From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #484 Reply-To: abolition-usa-digest Sender: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk abolition-usa-digest Wednesday, October 31 2001 Volume 01 : Number 484 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 08:19:08 -0500 From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) Map of nuclear power plants affected by flight ban - U.S. - --=====================_125672626==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Friends, Since the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (http://www.aopa.org) has posted a map in response to the FAA's anti-terrorist ban on flying near nuclear power plants, it is now a matter of public security to provide this information. Therefore, you can get your own map at: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030map.html and a list of public- and private-use airports impacted by nuclear power plant notam FDC 1/1763 at http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030airports.html - --> Planes Banned Near Nuclear Plants Tue, Oct 30 5:55 PM EST, By JONATHAN D. SALANT, Associated Press Writer http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011030/17/attacks-private-planes WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily banned private planes from flying near nuclear power plants after Attorney General John Ashcroft warned of possible new terrorist attacks. The FAA on Tuesday imposed the restrictions "for reasons of national security." The ban on flying within 11 miles of 86 nuclear plants and other nuclear sites such as the Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico expires Nov. 7. Also in response to Ashcroft's warning, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta told his department's administrators to make sure that the trucking, aviation, railroad, shipping and other industries maintained high levels of security. The ban on private flights near nuclear power plants will force nearby small airports to close, said Warren Morningstar, a spokesman for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. "A small, general-aviation aircraft is not a significant risk to a nuclear facility," Morningstar said. "On the other hand, we also have to accept that there are serious national security threats, and we will do our best to protect the nation and keep people safe." Commercial airplanes, which fly at higher altitudes, will not be affected. Nor will the ban apply to medical, law enforcement, rescue and firefighting operations when authorized by air traffic controllers. The FAA also announced restrictions on private planes because of the World Series. Only pilots who file flight plans with the FAA will be allowed to fly within 34 miles of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The restrictions will be in effect from 6:45 p.m. to 2 a.m. EST during all World Series games played at Yankee Stadium. Bans remain in effect on all private planes within 20 miles of Kennedy Airport or Reagan Washington National Airport. In Boston, New York and Washington, all private pilots must file flight plans with the FAA. Blimps, news helicopters and banner-towing planes remain grounded in 30 metropolitan areas. On the Net: Federal Aviation Administration: http://www.faa.gov Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: http://www.aopa.org ___________________________________________________ Today's News and Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm Submit URL/Article: mailto:NucNews@onelist.com OneList Archives: http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews (subscribe online) Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites - DOE Watch - http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch Downwinders - http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders Quick Route to U.S. Congress: http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm (Senators' Websites) http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites) http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search) Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html Subscribe to NucNews Briefs: mailto:prop1@prop1.org Distributed without payment for research and educational purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. - --=====================_125672626==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
Friends,

Since the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (http://www.aopa.org) has posted a map in response to the FAA's anti-terrorist ban on flying near nuclear power plants, it is now a matter of public security to provide this information.  Therefore, you can get your own map at: http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030map.html

and a list of public- and private-use airports impacted by nuclear power plant notam FDC 1/1763 at
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030airports.html

-->

Planes Banned Near Nuclear Plants

Tue, Oct 30 5:55 PM EST, By JONATHAN D. SALANT, Associated Press
Writer
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011030/17/attacks-private-planes

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily banned private planes from flying near nuclear power plants after Attorney General John Ashcroft warned of possible new terrorist attacks.

       The FAA on Tuesday imposed the restrictions "for reasons of national security." The ban on flying within 11 miles of 86 nuclear plants and other nuclear sites such as the Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico expires Nov. 7.

       Also in response to Ashcroft's warning, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta told his department's administrators to make sure that the trucking, aviation, railroad, shipping and other industries maintained high levels of security.

       The ban on private flights near nuclear power plants will force nearby small airports to close, said Warren Morningstar, a spokesman for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

       "A small, general-aviation aircraft is not a significant risk to a nuclear facility," Morningstar said. "On the other hand, we also have to accept that there are serious national security threats, and we will do our best to protect the nation and keep people safe."

       Commercial airplanes, which fly at higher altitudes, will not be affected. Nor will the ban apply to medical, law enforcement, rescue and firefighting operations when authorized by air traffic controllers.

       The FAA also announced restrictions on private planes because of the World Series. Only pilots who file flight plans with the FAA will be allowed to fly within 34 miles of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The restrictions will be in effect from 6:45 p.m. to 2 a.m. EST during all World Series games played at Yankee Stadium.

       Bans remain in effect on all private planes within 20 miles of Kennedy Airport or Reagan Washington National Airport. In Boston, New York and Washington, all private pilots must file flight plans with the FAA.

       Blimps, news helicopters and banner-towing planes remain grounded in 30 metropolitan areas.

On the Net:

     Federal Aviation Administration: http://www.faa.gov

     Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: http://www.aopa.org


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 - --=====================_125672626==_.ALT-- - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:12:41 -0600 From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER Subject: (abolition-usa) please consider signing this Please consider signing the Public Declaration on Peace and Security, below, which will be delivered to U.S. President Bush before his upcoming meeting with Russian President Putin. Reply to on or before November 6 with your name, organization if relevant, and country. Please circulate to others who may be interested in endorsing the declaration. Thank you. [Apologies for multiple postings.] ============================================================ October 30, 2001 Dear friends, Below please find a "Public Declaration on Peace and Security" addressed to U.S. President Bush. Please add your personal and/or organizational endorsement to this call, urging him to comply with existing international agreements aimed at securing world peace. Also please circulate this call to others. To sign on, send an email or reply to nsorensen@iatp.org on or before November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country. We will send the signed Declaration to President Bush before his meeting with Russian President Putin on November 12. We also hope to influence the next Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention negotiations starting November 19. The Declaration was launched on Friday, October 26, 2001 at a symposium on "War and Weapons" in Washington D.C. In this symposium, activists and experts on biological, nuclear and chemical weapons, land mines, small arms, military pollution, and the U.S.-sponsored Plan Colombia discussed the threats to humanity posed by weapons of mass destruction. Thank you very much, Chela Vazquez cvazquez@iatp.org (612) 870-3441 ============================================================ ============================================================ Public Declaration on Peace and Security To the President of the United States Mr. President, Prior to September 11, the U.S. government had embarked on a unilateral course that frequently disregarded several peace and security treaties. In light of the horrific and tragic events in New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania, the undersigned people and non-governmental organizations call upon the United States government to reverse actions that jeopardize international agreements to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) bans the development, production and stockpiling of biological and toxic weapons. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) places limits on the testing and deployment of defensive systems in order to prevent the stockpiling of nuclear weapons. Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) aims at the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other nuclear explosions. We believe that U.S. adherence to these treaties would promote greater security and peace worldwide. However, the United States government is undermining all four treaties by rejecting a Verification Protocol on the BTWC that was to be finalized in November in Geneva and by developing a large bioweapons research system that may be in violation of the BTWC; by developing missile defenses and seeking to withdraw from the ABM Treaty; by deploying modified bunker-busting nuclear weapons, conducting research aimed at making nuclear weapons more useable, and maintaining more than 2,000 nuclear warheads on high alert despite recently reaffirming a commitment to the NPT; and by refusing to ratify the CTBT. The U.S. also is researching space-based weapons and is resisting international efforts to ban the placement of weapons in outer space. These actions by the United States threaten peace and security globally by provoking the development of hostile weapons by other countries in an escalating arms race. Therefore, we urge that: 1) The United States rely on multilateral negotiations and the existing body of international law and treaties to resolve international conflicts. 2) The United States, at the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference beginning on November 19th, make an unqualified commitment to uphold Article I, which prohibits all development, acquisition, and stockpiling of biological agents for hostile purposes, and unequivocally endorse prompt completion of the draft BTWC Verification Protocol. 3) The United States abide by the terms of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. 4) The United States meet its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, in particular Article VI that calls for complete nuclear disarmament, as unanimously confirmed by the International Court of Justice. 5) The United States maintain its nuclear testing moratorium and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Signatories Chela Vazquez, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environment Research, USA Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee, USA Brian Becker, International Action Center, USA Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project, USA Hillel W. Cohen, assistant professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, USA Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, USA John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, USA Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, USA John Steinbach, Great Panthers, USA Margarita Flores, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos, Colombia Catalina Toro, Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Colombia Dario Gonzalez, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el Desarrollo, Colombia ============================================================ ============================================================ Chela Vazquez Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) 2105 First Avenue South Minneapolis MN 55404 USA Tel. office: (612) 870-3441 Fax: (612) 870-4846 cvazquez@iatp.org http://www.iatp.org http://www.wtowatch.org http://www.sustain.org/biotech http://www.gefoodalert.org - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 15:55:25 -0800 From: Jackie Cabasso Subject: (abolition-usa) PLEASE SIGN: PUBLIC DECLARATION ON PEACE AND SECURITY - --=====================_14663780==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dear friends and colleagues -- Please consider signing on to the Public Declaration on Peace and Security, below. This declaration is the product of a really great conference on "Weapons and War" which took place in Washington, DC last Friday, and which was organized in large part by the Insitute for Agriculture and Trade Policy -- a new entrant into the world of weapons of mass destruction. (Apologies for multiple postings.) -- Jackie Cabasso PLEASE NOTE: To sign on, send an email or reply to nsorensen@iatp.org on or before November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country. October 30, 2001 Dear friends, Below please find a "Public Declaration on Peace and Security" addressed to U.S. President Bush. Please add your personal and/or organizational endorsement to this call, urging him to comply with existing international agreements aimed at securing world peace. Also please circulate this call to others. To sign on, send an email or reply to nsorensen@iatp.org on or before November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country. We will send the signed Declaration to President Bush before his meeting with Russian President Putin on November 12. We also hope to influence the next Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention negotiations starting November 19. The Declaration was launched on Friday, October 26, 2001 at a symposium on "War and Weapons" in Washington D.C. In this symposium, activists and experts on biological, nuclear and chemical weapons, land mines, small arms, military pollution, and the U.S.-sponsored Plan Colombia discussed the threats to humanity posed by weapons of mass destruction. Thank you very much, Chela Vazquez cvazquez@iatp.org (612) 870-3441 ********** Public Declaration on Peace and Security To the President of the United States Mr. President, Prior to September 11, the U.S. government had embarked on a unilateral course that frequently disregarded several peace and security treaties. In light of the horrific and tragic events in New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania, the undersigned people and non-governmental organizations call upon the United States government to reverse actions that jeopardize international agreements to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) bans the development, production and stockpiling of biological and toxic weapons. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) places limits on the testing and deployment of defensive systems in order to prevent the stockpiling of nuclear weapons. Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) aims at the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other nuclear explosions. We believe that U.S. adherence to these treaties would promote greater security and peace worldwide. However, the United States government is undermining all four treaties by rejecting a Verification Protocol on the BTWC that was to be finalized in November in Geneva and by developing a large bioweapons research system that may be in violation of the BTWC; by developing missile defenses and seeking to withdraw from the ABM Treaty; by deploying modified bunker-busting nuclear weapons, conducting research aimed at making nuclear weapons more useable, and maintaining more than 2,000 nuclear warheads on high alert despite recently reaffirming a commitment to the NPT; and by refusing to ratify the CTBT. The U.S. also is researching space-based weapons and is resisting international efforts to ban the placement of weapons in outer space. These actions by the United States threaten peace and security globally by provoking the development of hostile weapons by other countries in an escalating arms race. Therefore, we urge that: 1) The United States rely on multilateral negotiations and the existing body of international law and treaties to resolve international conflicts. 2) The United States, at the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference beginning on November 19th, make an unqualified commitment to uphold Article I, which prohibits all development, acquisition, and stockpiling of biological agents for hostile purposes, and unequivocally endorse prompt completion of the draft BTWC Verification Protocol. 3) The United States abide by the terms of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. 4) The United States meet its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, in particular Article VI that calls for complete nuclear disarmament, as unanimously confirmed by the International Court of Justice. 5) The United States maintain its nuclear testing moratorium and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Signatories Chela Vazquez, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environment Research, USA Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee, USA Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project, USA Hillel W. Cohen, assistant professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, USA Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, USA John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, USA Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, USA John Steinbach, Great Panthers, USA Margarita Flores, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos, Colombia Catalina Toro, Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Colombia Dario Gonzalez, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el Desarrollo, Colombia Chela Vazquez Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) 2105 First Avenue South Minneapolis MN 55404 USA Tel. office: (612) 870-3441 Fax: (612) 870-4846 cvazquez@iatp.org http://www.iatp.org http://www.wtowatch.org http://www.sustain.org/biotech http://www.gefoodalert.org - --=====================_14663780==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Dear friends and colleagues -- Please consider signing on to the Public Declaration on Peace and Security, below.  This declaration is the product of a really great conference on "Weapons and War" which took place in Washington, DC last Friday, and which was organized in large part by the Insitute for Agriculture and Trade Policy -- a new entrant into the world of weapons of mass destruction.  (Apologies for multiple postings.) -- Jackie Cabasso

PLEASE NOTE: To sign on, send an email or reply to nsorensen@iatp.org on or before November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country.



October 30, 2001

Dear friends,

Below please find a "Public Declaration on Peace and Security" addressed to
U.S. President Bush. Please add your personal and/or organizational
endorsement to this call, urging him to comply with existing international
agreements aimed at securing world peace. Also please circulate this call
to others.

To sign on, send an email or reply to nsorensen@iatp.org on or before
November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country.
We will send the signed Declaration to President Bush before his meeting
with Russian President Putin on November 12. We also hope to influence the
next Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention negotiations starting November
19.

The Declaration was launched on Friday, October 26, 2001 at a symposium on
"War and Weapons" in Washington D.C. In this symposium, activists and
experts on biological, nuclear and chemical weapons, land mines, small
arms, military pollution, and the U.S.-sponsored Plan Colombia discussed
the threats to humanity posed by weapons of mass destruction.

Thank you very much,
Chela Vazquez
cvazquez@iatp.org
(612) 870-3441
**********
Public Declaration on Peace and Security
To the President of the United States
Mr. President,

Prior to September 11, the U.S. government had embarked on a unilateral
course that frequently disregarded several peace and security treaties. In
light of the horrific and tragic events in New York City, Washington D.C.,
and Pennsylvania, the undersigned people and non-governmental organizations
call upon the United States government to reverse actions that jeopardize
international agreements to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction.

The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) bans the development,
production and stockpiling of biological and toxic weapons. The
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) places limits on the testing and
deployment of defensive systems in order to prevent the stockpiling of
nuclear weapons. Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) aims at
the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other
nuclear explosions. We believe that U.S. adherence to these treaties would
promote greater security and peace worldwide.

However, the United States government is undermining all four treaties by
rejecting a Verification Protocol on the BTWC that was to be finalized in
November in Geneva and by developing a large bioweapons research system
that may be in violation of the BTWC; by developing missile defenses and
seeking to withdraw from the ABM Treaty; by deploying modified
bunker-busting nuclear weapons, conducting research aimed at making nuclear
weapons more useable, and maintaining more than 2,000 nuclear warheads on
high alert despite recently reaffirming a commitment to the NPT; and by
refusing to ratify the CTBT. The U.S. also is researching space-based
weapons and is resisting international efforts to ban the placement of
weapons in outer space. These actions by the United States threaten peace
and security globally by provoking the development of hostile weapons by
other countries in an escalating arms race.
Therefore, we urge that:

1) The United States rely on multilateral negotiations and the existing
body of international law and treaties to resolve international conflicts.

2) The United States, at the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review
Conference beginning on November 19th, make an unqualified commitment to
uphold Article I, which prohibits all development,
acquisition, and stockpiling of biological agents for hostile purposes, and
unequivocally endorse prompt completion of the draft BTWC Verification
Protocol.

3) The United States abide by the terms of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

4) The United States meet its obligations under the Non-Proliferation
Treaty, in particular Article VI that calls for complete nuclear
disarmament, as unanimously confirmed by the International Court of Justice.

5) The United States maintain its nuclear testing moratorium and ratify the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Signatories

Chela Vazquez, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA
Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environment Research, USA
Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee, USA
Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project, USA
Hillel W. Cohen, assistant professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, USA
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, USA
John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, USA
Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, USA
John Steinbach, Great Panthers, USA
Margarita Flores, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales
Alternativos, Colombia
Catalina Toro, Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Colombia
Dario Gonzalez, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el Desarrollo,
Colombia


Chela Vazquez
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55404 USA
Tel. office: (612) 870-3441
Fax: (612) 870-4846
cvazquez@iatp.org
http://www.iatp.org
http://www.wtowatch.org
http://www.sustain.org/biotech
http://www.gefoodalert.org
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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 20:29:13 -0500 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Stop Subsidizing Nuclear IndustryInsurance Costs! >X-Sender: done@192.168.100.3 >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) >Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:06:03 -0800 >To: GPCA-Energy@yahoogroups.com >From: Lloyd Marbet (by way of Don Eichelberger ) >Subject: Stop Subsidizing Nuclear IndustryInsurance Costs! >Cc: Carl Zichella , > eric_eisenberg@patagonia.com,Graham Brownstein , > William Miller , > Zachrey Helmberger >X-Loop-Detect: 1 > >Apologies for cross posting > >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: RRR Action of the Month: Stop Subsidizing Nuclear >IndustryInsurance Costs! >Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 15:48:09 -0400 >From: "Lisa Gue" > >* * * apologies for cross-posting * * * > >RADIOACTIVE ROADS AND RAILS ACTION OF THE MONTH - October 2001 > >Tell Congress to Stop Subsidizing Insurance Costs for the Nuclear >Industry! > >BACKGROUND > >The Price-Anderson Act was enacted in 1957 as a temporary measure to >support the fledgling nuclear industry. The Act establishes a taxpayer >backed insurance regime for nuclear power plants. Under Price-Anderson, >commercial nuclear operators are required to carry only $200 million in >primary insurance. A second level of retrospective premiums in the >event of an accident is capped at approximately $88 million per >reactor. By artificially limiting the liability of nuclear operators, >the Price-Anderson Act serves as a subsidy to the nuclear industry in >terms of foregone insurance premiums, which encourages the construction >of new nuclear plants. . . and the generation of more nuclear waste. > >The Price-Anderson Act will expire in August 2002 unless Congress >reauthorizes it. On October 11, 2001, the House Energy and Commerce >Committee began to mark-up a reauthorization bill, H.R. 2983. The >mark-up is expected to resume soon and the issue will later be >considered by the whole House. In the Senate, reauthorization of the >Price-Anderson Act may be included in the Energy Bill that will likely >be debated later this fall or early in the new year. > >See the below for "7 Good Reasons to Oppose Price-Anderson >Reauthorization." Public Citizen's Price-Anderson factsheet, is online >at: >www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/nuclear_power_plants/nuclear_revi >val/articles.cfm?ID=4912 > > >TAKE ACTION! > >Call and write to your Senators and Representative and urge them to >oppose Price-Anderson reauthorization. Ask your Representative to vote >against H.R. 2983. Ask your Senators to keep Price-Anderson >reauthorization out of the Energy Bill. > >CALL: Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121 > >WRITE: >Your Representative >U.S. House of Representative >Washington, DC 20510 > >Your Senators >U.S. Senate >Washington, DC 20515 > >SIGN an online petition opposing Price-Anderson reauthorization at: >www.petitiononline.com/repealpa/petition.html > > >7 GOOD REASONS TO OPPOSE PRICE-ANDERSON REAUTHORIZATION > >(1) The Price-Anderson Act does not address the issue of increasing >security and improving the safety of nuclear facilities. In light of >the recent terrorist attacks, there should be a thorough and independent >assessment of security needs at U.S. nuclear power facilities before >Price-Anderson is even considered for reauthorization. > >(2) The Price-Anderson Act indemnifies Department of Energy contractors >involved in nuclear incidents even in cases of gross negligence and >willful misconduct. (This blanket coverage would extend to contractors >hired to transport nuclear waste to the proposed repository at Yucca >Mountain.) This serves as a disincentive to safety and accountability, >and potentially endangers workers and the public. No other government >agency provides this level of taxpayer indemnification to non-government >personnel. > >(3) The Price-Anderson Act serves as a subsidy to the nuclear power >industry in terms of foregone primary insurance payments and limited >liability in case of an accident. This distorts economic viability >assessments in the energy sector and gives nuclear power an >uncompetitive advantage over cleaner, safer energy options. > >(4) The insurance coverage required under the Price-Anderson Act >understates the calculated risk of nuclear power plants. > >(5) The Price-Anderson Act treats all nuclear operators uniformly and >does not differentiate or discourage high-risk activities, such >relicensing old plants and transporting nuclear waste. > >(6) Reauthorizing the Price-Anderson Act would facilitate the >construction of new nuclear power plants, which would generate more >nuclear waste. > >(7) The Price-Anderson Act was originally enacted in 1957 as a temporary >measure to assist the nascent nuclear power industry. 50 years later, >it's time to end this misdirected economic stimulus program. > > > >Lisa Gue >Policy Analyst >Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy & Environment Program >215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE >Washington, DC 20003 >ph: (202) 454-5130; fax: (202) 547-7392 >www.citizen.org/cmep > - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 19:34:54 -0800 From: Lorraine Krofchok Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) please consider signing this Please include Lorraine Krofchok, Grandmothers for Peace International, USA. Lisa Ledwidge / IEER wrote: > > Please consider signing the Public Declaration on Peace and Security, > below, which will be delivered to U.S. President Bush before his upcoming > meeting with Russian President Putin. > > Reply to on or before November 6 with your name, > organization if relevant, and country. > > Please circulate to others who may be interested in endorsing the declaration. > > Thank you. > > [Apologies for multiple postings.] > ============================================================ > > October 30, 2001 > > Dear friends, > > Below please find a "Public Declaration on Peace and Security" addressed to > U.S. President Bush. Please add your personal and/or organizational > endorsement to this call, urging him to comply with existing international > agreements aimed at securing world peace. Also please circulate this call > to others. > > To sign on, send an email or reply to nsorensen@iatp.org on or before > November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country. > We will send the signed Declaration to President Bush before his meeting > with Russian President Putin on November 12. We also hope to influence the > next Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention negotiations starting November > 19. > > The Declaration was launched on Friday, October 26, 2001 at a symposium on > "War and Weapons" in Washington D.C. In this symposium, activists and > experts on biological, nuclear and chemical weapons, land mines, small > arms, military pollution, and the U.S.-sponsored Plan Colombia discussed > the threats to humanity posed by weapons of mass destruction. > > Thank you very much, > > Chela Vazquez > cvazquez@iatp.org > (612) 870-3441 > > ============================================================ > ============================================================ > > Public Declaration on Peace and Security > > To the President of the United States > > Mr. President, > > Prior to September 11, the U.S. government had embarked on a unilateral > course that frequently disregarded several peace and security treaties. In > light of the horrific and tragic events in New York City, Washington D.C., > and Pennsylvania, the undersigned people and non-governmental organizations > call upon the United States government to reverse actions that jeopardize > international agreements to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass > destruction. > > The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) bans the development, > production and stockpiling of biological and toxic weapons. The > Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) places limits on the testing and > deployment of defensive systems in order to prevent the stockpiling of > nuclear weapons. Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) aims at > the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test > Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other > nuclear explosions. We believe that U.S. adherence to these treaties would > promote greater security and peace worldwide. > > However, the United States government is undermining all four treaties by > rejecting a Verification Protocol on the BTWC that was to be finalized in > November in Geneva and by developing a large bioweapons research system > that may be in violation of the BTWC; by developing missile defenses and > seeking to withdraw from the ABM Treaty; by deploying modified > bunker-busting nuclear weapons, conducting research aimed at making nuclear > weapons more useable, and maintaining more than 2,000 nuclear warheads on > high alert despite recently reaffirming a commitment to the NPT; and by > refusing to ratify the CTBT. The U.S. also is researching space-based > weapons and is resisting international efforts to ban the placement of > weapons in outer space. These actions by the United States threaten peace > and security globally by provoking the development of hostile weapons by > other countries in an escalating arms race. > > Therefore, we urge that: > > 1) The United States rely on multilateral negotiations and the existing > body of international law and treaties to resolve international conflicts. > > 2) The United States, at the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review > Conference beginning on November 19th, make an unqualified commitment to > uphold Article I, which prohibits all development, > acquisition, and stockpiling of biological agents for hostile purposes, and > unequivocally endorse prompt completion of the draft BTWC Verification > Protocol. > > 3) The United States abide by the terms of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. > > 4) The United States meet its obligations under the Non-Proliferation > Treaty, in particular Article VI that calls for complete nuclear > disarmament, as unanimously confirmed by the International Court of Justice. > > 5) The United States maintain its nuclear testing moratorium and ratify the > Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. > > Signatories > > Chela Vazquez, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA > Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environment Research, USA > Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee, USA > Brian Becker, International Action Center, USA > Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project, USA > Hillel W. Cohen, assistant professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, USA > Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, USA > John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, USA > Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, USA > John Steinbach, Great Panthers, USA > Margarita Flores, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales > Alternativos, Colombia > Catalina Toro, Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Colombia > Dario Gonzalez, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el Desarrollo, > Colombia > Lorraine Krofchok, Grandmothers for Peace Internatinal, USA > ============================================================ > ============================================================ > > Chela Vazquez > Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) > 2105 First Avenue South > Minneapolis MN 55404 USA > Tel. office: (612) 870-3441 > Fax: (612) 870-4846 > cvazquez@iatp.org > http://www.iatp.org > http://www.wtowatch.org > http://www.sustain.org/biotech > http://www.gefoodalert.org > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. 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