Governor Healey is supporting legislation that embraces nuclear power and undermines the democratic process by repealing a law that requires a referendum on nuclear power before any reactor can be built in the state! Healey doesn't want the voters to decide what a "clean" energy future looks like.
It's a slap in the face to Massachusetts communities that have borne nuclear power's assault on their lives and undermined their waterways, air, and land. Our communities are stuck with high level radioactive waste dumps—vulnerable to acts of malice and climate disruption.
This is a meltdown in democracy!
Please contact your legislator and demand that they oppose any attempt by the Healey administration to repeal the 1982 Act. We need a "clean" energy future not a radioactive legacy for generations to come.
This Action Alert is very important and needs to be acted on ASAP by our supporters in Vermont.
Some key Republicans in the Vermont Senate are threatening to dismantle key pieces of legislation that protect Vermonters from climate disaster and help build a more affordable future: the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Renewable Energy Standard. Among the changes they are pursuing for the Renewable Energy Standard is to define Nuclear Power as “clean.” We can’t let this happen!
Anti-climate, Pro-nuclear, Senators are pursuing every avenue they can think of to roll back our climate laws—including a possible attempt to bypass the traditional committee process to force a floor vote to take immediate action (likely on a Senate version of this climate rollback bill), as soon as THIS WEEK. Before any voting begins on efforts to gut these laws, we urge you to contact your Senator(s) and ask them to stand up for Vermonters and defend climate action.
Please call or email your Senator(s) (or call the Sergeant at Arms to leave your Senator(s) a message) as soon as possible this week between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM. Ask them to vote against any rollbacks to the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Renewable Energy Standard to secure a better future for all Vermonters. We have no time to waste!
More info: If we allow the Renewable Energy Standard to change as proposed in this bill, we’ll re-center nuclear energy as a strategy and, functionally, would take a hacksaw to Vermont’s solar industry. If we give up on our climate commitments we are putting an even greater burden on the next generation of Vermonters when we should be working to make their futures brighter, safer, and healthier.
We cannot roll back our commitment to climate action! We must ensure Vermont’s progress on the clean energy transition remains strong, knowing that a fossil-friendly federal administration makes state-level action more important than ever.
Please Contact Your Legislator!
Take a moment to make a difference! Please contact your State senator and house representative today to support bills that protect the public and environment.
We are trying to rescind the clean energy definition pushed by the Governor, stating nuclear energy as clean energy. This is an assault to people who have suffered at the hands of nuclear waste.
Sen. Comerford has introduced legislation to rescind the clean nuclear designation. It is essential for Western MA people to contact their representatives to tell them to support this legislation.
There are also other bills that have been introduced to deal with nuclear waste and the communities in Massachusetts and its borders that are impacted by Yankee Rowe, Vermont Yankee, Pilgrim, and Seabrook.
We can stop this! But only if we work together to push for real solutions and real protections for the citizens of Massachusetts.
Find the summary of the legislations that’s been introduced and need legislator's support here.
Corruption In The Nuclear Industry Revealed Moccasin Tracks; Community Radio, WZNC
Moccasin Tracks hosts talked with Chris Williams and Deb Katz, who shared true stories of an industry that continues to cost rate payers millions without solutions to waste and storage problems that are blatant examples of environmental racism.
Wanted: MA Organizer
CAN wakes people up in a world that wants them to stay asleep. Grassroots organizing is the heart of our work. We work to open the public square and validate peoples' right to express their concerns and objections. We provide leadership in successful campaigns that harness grassroots power to take on the powers that be. Our campaigns are positive, framing the work around what’s worth fighting for—clean water, air, and land—and offering positive actions people can take. We create bridges between reactor communities and targeted communities; communities facing continued radioactive contamination. Our organizing work highlights the need for impacted communities to work together to be the voice of conscience for a clean environment and sustainable communities, and for democracy itself.
CAN is looking for a Part-time (5 hours per week) Massachusetts Community Organizer who can help us with successful execution of our climate disruption campaigns by networking, building alliances, mobilizing, and planning with other groups, allies, and community members.
For more information and to send your resume, please email info@nukebusters.org.
