[Sustain] Fwd: CBS's Nuclear Revival
Cal Broomhead
broomhead at igc.org
Thu Jun 14 09:06:12 PDT 2007
How about eliminating the Price Anderson Act? No insurance waiver means no
nukes. We pushed a proposition in 1976 but it failed, though it sparked a
lot of debate.
Cal Broomhead and Kathleen Ribeiro
broomhead at igc.org
> [Original Message]
> From: Don Eichelberger <done7777 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: Susan Swift <vencejo at mindspring.com>
> Cc: <sustainability at sfgreens.org>; Lynda Hernandez
<redwoodsforever at verizon.net>; <GPCA-Energy at yahoogroups.com>;
<TrueGreen_NoNukes at yahoogroups.com>
> Date: 6/12/2007 6:43:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sustain] Fwd: CBS's Nuclear Revival
>
> I hope they were responsive to working together.
> Seems we have "allies" almost everywhere we
> look. It is a matter of finding ways to keep
> each other in each other's loops and, if not
> "coordinating efforts", at least making a buzz in unison.
>
> Overcoming the other side's media blitz will be a
> big part of it. I am ccing the state Green Party
> media guy, Cres, with a heads up that his help
> would be good to have. The main media strategy
> at present seems to be writing and responding to
> blogs (my first blog is
> www.greenuprising.blogspot.com) and writing
> letters to editors for newspaper articles that promote nukes
>
> We need to do something newsworthy. We (SF Green
> Sustainability Working Group) are considering
> pushing Leno for stronger legislation than a
> study, including opposing renewal of nuke
> operating licenses in the state on the same grounds we now oppose new
licenses.
>
> I would like to get something happening,
>
> Don
>
> At 07:48 AM 4/19/2007, you wrote:
> >Great News! We have some allies outside the immediate environmental
> >ncommunity. Thanks for sharing this Don. I'll write to CBS and FAIR.
> >
> >-Susan
> >
> >-- In TrueGreen_NoNukes at yahoogroups.com, Don Eichelberger
> ><done7777 at ...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I looked at the 60 Minutes segment and said to
> > > myself, "Noooooo! Not 60 Minutes, too!" I had
> > > intended to respond to them, but got turned to
> > > other things, until I got this alert. In case you want to respond....
> > >
> > > Glad FAIR is doing this.
> > >
> > > Don
> > >
> > > >Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:27:06 -0700
> > > >From: "Richard A. Knee" <rak0408 at ...>
> > > >To: "Knee Richard A." <rak0408 at ...>
> > > >Subject: Fwd: CBS's Nuclear Revival
> > > >------- Forwarded message -------
> > > >From: FAIR <fair at ...>
> > > >To: rak0408 at ...
> > > >Cc:
> > > >Subject: CBS's Nuclear Revival
> > > >Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:34:18 -0700
> > > >
> > > >http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3086
> > > >
> > > >Action Alert
> > > >
> > > >CBS's Nuclear Revival
> > > >60 Minutes' critic-free boosterism
> > > >
> > > >4/18/07
> > > >
> > > >On April 8, the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes aired a segment about the
> > > >"resounding success" of the French nuclear power program,
> >suggesting that
> > > >"emission-free" nuclear power might offer an easy solution to the
> >problem
> > > >of climate change. The report protected this dubious assertion from
> > > >skeptical scrutiny by failing to quote a single bona fide critic of
the
> > > >nuclear industry.
> > > >
> > > >The segment was titled "Vive Les Nukes," which gave a good
> >indication of
> > > >the slant it took. Describing it as "an efficient means of
> >producing large
> > > >amounts of carbon-free energy," correspondent Steve Kroft announced
> >at the
> > > >top of the segment that nuclear power is "a technology whose time
> >seemed
> > > >to come and go, and may now be coming again." The notion of a nuclear
> > > >power renaissance was bolstered by CBS's choice of interview
guests—the
> > > >program spoke only to nuclear power supporters (in France and
> >elsewhere),
> > > >thereby allowing their rhetoric to go unchallenged.
> > > >
> > > >Guests on the segment were French energy official Pierre Gadonniex,
> >French
> > > >nuclear industry executive Bertrande Durrande, White House deputy
> > > >secretary of energy Clay Sell (Bush's "point man on nuclear power"),
> > > >French nuclear executive Anne Lauvergeon, MIT nuclear researcher
Andrew
> > > >Kadak and David Jhirhad of the World Resources Institute, described
> >as "an
> > > >environmental think tank in Washington."
> > > >
> > > >Jhirhad was the only potentially balancing source, but he is quoted
> >only
> > > >to make Kroft's point that "even some environmental groups are
taking a
> > > >second look at nuclear power." This is an emerging line in much of
the
> > > >corporate media (e.g., Washington Post, 4/16/06; New York Times,
> >2/27/07),
> > > >though the actual number of green groups embracing nuclear power is
> >quite
> > > >small. The World Resources Institute receives contributions from
> >several
> > > >energy companies and other major polluters, information that would
have
> > > >been useful for CBS viewers in evaluating Jhirad's claim that the
> >nuclear
> > > >industry's "safety record has been pretty good."
> > > >
> > > >The segment's one-sided sourcing was made all the more problematic
when
> > > >the White House's Sell claimed that "no serious person can look at
the
> > > >challenge of greenhouse gases and climate change and not come to the
> > > >conclusion that nuclear power has to play a significant and growing
> >role
> > > >in meeting that challenge worldwide." Of course, "serious people" do
> > > >question precisely that--and CBS should have interviewed them.
> > > >
> > > >Excluding such sources meant excluding important information. While
> > > >France's nuclear power is portrayed as widely popular, CBS failed to
> > > >mention large protests held across the country on March 17 (Agence
> >France
> > > >Presse, 3/17/07) against construction of a new nuclear plant. Nor, in
> > > >touting the massive nuclear reprocessing plant France has built in
> > > >Normandy, did the show refer to the radiation it releases into the
> >English
> > > >Channel (NIRS Nuclear Monitor, 3-4/00) or the cluster of leukemia
cases
> > > >occurring around the plant (British Medical Journal, 1/11/97).
> > > >
> > > >Kroft even adopts industry-friendly language in describing the push
to
> > > >revive U.S. nuclear power, discussing the "financial incentives" and
> > > >"streamlined regulatory system" intended to encourage nuclear energy
> > > >development. Such "incentives" might better be described as
government
> > > >subsides, which have long been criticized by nuclear industry
> >critics as a
> > > >waste of taxpayers' money. Unmentioned in the CBS report were similar
> > > >subsidies in France; according to the U.S.-based Institute for
> >Energy and
> > > >Environmental Research (5/4/06), $1 billion a year in government
> >subsidies
> > > >go to plutonium production alone.
> > > >
> > > >Excluding critical voices allowed grossly misleading information to
go
> > > >unchallenged, as when nuclear executive Lauvergeon claimed, in the
> > > >segment's conclusion, that "wind and solar are, you know, temporary
> > > >sources of energy. It works when you have wind, it works when you
have
> > > >sun. No sun, no wind, no energy. You don't want to watch TV only
> >when you
> > > >have wind." Of course, wind and solar energy are not "temporary"
> >sources
> > > >of energy; power generated by both can be stored. Airing this sort of
> > > >misinformation eliminates any real consideration of viable
> >alternatives to
> > > >nuclear energy.
> > > >
> > > >At one point, Kroft says that "the Bush administration is pushing a
> > > >nuclear revival." The same could be said for CBS.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >ACTION:
> > > >Contact 60 Minutes to ask why its report on nuclear energy excluded
the
> > > >views of the industry's numerous critics.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >CONTACT:
> > > >CBS 60 Minutes
> > > >60m at ...
> > > >(212) 975-3247
> > > >
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> >color=#8f4444><FONT face=Georgia><FONT size=3><SPAN
> >class=communique_category><a
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>href="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=325422084&url_num=
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> > > <P><FONT color=#8f4444><FONT face=Georgia><FONT size=3><SPAN
> >class=communique_category>Action
> >Alert</SPAN><BR><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><STRONG><FONT
> >face=Georgia><FONT size=3><SPAN class=main_headline>CBS's Nuclear
> >Revival</SPAN><BR></FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Georgia><FONT
> >size=3><SPAN class=sub_headline>60 Minutes' critic-free
> >boosterism<BR></SPAN><BR><SPAN
> >class=date>4/18/07</SPAN><BR><BR></FONT></FONT><SPAN
> >class=published-content-body><FONT face=Georgia size=3>On April 8, the
> ><SPAN class=media_outlet><STRONG>CBS</STRONG></SPAN> newsmagazine
> ><SPAN class=media_outlet><STRONG>60 Minutes</STRONG></SPAN> </FONT><a
> > title=""
>
>href="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=325422084&url_num=
16&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fstories%2F2007%2F04%2F06%2F60minutes%2
Fmain2655782.shtml"
> >target=_blank><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#015272 size=3>aired a
> >segment</FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Georgia size=3> about the
> >"resounding success" of the French nuclear power program, suggesting
> >that "emission-free" nuclear power might offer an easy solution to the
> >problem of climate change. The report protected this dubious assertion
> >from skeptical scrutiny by failing to quote a single bona fide critic
> >of the nuclear industry.<BR><BR>The segment was titled "Vive Les
> >Nukes," which gave a good indication of the slant it took. Describing
> >it as "an efficient means of producing large amounts of carbon-free
> >energy," correspondent Steve Kroft announced at the top of the segment
> >that nuclear power is "a technology whose time seemed to come and go,
> >and may now be coming again." The notion of a nuclear power
> >renaissance was bolstered by <SPAN
> >class=media_outlet><STRONG>CBS</STRONG></SPAN>'s choice of interview
> >guests—the program spoke only to nuclear power supporters (in France
> >and elsewhere), thereby allowing their rhetoric to go
> >unchallenged.<BR><BR>Guests on the segment were French energy official
> >Pierre Gadonniex, French nuclear industry executive Bertrande
> >Durrande, White House deputy secretary of energy Clay Sell (Bush's
> >"point man on nuclear power"), French nuclear executive Anne
> >Lauvergeon, MIT nuclear researcher Andrew Kadak and David Jhirhad of
> >the World Resources Institute, described as "an environmental think
> >tank in Washington."<BR><BR>Jhirhad was the only potentially balancing
> >source, but he is quoted only to make Kroft's point that "even some
> >environmental groups are taking a second look at nuclear power." This
> >is an emerging line in much of the corporate media (e.g., <SPAN
> >class=media_outlet><STRONG>Washington Post</STRONG></SPAN>, </FONT><a
> > title=""
>
>href="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=325422084&url_num=
17&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F20
06%2F04%2F14%2FAR2006041401209.html"
> >target=_blank><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#015272
> >size=3>4/16/06</FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Georgia size=3>; <SPAN
> >class=media_outlet><STRONG>New York Times</STRONG></SPAN>, </FONT><a
> >title=""
>
>href="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=325422084&url_num=
18&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F02%2F27%2Fscience%2Fearth%2F27t
ier.html%3Fei%3D5088%26amp%3Ben%3Dde61beaa4b05ed09%26amp%3Bex%3D1330232400%2
6amp%3Bpartner%3Drssnyt%26amp%3Bemc%3Drss%26amp%3Bpagewanted%3Dprint"
> >target=_blank><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#015272
> >size=3>2/27/07</FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Georgia size=3>), though
> >the actual number of green groups embracing nuclear power is quite
> >small. The World Resources Institute </FONT><a title=""
>
>href="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=325422084&url_num=
19&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wri.org%2Fpartners%2Fcontrib_financial.cfm"
> >target=_blank><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#015272 size=3>receives
> >contributions</FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Georgia size=3> from
> >several energy companies and other major polluters, information that
> >would have been useful for <SPAN
> >class=media_outlet><STRONG>CBS</STRONG></SPAN> viewers in evaluating
> >Jhirad's claim that the nuclear industry's "safety record has been
> >pretty good."<BR><BR>The segment's one-sided sourcing was made all the
> >more problematic when the White House's Sell claimed that "no serious
> >person can look at the challenge of greenhouse gases and climate
> >change and not come to the conclusion that nuclear power has to play a
> >significant and growing role in meeting that challenge worldwide." Of
> >course, "serious people" do question precisely that--and <SPAN
> >class=media_outlet><STRONG>CBS</STRONG></SPAN> should have interviewed
> >them.<BR><BR>Excluding such sources meant excluding important
> >information. While France's nuclear power is portrayed as widely
> >popular, <SPAN class=media_outlet><STRONG>CBS</STRONG></SPAN> failed
> >to mention large protests held across the country on March 17 (<SPAN
> >class=media_outlet><STRONG>Agence France Presse</STRONG></SPAN>,
> >3/17/07) against construction of a new nuclear plant. Nor, in touting
> >the massive nuclear reprocessing plant France has built in Normandy,
> >did the show refer to the radiation it releases into the English
> >Channel (<SPAN class=media_outlet><STRONG>NIRS Nuclear
> >Monitor</STRONG></SPAN>, </FONT><a title=""
>
>href="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=325422084&url_num=
20&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nirs.org%2Fmononline%2Fcogemamonitor.htm"
> >target=_blank><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#015272
> >size=3>3-4/00</FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Georgia size=3>) or the
> >cluster of leukemia cases occurring around the plant (<SPAN
> >class=media_outlet><STRONG>British Medical Journal</STRONG></SPAN>,
> ></FONT><a title=""
>
>href="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=325422084&url_num=
21&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bmj.com%2Fcgi%2Fcontent%2Ffull%2F314%2F7074%2F101"
> >target=_blank><STRONG><FONT face=Georgia color=#015272
> >size=3>1/11/97</FONT></STRONG></A><FONT face=Georgia
> >size=3>).<BR><BR>Kroft even adopts industry-friendly language in
> >describing the push to revive U.S. nuclear power, discussing the
> >"financial incentives" and "streamlined regulatory system" intended to
> >encourage nuclear energy development. Such "incentives" might better
> >be described as government subsides, which have long been criticized
> >by nuclear industry critics as a waste of taxpayers' money.
> >Unmentioned in the <SPAN
> >class=media_outlet><STRONG>CBS</STRONG></SPAN> report were similar
> >subsidies in France; according to the U.S.-based Institute for Energy
> >and Environmental Research (</FONT><a title=""
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>href="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=325422084&url_num=
22&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ieer.org%2Freports%2Fenergy%2Ffrance%2Flowcarbonrepo
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> >billion a year in government subsidies go to plutonium production
> >alone.<BR><BR>Excluding critical voices allowed grossly misleading
> >information to go unchallenged, as when nuclear executive Lauvergeon
> >claimed, in the segment's conclusion, that "wind and solar are, you
> >know, temporary sources of energy. It works when you have wind, it
> >works when you have sun. No sun, no wind, no energy. You don't want to
> >watch TV only when you have wind." Of course, wind and solar energy
> >are not "temporary" sources of energy; power generated by both can be
> >stored. Airing this sort of misinformation eliminates any real
> >consideration of viable alternatives to nuclear energy.<BR><BR>At one
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