Greenpeace: "Fukushima Impact: Accelerating the Nuclear Industry's Decline"

Greenpeace International has published a global nuclear industry status report, in light of the ongoing impacts of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe. It is entitled "Fukushima Impact: Accelerating the Nuclear Industry's Decline." Senior nuclear campaigner Kendra Ulrich of Greenpeace Japan -- who also serves as a Beyond Nuclear board member -- is the author.

Fairewinds: "Fukushima Meltdown 4 Years Later"

Fairewinds Energy Education has released a video featuring its Chief Engineer, Arnie Gundersen, and its Board of Directors members, Chiho Kaneko. (There is a 5-minute retrospective version, and a 25-minute in-depth version.)

"Maryland Attorney General opposes Exelon-Pepco merger, urges regulators to reject"

Logo courtesy of Public Citizen Energy ProgramAs reported by UtilityDIVE, the State of Maryland's Attorney General, Brian Frosh (Democrat), has filed a lengthy submission to the Maryland Public Service Commission on behalf of the State of Maryland and the Maryland Energy Administration, expressing strong opposition to the proposed merger of Exelon Nuclear and Pepco.

As reported by UtilityDIVE:

"This merger will harm Maryland customers, offers no tangible, incremental benefits of sufficiently meaningful value, and is not in the public interest," the document's conclusion reads. "Nothing in the filed testimony, or the evidence adduced during lengthy and comprehensive hearings, changes these facts."

Frosh's filing argues that the proposed merger would open Maryland ratepayers up to undue risk, expose them to anti-competitive harms not addressed by the merger application, and threaten the growth of renewables and distributed energy, among other consequences. Frosh also argues that the companies have not presented compelling plans to mitigate the possible harms:

"The proposed acquisition introduces substantial potential harms to Pepco and Delmarva customers and to the State as a whole, which are not subject to meaningful mitigation,” the brief reads.

"DC Consumer Advocate Seeks Delay in Exelon-Pepco Proceedings"

Logo courtesy of Public Citizen Energy ProgramAs reported by RTO Insider, Washington, D.C.'s consumer advocate, the Office of People's Counsel (OPC), has requested a months-long delay from the D.C. Public Service Commission in the Exelon-Pepco merger proceeding, because Exelon's recent filings are a "procedural mess." The OPC was joined in its motion to the D.C. PSC by the Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington.

In addition, the article reports, "the American Antitrust Institute asked the U.S. Department of Justice to block the merger or impose mitigation measures."

Margene Bullcreek, leader of Skull Valley Goshute resistance to radioactive waste dump targeted at her community, has passed on

Margene Bullcreek. Photo by Gabriela Bulisova.It is with heavy hearts that we share the sad news that Margene Bullcreek passed on, on Sunday, March 1st, 2015. An In Memoriam has been issued by her colleague Ian Zabarte of the Native Community Action Council (NCAC), where Margene Bullcreek has long served as President.

As emphasized in a NIRS victory tribute, published in Sept., 2006, when the U.S. Department of the Interior effectively blocked the Private Fuel Storage, LLC high-level radioactive waste parking lot dump targeted at her community in Utah:

"The greatest commendations, of course, go to Margene Bullcreek and her organization Ohngo Gaudadeh Devia Awareness (OGDA)...". More.

Update on March 11, 2015 by admin

Skull Valley Goshute Margene Bullcreek was active in fiighting nuclear projects throughout Native American Lands, including the Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada. Courtesy: Brenda Norrell EarthcyclesJudy Fahys of KUER/Utah NPR has reported on Margene Bullcreek's death and legacy in an article entitled "Remembering Anti-Nuclear Activist Margene Bullcreek."