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Re: [Sustain] CO2 Cap & Trade?
by Eric Brooks 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Well, the idea is that you put a top limit or 'cap' on how much each county/state/corporations can emit. Concurrently with that, you create a market for trading reductions in CO2 emissions such that corporations get 'credits' (which are worth real money) and sometimes (but not always) corporations receive financial penalties or taxes for exceeding limits. The idea is that you make reducing CO2 emissions desirable by making it valuable. Then, you set up a market in which the CO2 credits get turned into electronic trading notes (a lot like stocks). So, one company, say, a carpet maker, figures out ways to greatly reduce it emissions, and its trading exchange issues that company a given amount of credits for free. Then, another company, say, a cement manufacturer, knowing that it is going to exceed its limits, buys the credits created by the carpet company so that, on paper, the cement company has bought enough credits to -not- exceed its limits; and so, it can therefore avoid emissions penalties (if there are any) or the cost of installing pollution controls (if their state requires any). Depending on the current or future cost of pollution control requirements, and taxes and penalties on fuel use or CO2 production, some companies may see the credits as even more valuable and pay more for them than their set value, and this makes the credits rise in value on the trading 'floor'. Now, as we all know, from any quick glance at the stock market, and especially at markets trading currency values, speculators over the last many decades have developed incredibly clever and complex ways of making money from trading even though they aren't creating any value or production whatsoever. Add this to the fact that corporations have high incentives to use tricks to pretend on paper that they are reducing their emissions when they are not, that corporations will continue to get laws passed to reduce pollution controls and penalties and even to change the way CO2 trading systems work, and it is easy to see that such cap and trade systems are doomed to failure. Indeed, the cap and trade system adopted a few years ago in Europe is already failing dismally. See http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=21202 cheers Eric Anne Garrison wrote: I can't even figure out how this cap and trade business is supposed to work. Somebody told me that carbon offsetting meant something fairly simple like paying to plant a tree in exchange for some sort of excess energy use, but I can't even tell how this is supposed to work. If I'm around and anyone can enlighten me at the next meeting, I'd appreciate it. I know it's crap, and don't much feel like sorting it out, but feel like I should.

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[Sustain] You are cordially invited to my blog
by Don Eichelberger 30 Aug '07

30 Aug '07

If you have not checked out my blog, or not recently, you might find it interesting and even entertaining- see link below-. Check especially the recent addition of my music video- "He's Brave with other people's children", written and performed by your's truly. I hope you like it. Let me know. Thanks, Don Don Eichelberger DJ Fix Independent Productions Green Uprising Blog www.greenuprising.blogspot.com Donny Fix del.icio.us book marks http://del.icio.us/donnyfix The Hegelian/Marxist goal is emancipation. Marx said it best in 1843: "Human emancipation will 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 species-being (politically accountable to the whole); and when he recognizes and realizes his own power as social powers, so that he no longer separates this social power from himself as political power."

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[Sustain] Fwd: CEO of Nuclear Energy Institute at Commonwealth Club (September 13, 2007)]
by Eric Brooks 21 Aug '07

21 Aug '07

Media Advisory from The Commonwealth Club the nation’s premier public affairs forum SPEAKER: Frank L. “Skip” Bowman, President and CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute TITLE: More Nuclear Energy: Why America Needs It Now DATE: Thursday, September 13, 2007 TIME : 5:30 p.m., Wine and Cheese; 6 p.m. Program PLACE : Club Office, 595 Market St. , 2nd Floor, San Francisco PRICE: Free for Members , $18 for Non-Members For tickets: 415/597-6705, www.commonwealthclub.org CONTACT: Riki Rafner, Public Relations Director, 415/597-6712 Ariana Nash, Public Relations Fellow, 415/597-6734 Media interested in attending should please RSVP to jhale(a)commonwealthclub.org by noon day of event. _____________________________________________________________________ President and CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, Frank “Skip” Bowman will delve into the challenges of securing a future for nuclear power in the United States . Bowman believes the demand for nuclear power will only continue to increase due to the volatility of natural gas prices and the potential for restrictions on coal fuelled power plants. Bowman was appointed to the Nuclear Energy Institute in 2005 upon ending his military career in 2004 after 38 years of service. At the time of his retirement from the Navy, he was a four-star Admiral serving as the director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, a position he had held since 1996. Prior to that promotion, the Admiral served as the deputy administrator for naval reactors in the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of Energy. In addition to serving three tours at the Bureau of Naval Personnel, Bowman served two tours on the Joint Staff and was the Attack Submarine Program Coordinator on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. Bowman has been honored with the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit, among many other awards. Bowman holds a Bachelor’s degree from Duke University and two masters degrees, in Nuclear Engineering and Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. # # #

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[Sustain] Fwd: Air Board Chair owns Stock In 13 Energy Firms (Including oil & Peabody Coal)
by Eric Brooks 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

No surprise that this was on the front page of the, Saturday, edition... http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/18/MNGBRKMAO.DTL&ty… California Air Resources board chair owns stocks in 13 energy firms Matthew Yi, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau <mailto:myi@sfchronicle.com> Saturday, August 18, 2007 Mary Nichols has a financial stake in 13 energy-related f... <http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2007/08/18/MNGBRKMAO.DTL&o=…> *(08-18) 04:00 PDT Sacramento -* -- The new chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board owns stocks in several oil, coal and utility firms, some of which are likely to be affected by rules the agency implements as part of the state's groundbreaking law to fight global warming, The Chronicle has learned. Mary Nichols' stock holdings include shares in oil giants Chevron Corp., BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as a stake in a Bermuda tanker company that transports crude oil, according to economic interest statements she filed this week. She also owns stock in the world's largest coal company, Peabody Energy Corp., along with utilities including Edison International, whose subsidiary, Southern California Edison, serves most of the Southern California electricity market. In total, she and her husband, John Daum, an attorney who represents Exxon in the ongoing Exxon Valdez oil-spill case, have a financial stake in 13 energy-related firms in a diversified stock portfolio that contains 84 companies, according to statements she filed on Tuesday with the state Fair Political Practices Commission. The air board is expected to consider wide-ranging regulations that will affect what kind of fuel motorists pump into their vehicles and help dictate what sources of energy utility companies can use to generate electricity. Nichols told The Chronicle this week that she realized there would be a conflict of interest when she filled out the economic disclosure form shortly after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced her appointment on July 3. But rather than divest holdings, she said she plans to put her investments in a blind trust and to have that in place before the next air board meeting, which is set for Sept. 27. "I think it's a wise policy for regulators to divest themselves from holdings in companies that they regulate," said Sierra Club lobbyist Bill Magavern. "It's important to avoid any conflict of interest, and it's important to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest." In late July, however, Nichols presided over two days of board meetings, one of which resulted in the adoption of regulations to limit emissions from off-road diesel vehicles such as construction equipment. She said she didn't believe her stock holdings in oil companies were in conflict with her action because the regulations affect construction equipment owners and not fuel companies. But air board spokesman Leo Kay said Friday that the agency's general counsel office is "considering that issue as we speak." The general counsel was unaware of Nichols' stock ownership until a Chronicle reporter called Thursday afternoon to ask about her potential conflict of interest. This is not the first time Nichols has disclosed extensive stock holdings while working in government. She owned shares in Chevron, Valero Energy Corp., Enron Corp. and other energy firms when she served as Resources Agency secretary under then-Gov. Gray Davis and sat on the California Coastal Commission as a Davis appointee before his recall in 2003. Nichols said there was no reason to set up a blind trust at that time because she believed there was no conflict as secretary of the resources agency because her job was to advise the governor rather than make policy or regulatory decisions. On the Coastal Commission, it was easy to recuse herself from matters because the commission's actions usually affected individual companies, she said. "But at the Air Resources Board, we rarely pass a rule that affects just one company," she said. "And with the new responsibility of implementing AB32, we will likely develop regulations that likely will affect every single sector." That's why she believes setting up a blind trust is the prudent option at this time, Nichols said. Blind trusts have been a method of choice for handling personal investments for some public officials, including Schwarzenegger. Five of the stock ownerships she disclosed in her recent statements, including the Chevron stock, are worth between $100,001 and $1 million each, and 78 of them are each worth between $10,001 and $100,000, according to the disclosure filing. The fair market value and nature of investment for a banking firm was not included in her statement. "This is family money, and it's a joint decision (between my husband and me), and the decision is to invest it for the best long-term yield for us and our family," Nichols said. Some state Capitol observers were surprised that Nichols, who is highly regarded in the environmental community as a longtime environmental lawyer who served on the air board three decades ago under then-Gov. Jerry Brown, would own shares in oil and coal firms. "My perception is that she is a living legend in the environmental community, and I would have bet that she would have a greener portfolio," said Barbara O'Connor, director of Sacramento State University's Institute for the Study of Politics and the Media. John Pitney Jr., political science professor at Claremont McKenna College, said that while not every public official's personal finances should be raised as an issue, higher profile positions do matter at least in public perception and a chairmanship on the state air board is one of them. The air board's responsibility to implement AB32 has elevated the agency's status, and it came under scrutiny this summer when Schwarzenegger fired then-chairman Robert Sawyer after he tried to enact more pollution-saving measures than the three approved by the governor's staff. Sawyer's firing was followed by the resignation of the air board's executive director, placing the agency in further turmoil and causing Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups to question the governor's commitment to fight global warming. Within a week, Schwarzenegger announced Nichols as Sawyer's replacement, drawing praise from those same critics. Her appointment requires confirmation by the state Senate, which has a year to make that decision. Andrew LaMar, a spokesman for state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, D-Oakland, who chairs the rules committee, said the committee "will take a look at her holdings in vetting her appointment as the chair of the Air Resources Board." While he said it is encouraging that Nichols is considering creating a blind trust, LaMar said the "public has a right to know what the financial interests are for officials who are representing them." /E-mail Matthew Yi at myi(a)sfchronicle.com <mailto:myi@sfchronicle.com>./ http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/18/MNGBRKMAO.DTL This article appeared on page *A - 1* of the San Francisco Chronicle ###

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[Sustain] Skip August Meeting?
by Eric Brooks 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Hey all, Due to the facts that there will be three GM meetings for endorsements this month, including one on the 22nd, and, that I will be recovering from dental surgery on the 23rd, that we should skip the Aug 23rd meeting. If others want to go ahead cool, but I'm thinking we should just skip until September. Thoughts? Eric

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[Sustain] Ministers Tied To Lennar In Development Deals
by Eric Brooks 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/02/BA8KRBF742.D… Ministers have financial ties to developer Hunters Point shipyard condos safe and important, they say - some with health fears outraged Matthai Chakko Kuruvila and Leslie Fulbright, Chronicle Staff Writers <mailto:mkuruvila@sfchronicle.com> Thursday, August 2, 2007 Two of the San Francisco church leaders who this week praised plans to build condominiums on the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard have an economic stake in the development - as partners with the project's main developer, the Lennar Corp. While the ministers say they have been up front about their involvement, it came as a shock to some community members. Some residents of Bayview-Hunters Point are protesting the development because they say dust kicked up from the site is causing health problems, such as asthma and nosebleeds. Hundreds of supporters and opponents of the project turned out Tuesday at a Board of Supervisors meeting about the health concerns. The ministers - the Rev. Arelious Walker of True Hope Church of God in Christ and the Rev. J. Edgar Boyd of Bethel AME - said at the meeting that there is no proof that naturally occurring asbestos and dust are a danger, and they urged the project to move forward. The city Public Health Department and other agencies said it is impossible to test the health effects of the dust and there is no proof it is a danger. The Board of Supervisors voted to let the project continue. Boyd, in his testimony at the public hearing, did not acknowledge his financial relationship with Lennar. Walker said that he represented Tabernacle Affiliated Developers, but did not explain what that is. The ministers acknowledged the financial relationship when asked about it on Wednesday by The Chronicle. Boyd and Walker are part of a 2-year-old development team - Tabernacle Affiliated Developers - that includes the Rev. James McRay of Jones Memorial United Methodist Church, the Rev. Donald Green of San Francisco Christian Center and Calvin Jones of Providence Baptist Church. Under their contract with Lennar, the Tabernacle group will build about 200 affordable homes, Walker said. The profits from those home sales will go to Tabernacle and the five ministers. They pointed to press releases and Web sites explicitly disclosing the relationship, and said they regularly tell their parishioners about their development efforts, which don't involve church money. They said they began their affordable housing development efforts to stanch African American flight from the city to cheaper suburbs. Redevelopment has historically driven African Americans from neighborhoods like the Western Addition, said Walker, 76, a lifelong resident of the Bayview. The area's toxic land, lack of jobs, inadequate housing and high crime all are problems, Walker said. But, he added, because construction dust cannot be proved to be a health issue, the development should move forward. "We need some strong economic development to change the paradigm for quality of life," he said. Bayview community activist Marie Harrison said she was outraged to learn that local ministers are working with Lennar as developers. "Some of these pastors can't decipher between church and politics," she said. "When I found out J. Edgar Boyd was in business with Lennar, my stomach did loops. "I really think there should be a separation between religion and politics. He doesn't even live in this community nor have a church in this community. He has no connection." Christopher Muhammad, a Nation of Islam minister who runs a school in the area, said his students suffer health problems from the dust and called for a halt to the development until health tests are done. "I am in pain because I do see a community so wounded, so ill-affected by its economic deprivation over the years that they are forced to choose between their health and jobs," said Muhammad. Kofi Bonner, president of Lennar's urban land division and the company's leading executive in San Francisco, said the company is required to work with "community builders" as part of its redevelopment agreement. Faith-based groups are among the options, he said. "It's all very aboveboard," Bonner said. Boyd said the community will gain from Tabernacle's involvement. "Our company will profit but also offer opportunities for the community," Boyd said. "You cannot help someone off the ground if you are on the ground yourself. "We will get above ground and then reach back and assist." /E-mail the writers at mkuruvila(a)sfchronicle.com <mailto:mkuruvila@sfchronicle.com> and lfulbright(a)sfchronicle.com <mailto:lfulbright@sfchronicle.com>./ http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/02/BA8KRBF742.DTL This article appeared on page *B - 1* of the San Francisco Chronicle

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[Sustain] Peskin Becoming A Menace - Preparing To Make Deal On Parking
by Eric Brooks 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Hey all, Any of you with any influence on Peskin should tell him to get the hell back in the progressive camp, or we will campaign against him if he runs for higher office. In the latest of a long string of betrayals, Peskin is preparing to make a compromise on parking. see below or http://www.examiner.com/printa-865822~Opponents_ask_for_space_on_S.F._parki… Opponents ask for space on S.F. parking issue A possible compromise would bring an end to a controversial parking initiative slated for the November ballot. <javascript:popUpWinPP('ShowPhoto.cfm?filename=/images/newsroom/3A608D94-3048-2F0A-AA7CB9F2F7EBEA1A.jpg&caption=A possible compromise would bring an end to a controversial parking initiative slated for the November ballot.','pp')> (Examiner file photo) A possible compromise would bring an end to a controversial parking initiative slated for the November ballot. Alexandria Rocha, The Examiner 2007-08-06 16:10:00.0 Current rank: # *10* of 7,004 SAN FRANCISCO - A controversial parking initiative slated for the November ballot may be left by the wayside, as a proposed deal between opposing forces could leave the measure with little financial and political support. Weekend negotiations between downtown business-interest groups, transit advocates and Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin produced a possible compromise that would derail a November measure to increase The City's parking supply and, at the same time, fuel support for a separate Muni reform initiative. While it's too late to make changes to either initiative, both of which will appear on the November ballot, transit advocates have asked backers of the parking initiative to withdraw support from the measure. In exchange, they will support a third initiative on the February ballot that would help increase parking throughout The City, but with greater restrictions than the current measure. "This is predicated on them no longer running a campaign," Peskin said. "It's 'yes' on Muni reform, 'no' on adding 100,000 cars to a city that already has half a million, and 'yes' to a sensible parking policy in February." The neighborhood parking initiative, backed by downtown businesses, would loosen parking restrictions and allow developers to build parking garages with little planning oversight. Transit advocates claim the measure would reverse decades of transit-first planning guidelines. If backers agree to withdraw support of the November parking measure, Peskin said he is ready to introduce a measure for the February ballot as early as today. However, Jim Ross, a consultant for the parking initiative, said Sunday that the campaign for the November parking initiative is still moving forward. "That may change next week," he said. "But as far as I know, there's no compromise or deal." Peskin's Sensible Parking Initiative for the February ballot would allow developers to build one parking space for each new unit in the Marina, Sunset, Richmond and Outer Mission neighborhoods. Specific neighborhood plans designed around public transit, such as the Balboa Park plan, could apply for an exemption from the one-to-one requirement. The February measure would retain the current parking restrictions downtown, while allowing developers to build one or more parking garages with a total of 1,500 new parking spaces in the South of Market neighborhood, according to Peskin, specifically the area bordered by Townsend Street in the southeast, 10th Street in the southwest, Howard Street in the northwest, and Sixth Street in the northeast. "What this compromise would do is allow us to make real progress on Muni and add a moderate amount of parking in appropriate places," said Gabriel Metcalf, executive director of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research association, a local think tank. arocha(a)examiner.com <mailto:arocha@examiner.com> Examiner

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Re: [Sustain] Fwd: CBS's Nuclear Revival
by Cal Broomhead 02 Aug '07

02 Aug '07

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(a)igc.org > [Original Message] > From: Don Eichelberger <done7777(a)sbcglobal.net> > To: Susan Swift <vencejo(a)mindspring.com> > Cc: <sustainability(a)sfgreens.org>; Lynda Hernandez <redwoodsforever(a)verizon.net>; <GPCA-Energy(a)yahoogroups.com>; <TrueGreen_NoNukes(a)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(a)yahoogroups.com, Don Eichelberger > ><done7777@...> 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@...> > > > >To: "Knee Richard A." <rak0408@...> > > > >Subject: Fwd: CBS's Nuclear Revival > > > >------- Forwarded message ------- > > > >From: FAIR <fair@...> > > > >To: rak0408@... > > > >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@... > > > >(212) 975-3247 > > > > > > > >****** > > > >Our subscriber list is kept confidential. To unsubscribe from this > >list > > > >at any time, visit our web at: > > > >http://www.demaction.org/fair/unsubscribe.jsp and follow the > > > >instructions. Or send an email to fair@... with > > > >"unsubscribe" in the subject line. > > > > > > > >Feel free to respond to FAIR ( fair@... ). We can't reply to > > > >everything, but we will look at each message. 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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 >class=media_outlet>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., >class=media_outlet>Washington Post, <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> >size=3>4/16/06</A>; >class=media_outlet>New York Times, <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> >size=3>2/27/07</A>), though > >the actual number of green groups embracing nuclear power is quite > >small. The World Resources Institute <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>receives > >contributions</A> from > >several energy companies and other major polluters, information that > >would have been useful for >class=media_outlet>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 >class=media_outlet>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 ( >class=media_outlet>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, <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> >size=3>3-4/00</A>) or the > >cluster of leukemia cases occurring around the plant ( >class=media_outlet>British Medical Journal, > ><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> >size=3>1/11/97</A> >size=3>). 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 >class=media_outlet>CBS report were similar > >subsidies in France; according to the U.S.-based Institute for Energy > >and Environmental Research (<a title="" > >href="http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=325422084&url_num= 22&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ieer.org%2Freports%2Fenergy%2Ffrance%2Flowcarbonrepo rt.pdf" > >target=_blank> >size=3>5/4/06</A>), $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." 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[Sustain] LAFCO Vacancy - Critical To SF Energy Policy
by Eric Brooks 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Hey all see below, the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is incredibly influential on city energy policy and needs a member of the public to step forward as a citizen member. Please read, consider applying, and pass on to other clean energy and public communications policy advocates. rickgalb(a)aol.com wrote: See here: http://www.sfgov.org/site/bdsupvrs_page.asp?id=36743 Please apply for membership. LAFCo needs a third member to have a meeting. The regular member "member of the public" is out on maternity leave and her alternate (Cathleen Sullivan) has left for grad school. Anyone interested? Forward to anyone who might be interested. Rick

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[Sustain] Senate 2007 Energy Bill Contains Sneak Nuke Subsidies
by Eric Brooks 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

Senate 2007 Energy Bill Contains Sneak Nuke Subsidies http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/07/our_nuclear_future.html Our unnecessary nuclear future by Amanda Witherell diablo canyon.jpg /photo of Diablo Canyon nuke plants courtesy of PG&E's Jim Zimmerlin/ Sigh. Just when you're starting to think something productive might occur in the legislature, enter the monkey wrench. A recently released study <http://www.ieer.org/carbonfree/index.html> outlines exactly how we could be planning for an energy future free of nuclear and coal. If only our leaders would quit pandering to industry and adopt such a plan, but instead it looks like the nuclear industry has quietly tucked a provision <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/washington/31nuclear.html?pagewanted=1&_r…> into the new energy bill that would provide billions of dollars of loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants. The nuclear power industry has long argued that new plants aren't feasible unless these subsidies are granted. They scored them in the 2005 energy bill and despite the overwhelming evidence that more renewable energy sources are needed, looks like the 2007 bill will allocate even more coin toward new nuclear power plants. A lot of bitching has always accompanied the tax credits and subsidies granted to renewable power sources like solar and wind, with a lot of scorn that these industries are too expensive to stand on their own and therefore can't serve our energy needs. But nuclear obviously can't either and has a proven track record of cost overruns. <http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/07/%E2%80%9D> And a dangerous new nuclear era is dawning, <http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=3718&catid=4> with advocates <http://www.fanweb.org/patrick-moore/> claiming nuclear power plants are "emissions-free" and will save us from global warming. <http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/politics/2007/07/%E2%80%9D> To paraphrase one of my trusted sources, "That's like saying you don't fart and ignoring the giant crap you're leaving behind."

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