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November 22, 2000

121 arrested at anti-nuclear demonstration in The Hague. Press release,

Press Release
November 18, 2000

List of 700+ organizations world wide supporting the WISE/NIRS petition against nuclear power and climate change; presented to COP6 President Pronk

Update
November 14, 2000

NIRS/WISE-Amsterdam press release on negotiations in The Hague,

Press Release
November 13, 2000

Vice President Al Gore opposes use of nuclear power to address climate change. Press release on Gore’s letter to NIRS, Text of letter.

Press Release
November 13, 2000

Come to The Hague, Netherlands, !

Update
November 1, 2000

ALERT! Act now to affect U.S. position on COP 6 meeting in

Alert!
October 31, 2000

WISE/NIRS/Earth Day 2000 petition on nuclear power and global warming. Download, sign, and get your friends and neighbors to sign! Please return to NIRS/WISE by

Update
October 5, 2000

National Call-In Day on nukes and global warming,

Update
September 19, 2000

Press Release, press conference with European leaders, NGOs.

Press Release
June 1, 2000

Statement of the U.K.’s Royal Commission on Environmental Protection on climate change,

Update

May 08, 2023
On April 15, 2023 utilities in Germany shut down the country’s three last remaining nuclear power plants. These closures mark the successful planned phase-out of German nuclear energy from the nation’s grid. What does this mean for Germany? What lessons should the U.S. take away from the German energy transition? Germany’s Energiewende (“energy transition”) is an overarching…

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December 13, 2022
NIRS Statement on 12/13/22 DOE Nuclear Fusion Announcement Today, the US Department of Energy announced what scientists consider a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research. In the DOE’s press release, they celebrate “a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean…

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June 10, 2022
News from Beyond Nuclear, For Immediate Release Contacts: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, kevin@beyondnuclear.org, (240) 462-3216;Michael Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes and Don’t Waste Michigan, mkeeganj@comcast.net, (734) 770-1441;Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, dianed@nirs.org, (301) 270-6477 ext. 3,;Terry Lodge, environmental coalition legal counsel, tjlodge50@yahoo.com, (419) 205-7084Iris Potter, Michigan Safe Energy Future-Kalamazoo Chapter, b.irispotter@gmail.com,…

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March 30, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, March 30, 2022 GROUPS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN URANIUM Activists gathered near the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to demand President Biden and Congress Ban Imports of Russian Uranium into the United States U.S. CORPORATIONS BUYING RUSSIAN URANIUM ARE FUNDING PUTIN’S WAR ON UKRAINE Washington D.C. – Activists affiliated…

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March 29, 2022
NIRS has joined our counterparts in Ukraine, calling for sanctions on Russia’s nuclear industry, including a ban on imports of uranium from Rosatom, the state-owned nuclear conglomerate. Doing so should not depend on there being no impact on the U.S. economy–we should have the courage of our convictions, and bringing an end to the wanton…

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March 29, 2022
It is increasingly urgent to do all we can to end Russia’s war on Ukraine and achieve a peaceful withdrawal of Russian forces from the country. Untold thousands of civilians have now been killed. Over one-fourth of Ukraine’s population–more than 10 million people–have been displaced from their homes and cities, many of which have been…

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