Edgewood Events: Planting Native Gardens 6/5/11

Upcoming events at Edgewood Preserve: Help Needed with Native Plant/Educational Gardens at Edgewood, June 5, 9:30 to 12:30pm. On Sunday, June 5, in honor of World Environment Day, we will begin the long-awaited planting in the fenced areas in the parking lot.  On Earth Day our wonderful volunteers cut, dug and pulled mugwort and then […]

Lax Safety, Poor Procedures At Darlington Nuke Plant (via South Carolina Green Party)

The Union of Concerned Scientists released a damning report on the nuclear power plant operated in Darlington, SC by Progress Energy, known as HB Robinson. The same company operates the Southport plant near Wilmington, NC. The entire report is worth reading as it reveals the plethora of problems which exists in operational plants.  None of […]

Vermont Yankee No Nuke Die-hards Haven’t Given Up the Fight (via Perambulations & Ruminations)

An excellent article in today’s Burlington Free Press clearly describes the battle lines being drawn over the re-licensing of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. The 39-year-old facility in Vernon, Ct., in the southwest corner of the state near New Hampshire and Massachusetts, has had a troubled history with one problem after another, most recently […]