and New Mexico, the Energy Secretary must surely also oppose them, as well, right? Neither targeted "host" state consents to the siting of either dump (the Texas dump is immediately upon the New Mexico border, and upstream; the New Mexico dump is not far from the Texas border). Both governors (Republican Greg Abbott in Texas, and Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham in New Mexico) have spoken out strongly against both dumps, as have many Members of Congress from both states, state legislators in both states, and a growing groundswell of grassroots groups and concerned citizens.

BEYOND NUCLEAR V. NRC -- 'We'll See You in Court" on TX CISF!

Public commenters just say "NO!" at NRC environmental scoping meeting on the ISP CISF in Andrews, TX, Feb. 2017We've filed a federal court appeal against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, regarding its rubber stamps of Interim Storage Partners' highly radioactive waste consolidated interim storage facility (CISF), targeted at the Waste Control Specialists national "low" level rad. waste dump in Andrews County, West Texas. See our press release here, with links to relevant documents. NRC is violating multiple federal laws, which we intend to prove at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the second highest court in the land, just under the U.S. Supreme Court. Last June, we also appealed against NRC's rubber stamps in Holtec's CISF case, targeting majority minority New Mexico. Both CISFs, just 40 miles apart, represent radioactive racism and environmental injustice.

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