Tues April 17th in Suffolk: Protest the fact of an Earth Summit at the home of the polluter

Posted on April 16, 2012 by kwilder

A protest against fake environmentalism and “green-washing”… __________________________________________ Protest Demonstration at BNL’s so-called Earth Summit Who: Renew Community Earth [and Long Island environmentalists, anti-nuke activists, concerned citizens, and civic leaders] When: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 11 am – 1 pm Where: Entrance to BNL – bring anti-nuke signs Why: Demand closure of BNL’s Nuclear Power […]

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Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town

Posted on February 9, 2012 by iwilder

I remember reading Wendell Berry writing about the concept of  a biography of place. In Welcome to Shirley: A Memoir from an Atomic Town, the author Kelly McMasters takes that concept to heart.  She approaches the biography from all sides, from the personal to the geographic to the ecological. Once she has firmly placed us in […]

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Work of activists helped prevent Fukushima-style cluster of nuclear reactors on Long Island

Posted on March 26, 2011 by iwilder

One of those dedicated, anti-Shoreham activists was Green Party of Suffolk chair Roger Snyder.  The Green Party was founded in opposition to nuclear energy and weapons. As a reporter for a Long Island weekly in the 1980s, Grossman covered the relentless band of anti-nuclear activists who packed government hearings and filed repeated suits against granting […]

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