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San Antonio Protest of Nuclear Reactors TOMORROW, Thursday Sept. 10

Posted in Global Warming, tagged AGUA, cancer, Clean Water Action, CPS, Energia Mia, Energy Efficiency, environment texas, genetic damage, geothermal, green jobs, Highland Hills and Jefferson Heights Neighborhood Associations, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, Project Verde, Public Citizen, renewable energy, San Antonio, San Antonio Area Progressive Action Coalition, SEED Coalition, solar, South Texas Project, Southwest Workers’ Union, STP, Texas, the Alamo Group of the Sierra Club, the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, the Green Party, the Texas Drought Project, wind on September 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Hey San Antonio! There will be a protest against nuclear power tomorrow at lunchtime downtown outside of City Hall. Join us and the rest of the Energia Mia coalition and make your voice heard! Details below. WHAT: Protest against CPS Energy’s pursuit of more nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project. Not only is nuclear [...]

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Proposed South Texas Project Reactors Pose Increased Water Use and Radioactive Contamination Risks

Posted in Global Warming, tagged atomic safety and licensing board, birth defects, cancer, cell mutilation, colorado river, CPS Energy, discharge standards, drought, Energia Mia, Energy Efficiency, environmental report, geothermal, glenrose engin, glenrose engineering, groundwater, gulf coast chict aquifer, gulf of mexico, highland lakes, lauren ross, lcra, lower colorado river authority, matagorda county, Nuclear Power, nuclear reactors, Public Citizen, radioactive contamination, radionuclides, San Antonio, saws, SEED Coalition, solar, south texas association for responsible energy, South Texas Project, stare, STP, Texas, tritium, water use, wind on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

San Antonio, TX – Nuclear power is the most water intensive energy source available. When San Antonio and all of Texas are suffering from extreme drought and are increasingly in need of sources of drinking water, pursuing more nuclear reactors doesn’t make sense, especially true since cheaper, safer alternatives such as energy efficiency, wind, geothermal [...]

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A Look at Uranium Mining

Posted in Energy, Nuclear, Toxics, tagged Areva, cancer, Energy, Heavy Metals, Leaching, Mines, Mining, Navajo, Nuclear, Power, Public Eye Award, Radiation, Radon, Southwest, Uranium on July 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Proponents of nuclear power do a lot to paint it as an environmentally friendly, cheap fuel source. It is not, and we at Public Citizen work hard to dispel these kinds of myths. We have said a lot about how expensive a major nuclear undertaking can be (San Antonio is on verge of dumping several [...]

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The Smokestack Effect

Posted in Toxics, tagged air pollution, Air toxics, cancer, education, environmental justice, Schools on December 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »

An investigative report by USAToday brought me to tears this morning. Granted, I am a particularly emotional person at a period of transition in my life. I just started a new job (here, with Public Citizen!) in a new town (loving Austin already), and am living out of a suitcase. Things are rather in flux, [...]

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