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All- a proposal for next plenary:<br><br>
Thanks to Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, an initiative is being circulated to
overturn California's ban on new nuclear power reactors, and is
wholeheartedly supported by the state Republican Party. No new
facilities can currently be considered for the state until
California agrees to a plan to deal with the wastes. See details
and news article below.<br><br>
This initiative would take away those rights and require California to go
along with any waste plan approved by the US government.<br><br>
This needs to be considered at the NEXT PLENARY. I would like to
see a CONSENT CALENDAR resolution put forward, such as:<br><br>
GPCA platform continues to oppose nuclear power to produce electric
energy. GPCA opposes the DeVore initiative,which would overturn
California's state ban on new nuclear facilities and end our protection
from this costly, dangerous and unnecessary technology.<br><br>
We are especially concerned that proponents of nuclear power are trying
to characterize nuclear as "green energy" that can address
Global Warming. Greens know the difference:<br><br>
SAFETY-Green Energy does not endanger the public by threats of
cataclysmic accidents. <br>
ENVIRONMENT- It does not leave behind long-lived, dangerous wastes that
can, themselves, be used as weapons. <br>
RENEWABLE- It uses renewable and cyclically available energy, such as
wind, solar, tidal and small hydro. No mines, no drills.<br>
SECURITY- It is decentralized and not as susceptible to regional outages
from accident or attack.<br><br>
We definitely need to address this in Green Issues,
and I will try to make the next teleconference to discuss it.
Is the teleconference the last Sunday or the 4th Sunday? There are
5 Sundays in September, so 23rd and 30th which one? Let me
know when it is, and I will call in, possibly late, since I usually work
Sundays and don't get home until almost 8.<br><br>
KCM- Let me know if you want me to help set up a call.<br><br>
Take care,<br><br>
Don Eichelberger, Energy Co-Co<br>
415-567-4577<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">From: "Susan Swift"
<vencejo@mindspring.com><br>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:02:10 -0000<br>
Subject: [TrueGreen_NoNukes] ProNuke Initiative is Circulating in
California - TEXT & DETAILS<br><br>
It can happen here! <br><br>
The DeVore initiative is now being circulated for signatures to<br>
qualify for the June 2008 ballot. It would repeal the landmark 1976<br>
California Nuclear Safeguards Act that prevented the building of new<br>
nuclear power plants until such time as there is a repository for
the<br>
safe and permanent disposal of high level nuclear waste. <br><br>
The California Republican Party voted unanimously on Sunday (9/9/07)<br>
to support the initiative. They're calling it the "California
Energy<br>
Independence and Zero Carbon Dioxide Emission Electrical Generation<br>
Act of 2008." That makes those of us who oppose it appear to be
"for<br>
energy dependence and carbon emissions"? This isn't just an echo
of<br>
the past, its a new ballgame and recent polling shows Californians<br>
split on the issue - but favoring nuclear power. <br><br>
The full text (accessible from the Sec. or State's website below) is<br>
full of misinformation written by DeVore. The ballot title and
summary<br>
are neutral, having been edited for neutrality for the ballot by<br>
Attorney General Jerry Brown.<br><br>
From the California Secretary of State:<br><br>
1267. (07-0027, Amdt. #2S) <br>
Nuclear Energy. Removal of Prohibitions on the Construction of
Nuclear<br>
Power Plants. Statute. <br>
Summary Date: 9/5/07 Circulation Deadline: 2/4/08 Signatures
Required:<br>
433,971 <br>
Proponent: Chuck DeVore (949) 413-4472 <br><br>
Repeals existing restrictions on state approval of construction of<br>
nuclear power plants. Repeals existing state process for determining<br>
adequacy of nuclear waste storage, and requires acceptance of<br>
federally-approved storage methods. Creates technical restrictions
and<br>
limitations on the approval of nuclear power plants in specified
areas<br>
of the state which are seismically active or biologically sensitive
or<br>
where the nuclear power plant would discharge into navigable rivers.<br>
Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance
of<br>
fiscal impact on state and local government: Potential, unknown
state<br>
and local administrative costs, largely paid for by fees, for review<br>
of new power plant applications and for regulatory enforcement and<br>
emergency planning related to new power plant construction and<br>
operation. Potential, unknown financial exposure to the state in the<br>
long term, potentially in the millions of dollars in environmental<br>
cleanup costs at each new nuclear power plant site, and potentially
in<br>
the billions of dollars in the event of a major radioactive release.<br>
Potential, unknown increase in state and local revenues in the long<br>
term, to the extent the measure generates new investment in the
state<br>
in the nuclear power industry that is not fully offset by decreased<br>
investment in other energy sectors. (Initiative 07-0027.) <br><br>
<a href="http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_j.htm#circ">
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_j.htm#circ</a><br><br>
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<font size=2>SPECIAL ALERT: THE ALLIANCE NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT NOW!-<br>
</font> <br>
<font size=2>California Republican Party Unanimously Supports Nuclear
Power: </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">In a unanimous Sunday
morning vote, hundreds of members of the California Republican Party
agreed to work end the state's 31-year ban on the construction of new
nuclear power plants. <br>
</font> <br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">WE CAN'T DO THIS ALONE -
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https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=19886</a><br>
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<a href="http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070910005584&newsLang=en" eudora="autourl">
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070910005584&newsLang=en<br>
</a>September 10, 2007 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time <br><br>
<h1><b>California Republican Party Unanimously Supports Nuclear Power</b>
</h1>INDIAN WELLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a unanimous Sunday morning
vote, hundreds of members of the California Republican Party agreed to
work to end the state’s 31-year ban on the construction of new nuclear
power plants. The official vote was taken at the California Republican
Party’s semiannual convention which featured appearances by presidential
candidate U.S. Senator John McCain, California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger, and the governors of Texas, Florida, Utah, and Minnesota.
<br>
<br>
The pro-nuclear power resolution, authored by California State
Assemblyman
<a href="http://www.chuckdevore.com/"><font color="#000066">Chuck
DeVore</a></font> (R-Irvine), was unanimously approved the day before by
the state Party’s Initiatives Committee. The resolution places the full
weight of the party of more than 5.3 million voters behind a ballot
initiative to overturn California’s obsolete ban on the construction of
new, safe, clean, and reliable nuclear power plants. The initiative is
known as the California Energy Independence and Zero Carbon Dioxide
Emission Electrical Generation Act of 2008. <br>
The formal ballot title of the initiative was assigned last week by the
Attorney General: “Nuclear Energy. Removal of Prohibitions on the
Construction of Nuclear Power Plants.” <br>
Assemblyman DeVore and his group,
<a href="http://www.powerforcalifornia.com/"><font color="#000066">Power
For California</a></font>, are now gathering the 433,971 signatures
needed to place the initiative on the June 2008 ballot. <br>
<br>
After the vote Mr. DeVore said, “I’m delighted with the unanimous support
of the California Republican Party in favor of building modern nuclear
power plants. The only way we can meet California’s ambitious mandate to
reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent in 13 years is if we
allow the construction of new nuclear power plants.” <br>
<br>
A recent opinion poll in California showed likely voters to be in favor
of building nuclear power plants to meet California’s growing energy
needs by a margin of 52 percent to 42 percent. <br>
Hot temperatures last week strained the California power grid, causing a
Stage One Emergency Alert as well as several major power outages. <br>
<br>
“Our own power was out for about 11 hours at our home on Labor Day,”
DeVore remarked, “It was 103 outside and miserable inside. This was a
powerful reminder that reliable, affordable, and clean electricity is a
basic necessity of modern life.” <br>
<br>
California State Assemblyman Chuck DeVore represents about 450,000 people
in coastal Orange County. He recently retired as a lieutenant colonel in
the Army National Guard. He was an aerospace and defense executive before
being elected in 2004. <br>
Contacts <br>
Leisa Brug Kline, 949-413-4472 <br><br>
<br>
"It is worth noting that, in the USA alone, there are an estimated
45,000 sites which are polluted or potentially polluted by radioactive
poisons --- according to a report commissioned by the Environmental
Protection Agency in 1992 (see EPA 1992). Worldwide, there is radioactive
pollution from above-ground bomb tests. There is also the radioactive
fallout from the Chernobyl accident in Europe and the former USSR. The
fact that humans have already created large amounts of nuclear pollution,
adds to the moral argument for allowing no more."
<a href="http://www.ratical.com/radiation/CNR/YuccaMtnRWRP.html">
http://www.ratical.com/radiation/CNR/YuccaMtnRWRP.html</a><br><br>
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Don Eichelberger<br>
DJ Fix Independent Productions<br><br>
Green Uprising Blog<br>
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www.greenuprising.blogspot.com<br><br>
</a>Donny Fix del.icio.us book marks<br>
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http://del.icio.us/donnyfix<br><br>
</a>The Hegelian/Marxist goal is emancipation. Marx said it best in
1843:<br><br>
"Human emancipation wll only be complete when the real, individual
man (sic) is absorbed into himself the abstract citizen; when as an
individual man, in his every day life, in his work and in his
relationships, he has become a <i>species-being</i> (<b>politically
accountabe to the whole</b>); and when he recognizes and realizes his own
power as <i>social</i> powers, so that he no longer separates this
<i>socia</i>l power from himself as <i>political </i>power."<br>
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