#DontNuketheClimate #COP23 | Rally on 11.11, Bonn, Germany

The solutions to the climate crisis are clear: A rapid, just transition to a nuclear-free, carbon-free energy system. The only sure way to stop the global warming impacts of energy use is to transition as quickly as possible from antiquated energy models of the 20th Century and their polluting nuclear power and fossil fuel technologies … to the safe, clean, affordable and sustainable renewable, efficient, and smart technologies of the 21st Century.

The International Anti-Nuclear campaign "don't nuke the climate" – On 03.11.2017 October 03.11.2017, at a press conference in bonn, its agenda for the approaching Conference " Cop23".

Nuclear power in particular cannot solve the climate crisis. Indeed, its continued use exacerbates global warming by preventing the deployment of clean energy systems.

Among a myriad of other problems, nuclear power is:

Rooted in human rights violations and environmental racism: First Nations, people of color and low-income communities are targeted for uranium mining and radioactive waste. Radiation harms women and girls at twice the rate as their male counterparts. And radioactive pollution indiscriminately harms future generations, poisoning the environment for hundreds to thousands of years.

Too Dirty: Nuclear reactors and the nuclear fuel chain produce vast amounts of lethal radioactive waste, which grow whenever nuclear power is used. The nuclear fuel chain is responsible for far more carbon emissions than renewable energy generation and improved energy efficiency. All reactors routinely emit radiation and radioactive waste. Scientific bodies agree have confirmed that there is no “safe” level of radiation exposure.

Too Dangerous: Continued use of nuclear power will inevitably lead to more Fukushimas, Church Rocks, and Chernobyls. The technology and materials needed to generate nuclear energy can be diverted to nuclear weapons programs.
Too Expensive: Nuclear power is the costliest means possible of reducing carbon and methane emissions; its use crowds out investment in clean energy sources.

Too Slow: Use of nuclear power to reduce fossil fuel emissions would require an unprecedented nuclear construction program, beyond the capability of the world’s manufacturers within an acceptable time frame.

Clean energy, including solar, wind, geothermal, energy efficiency, distributed generation, electricity storage and other advanced technologies can meet the world’s energy needs without carbon and methane emissions, radioactive waste, and other pollutants.

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Please Join Us in Supporting the Don't Nuke the Climate Campaign! | NIRS | COP23 ::: #DontNukeTheClimate

NIRS is a founding member of the Don't Nuke the Climate coalition -- a global campaign to stop nuclear power and promote urgent, ambitious action on climate change. We are based in the US and serves the grassroots anti-nuclear and sustainable energy movements. 

It is more important than ever for the voices of people from the US and North America are heard at the COP23 global climate conference next month in Germany. President Trump opposes climate action and is working to undermine the Paris Agreement. His administration is strongly promoting nuclear power and fossil fuels -- most dramatically with moves to create a $100+ billion bailout for nuclear and coal power plants! 

This is a bad example for the rest of the world, and we must make sure that other countries know Americans oppose nuclear power and want a nuclear-free, carbon-free world.

Nuclear power is not a solution to climate change - it is too dirty, too dangerous, too expensive, and too slow to solve the climate crisis -- and it has a long track record of violating basic human rights. From mining uranium to making nuclear waste, to disasters like Fukushima and Chornobyl, it poisons the environment and endangers our health and security. Climate action funds must focus on sustainable, 100% renewable energy solutions -- and not false, dirty energy sources like nuclear, dirty biomass, and large-scale hydro power.

The Don't Nuke the Climate! campaign is a grassroots international campaign to bring that message to the COP23 global climate conference at Bonn, Germany in November 2017.  

We have to stop nuclear power from raiding climate action funds to build nuclear reactors, mine uranium, and make radioactive waste.

Thanks for whatever support you can give!

#DontNukeTheClimate

>> Please Join Us in Supporting the Don't Nuke the Climate Campaign! | NIRS

#DONTNUKETHECLIMATE :: COP23 / Nov. 2017 / BONN (GERMANY)

Jasmine Bright photo

The solutions to the climate crisis are clear: A rapid, just transition to a nuclear-free, carbon-free energy system. The only sure way to stop the global warming impacts of energy use is to transition as quickly as possible from antiquated energy models of the 20th Century and their polluting nuclear power and fossil fuel technologies … to the safe, clean, affordable and sustainable renewable, efficient, and smart technologies of the 21st Century.

Nuclear power in particular cannot solve the climate crisis. Indeed, its continued use exacerbates global warming by preventing the deployment of clean energy systems.

Among a myriad of other problems, nuclear power is:

Rooted in human rights violations and environmental racism: First Nations, people of color and low-income communities are targeted for uranium mining and radioactive waste. Radiation harms women and girls at twice the rate as their male counterparts. And radioactive pollution indiscriminately harms future generations, poisoning the environment for hundreds to thousands of years.

Too Dirty: Nuclear reactors and the nuclear fuel chain produce vast amounts of lethal radioactive waste, which grow whenever nuclear power is used. The nuclear fuel chain is responsible for far more carbon emissions than renewable energy generation and improved energy efficiency. All reactors routinely emit radiation and radioactive waste. Scientific bodies agree have confirmed that there is no “safe” level of radiation exposure.

Too Dangerous: Continued use of nuclear power will inevitably lead to more Fukushimas, Church Rocks, and Chernobyls. The technology and materials needed to generate nuclear energy can be diverted to nuclear weapons programs.

Too Expensive: Nuclear power is the costliest means possible of reducing carbon and methane emissions; its use crowds out investment in clean energy sources.

Too Slow: Use of nuclear power to reduce fossil fuel emissions would require an unprecedented nuclear construction program, beyond the capability of the world’s manufacturers within an acceptable time frame.

Clean energy, including solar, wind, geothermal, energy efficiency, distributed generation, electricity storage and other advanced technologies can meet the world’s energy needs without carbon and methane emissions, radioactive waste, and other pollutants.

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Please Join Us in Supporting the Don't Nuke the Climate Campaign! | Nuclear Information and Resource Service

#NuclearFreeCarbonFree contingent at the #ClimateMarch in D.C. on 29 APRIL 2017; photos by Jasmine Bright

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Tim Judson of Nuclear Information and Resource Service (left) and Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear

 

Special thanks to Jasmine Bright for permission to use her photos!

via Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent to the People's Climate March (Facebook group)

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People's Climate Movement – #NuclearFreeCarbonFree Information Resources and Materials

from the Nuclear Free Carbon free pages of the People's Climate March –

Fact Sheets Nuclear Power and Climate: Why Nukes Can’t Save the Planet Nuclear Basics: High Level Radioactive Waste Reports Nuclear Energy is Dirty Energy Short paper details why nuclear power is neither renewable nor clean, and creates major environmental problems and risks (updated in 2014 for the People’s Climate March). Too Big to Bail Out: The Economic Costs of a National Nuclear Power Subsidy November 2016 report finding that the nationwide cost of proposed subsidies to prop up aging, uneconomical nuclear power plants could total $130 billion to $286 billion by 2030. Killing the Competition: The Nuclear Power Agenda to Block Climate Action, Stop Renewable Energy, and Subsidize Old Reactors September 2014 NIRS report outlining the emerging nuclear industry demands for new subsidies for old reactors, and the implications for renewable energy and climate. NIRS Resource Page on Nuclear Power and Climate Change Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Climate Solutions Carbon Free and Nuclear Free Seminal 2007 report by Institute for Energy and Environmental Research showing that 100% renewable by 2050 is achievable and cost-effective. Prosperous, Renewable Maryland  2016 report on how Maryland can transition to 100% renewables, updating all of the research for Carbon Free and Nuclear Free. The most detailed, complete 100% renewable energy study to date. Solutions Project Reports, fact sheets, and infographics from research on the feasibility of powering the US and the world with 100% renewable energy from wind, water and sun. Energy [R]evolution 2015 Greenpeace International report showing that a worldwide transition to 100% renewable energy would be more cost-effective than the cost of fossil fuels and nuclear power. We Have the Power: 100% Renewable Energy for a Clean, Thriving America 2016 report by Environment America surveying recent research showing that a nationwide transition to 100% renewables is feasible and cost-effective. NIRS Resource Page on Renewable Energy Solutions

People's Climate Movement – Nuclear Free Carbon Free – Information Resources and Materials

see also: People's Climate Movement – Nuclear Free Carbon Free – Signs, Banners, and Graphics

thanks to Nuclear Information and Resource Service

WHY NUKES CAN'T SAVE THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE | People's Climate March

#BustTheMyth

you can't nuke global warming!

Nuclear power is too dirty, dangerous, expensive and slow, in order to be a viable solution to climate change. 

The climate crisis is the defining issue of our time. It poses an existential threat to life on Earth in a manner civilization never before has faced. Immediate action is necessary to slash climate-changing emissions in all sectors of society.

On April 29, the Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent will join the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC, to demand immediate action from the US government and all of the governments of the world. We are also a networking and support hub for people who want to organize nuclear-free, carbon-free contingents for local climate marches and events.

UPDATE: 2017 PHOTOS! #NuclearFreeCarbonFree contingent at the #ClimateMarch in D.C. on 29 APRIL 2017; photos by Jasmine Bright

We are marching for a 100% renewable, nuclear-free, carbon-free world.

The solutions to the climate crisis are clear: A rapid, just transition to a nuclear-free, carbon-free energy system. It is an energy system that relies not on antiquated energy models of the 20th Century and their polluting nuclear power and fossil fuel technologies … but on the safe, clean, affordable and sustainable renewable energy, energy efficiency, and smart technologies of the 21st Century.

Nuclear power in particular cannot solve the climate crisis. Indeed, its continued use exacerbates global warming by preventing the deployment of clean energy systems.

Among a myriad of other problems, nuclear power is:

• Too Dirty: nuclear reactors and the nuclear fuel chain produce vast amounts of lethal radioactive waste, which grow whenever nuclear power is used. The nuclear fuel chain is responsible for far more carbon emissions than renewable energy generation and improved energy efficiency. All reactors routinely emit toxic radiation–the U.S. National Academy of Sciences has confirmed that there is no “safe” level of radiation exposure.
• Too Dangerous: expanded use of nuclear power would inevitably lead to more Fukushimas and Chernobyls.  The technology and materials needed to generate nuclear energy can be diverted to nuclear weapons programs.
• Too Expensive: nuclear power is the costliest means possible of reducing carbon and methane emissions; its use crowds out investment in clean energy sources.
• Too Slow: use of nuclear power to reduce fossil fuel emissions would require an unprecedented nuclear construction program, beyond the capability of the world’s manufacturers within an acceptable time frame.
• Rooted in environmental injustice and human rights violations: First Nations, people of color and low-income communities are targeted for uranium mining and radioactive waste. Radiation harms women and girls at twice the rate as their male counterparts. And radioactive pollution indiscriminately harms future generations, poisoning the environment for hundreds to thousands of years.

Clean energy, including solar, wind, geothermal, increased energy efficiency, distributed generation, electricity storage and other advanced technologies can meet the world’s energy needs without carbon and methane emissions, radiation releases, and other pollutants.

Please join us in organizing for the People’s Climate March, and in marching for a vision of a clean, safe, just CARBON-FREE and NUCLEAR-FREE world.

We urge you to join us in DC or a Climate March near you – find all of the details for Saturday and in cities around the U.S. on our Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free page on the People’s Climate March website. And organize with us on our Facebook page. 

see this page from the 2014 People's Climate March for more:whats up: WHY NUKES CAN'T SAVE THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE

Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent 
to the People's Climate March

FACE BOOK GROUP – facebook.com/groups/nukefreeclimatefreemarch/

Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free page on the People’s Climate March website

whats up: #NuclearFreeCarbonFree #PeoplesClimate #ClimateMarch team; April 29 Washington, DC

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Nuclear Power and Climate: Why Nukes Can't Save the Planet

 Nuclear Power and Climate: Why Nukes Can't Save the Planet. Two-page sheet suitable for downloading/printing on the basic reasons nuclear power is not a global warming solution and, in fact, would be counterproductive at addressing the climate crisis. / NIRS

see also:

whats up: List of #BustTheMyth articles

a list of articles on nukes & climate

whats up: WHY NUKES CAN'T SAVE THE PLANET FROM CLIMATE CHANGE
a dedicated page on this blog

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Chernobyl +31 Telebriefing From Nuclear Disaster to Renewable Energy Revolution | NIRS

The next major day of action for climate justice is happening in just four days – the People's Climate March on April 29! NIRS and grassroots groups across the country are organizing to bring the Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free message to the forefront. 

But first – join us for a live national briefing tomorrow about why the climate crisis demands Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free solutions:

Chernobyl +31: From Nuclear Disaster to Renewable Energy Revolution
Wednesday, April 26
8pm Eastern (5pm Pacific)

Click here to RSVP and receive all of the details!

This year’s Climate March is just three days after the 31st anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. So there is no better time to talk about why we need to raise our voices for a Nuclear-Free AND Carbon-Free World. 

The briefing is hosted by NIRS and Beyond Nuclear, and will include presenters with first-hand experience of Chernobyl's impact on Ukraine, as well as Germany energy expert Max Gruenig, of the Ecologic Institute US, on the way Chernobyl inspired Germany to begin the transition to renewable energies, laying the foundation for the global clean energy revolution. 

We hope you can join us tomorrow night – and then march with us in the streets on Saturday!

We urge you to join us in DC or a Climate March near you – find all of the details for Saturday and in cities around the U.S. on our Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free page on the People’s Climate March website. And organize with us on our Facebook page. 

We march for a Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free world to protect communities from the ravages of climate change … end the threats of radioactive contamination and nuclear catastrophe … to demand environmental and climate justice … promote a just and equitable transition to clean energy … break the dominance of dirty energy corporations … and build the sustainable, renewable, nuclear-free and carbon-free world we want and need.

Please invite your friends and spread the word on social media. You will find graphics and posts to share on our Facebook page, and signs, banners, and images you can print on our hub page. 

Thanks for all you do!

The NIRS Team

Chernobyl +31 Telebriefing From Nuclear Disaster to Renewable Energy Revolution | NIRS

#NuclearFreeCarbonFree #PeoplesClimate #ClimateMarch team; April 29 Washington, DC

FACE BOOK GROUP – facebook.com/groups/nukefreeclimatefreemarch/

This is the Facebook group page for the Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Hub to the People's Climate march 2017. Whether you are mobilizing for the major march in Washington, DC, or organizing for an event close to home, this page is for you!

Please join our weekly planning calls for the march - contact Tim Judson at NIRS* for the details: timj@nirs.org

You will find old postings and photos from previous nuclear-free, carbon-free mobilizations. This page is used as the Facebook site for the nuclear-free, carbon-free contingents to climate and clean energy marches since the September 21 2014 People's Climate March in NYC. It was an organizing tool for the nuclear-free, carbon-free contingent to the massive international climate rally in Paris in December 2015 at the critical COP 21 conference. And for the July 2016 March for a Clean Energy Revolution.

We will continue to post, and accept relevant posts, related to building a safe, sustainable, clean, and affordable energy system.

whats up: #BustTheMyth

you can't nuke global warming!

Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent to the People's Climate March on Facebook

* Nuclear Information and Resource Center (NIRS)

what next: People's Climate Movement ::: March on April 29 ::: Lets Do This!

Join the People’s Climate Movement this April 29th in Washington, D.C. and across the country to stand up for our communities and climate.

Throughout the first 100 days in office, the People's Climate Movement is organizing a country-wide arc of action, culminating on April 29th in Washington DC in a powerful mobilization to unite all of our movements. To change everything, we need everyone.

People's Climate Movement 2017

List of #BustTheMyth articles

whats up: #BustTheMyth – nukes are NOT carbon-free, clean, safe, green, or affordable!

•  Is nuclear power the answer to climate change?

•  False solution: Nuclear power is not 'low carbon' - The Ecologist

•  New Study: 95% Renewable Power-Mix Cheaper Than Nuclear And Gas

•  Goodbye fossil fuels, goodbye nuclear. We can 'Get it from the Sun' - all of it!

•  Mark Jacobson to James Hansen: Nukes Are Not Needed to Solve World’s Climate Crisis

•  nuclear industry’s COP21 dilemma: 100% renewables is attainable

•  Nuclear Power Is a Losing Proposition @GreenpeaceUSA

•  A Big Fat Radioactive Lie

•  Gunter: Cheap? Clean? Nuclear power is neither

•  Can nukes slow down climatechange? – analysis of GHG emissions

•  Nuclear power a losing proposition

•  Six reasons to oppose nuclear power | @Fukushima_Watch

•  Make nuclear history! Our EPIC Future! Create it with CleanEnergy –"There is a better way"

•  James Hansen’s Nuclear Fantasies

•  "Radiation is Good For You!" & Other TallTales of the Nuclear Industry

•  Dear John (Hansen)– you don’t know what you’re talking about!

•  100% CleanEnergy is 100% Possible

•  Demystifying Nuclear Power: Nuclear IS Atomic

•  NuclearPower sags in safety relevance/misleads as "climate help"

•  The Myth of Clean & Safe Nuclear Technologies– Holding the Nuclear Industry Responsible

•  Clean Energy Beats the Market

•  Wind Power Guru: Nukes Fail to Gain Traction in Monumental Paris Accord

•  SA: 8 reasons why building new nuclear power plants is a bad idea

•  Nuclear shouldn't be the future of energy

•  Nuclear Energy Dangerous to Your Wallet, Not Only the #Environment

•  Carbon-Free & Nuclear-Free: A ROADMAP FOR U.S. ENERGY POLICY

•  Nuclear power carries extreme, persistent risks

•  The verdict is in: solar & wind have won the technology race

•  Nuclear renaissance? Failing industry is running flat out to stand still

•  No Bill Gates We Don’t Need Energy Miracles To Solve Climate Change

•  Nuclear Energy Is a Huge Security Risk - Fortune

•  nuclear power reactors cannot be operated without major accidents

•  Nuclear disasters waiting to happen

•  Renewable energy versus nuclear: dispelling the myths

•  Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive: The Truth About #Nuclear Power

•  We need to stop using natural gas & nuclear on our way to truly clean power.

•  The Myth of the Nuclear Renaissance

•  Nuclear Power Advocates Claim Cheap Renewable Energy Is A Bad Thing | ThinkProgress

• New Study Casts Doubt on the Future of Nuclear Power

• Valuing the greenhouse gas emissions from #nuclear power: A critical survey

• Amid climate concerns, nuclear plants feel the heat of warming water

• Nuclear Power Is Not "Green Energy:" It Is a Fount of Atomic Waste


– videos –

• thanks to Fairewinds Energy Education - Nuclear Energy Education!




Smokescreen from Fairewinds Energy Education on Vimeo.
The Fairewinds Crew created this special 2-minute animation to show you why building new nukes is a lost opportunity for humankind with precious time and money wasted on the wrong choice. At least $8.2 Trillion would be needed to build the 1,000 atomic reactors the nuclear industry wants – that’s 1 reactor every 12-days for 35-years. Watch the animation to see what it means and why!

• thanks to Myla Reson!

Published on Mar 6, 2015

Naomi Klein Disagrees with James Hansen on Nuclear Power - YouTube

Published on Aug 1, 2016

Jaczko: Hansen Doesn't Know Jack About Nuclear Power - YouTube
This video is dedicated to Michael Mariotte (1952 - 2016) tireless advocate for clean and safe alternatives to nuclear power - and champion of the "Don't Nuke the Climate" movement.

– at rc's "whats up" nuclear blog –


• nuclear? dirty•dangerous•expensive•too_slow!
#BustTheMyth – nukes are NOT green clean safe or affordable!
(tinyurl.com/BustTheMyth2016)

•  WHY NUKES CAN'T SAVE THE PLANET FROM CLIMATECHANGE


•  NUCLEAR POWER’S CARBON FOOTPRINT & NUCLEAR POWER’S OTHER FOOTPRINT

 

 Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent to the Clean Energy Revolution March
!!! July 24 in Philadelphia !!!

– at NIRS –


•  Nuclear Power: NO SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

•  ClimateChange & Nuclear Power

•  Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free


•  on New Nuclear Reactor Designs


•  NUCLEAR ENERGY IS DIRTY ENERGY @NIRSnet PDF


•  NUCLEAR POWER & CLIMATE: WHY NUKES CAN’T SAVE THE PLANET (PDF factsheet)



– on greenworld –


•  Too cheap to meter? Not nuclear– SOLAR!

•  nukes and climate - tag at GreenWorld

– at WISE International –

• Is Nuclear power the answer to Climate Change?

• What's wrong with nuclear power?

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