nuclear-news

Young Americans want clean jobs, not dirty nuclear power

Dirty talk in SOTU: why my generation’s jobs must be clean The Huffington Post Jessy Tolkan 28 Jan 2010 “….After outlasting the Bush Administration’s team of deniers over the last decade, it’s a victory that Team Obama has identified the need to solve the climate and energy crisis as the path to securing our nation’s future.

However, the victory celebration is short-lived. If the building blocks of this future lie, as stated, in nuclear power plants, offshore drilling for oil and gas, bio-fuels and so-called “clean” coal, then we’re setting ourselves up for costly, unacceptable solutions that will still yield the harmful, negative effects of dirty energy that impact our communities.

A Nuclear Renaissance will perpetuate the devastating mining of uranium on indigenous lands and threaten communities near the plants. “Clean” coal will continue to destroy mountains and communities in Appalachia and escalate the asthma and respiratory problems in cities with coal plants. …We need to be focused on wind and solar, which are renewable energy sources that will help create jobs and reduce our carbon emissions……… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jessy-tolkan/dirty-talk-in-sotu-why-my_b_440501.html

January 29, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear spin, radiation, radioactive, reactors, renewables, solar