10.17.11
:: Press Releases :: Power Plant Cases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kate Slusark, NRDC, 212-727-4592 or
[email protected] Tina Posterli, Riverkeeper, 516-526-9371 or
[email protected] Human and Financial Cost of Nuclear Crisis in New York Could Exceed Japan’s Fukushima Disaster NEW YORK (October 17, 2011) – A wide range of safer, cleaner energy options is available to replace Indian Point Energy Center if the nuclear plant is not relicensed in 2015, according to an independent analysis commissioned by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Riverkeeper. Thanks to an energy generation surplus it can be done at no impact to […]
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10.17.11
:: Latest Developments :: Indian Point
A new report prepared for riverkeeper and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) by energy consulting firm Synapse Energy Economics, finds there is currently a surplus of electricity capacity in the regions near Indian Point, including New York City, and that even if the Indian Point units were closed when their current operating licenses expire by 2015, there would be no need for new electric capacity to meet reliability requirements until 2020.
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09.27.11
:: Rvk in the Press :: LoHud.com
09.27.11
:: Rvk in the Press :: newjerseynewsroom.com
09.16.11
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Journal News
09.07.11
:: Power Plant Cases
IP Misleads the Public about Earthquake Safety “You Have a Right to Know,” touts Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, in its latest ad campaign aimed at misleading the public about the supposed safety of the aging, environmentally destructive, and unnecessary nuclear power plant located just 24 miles from New York City. And yet Entergy hides the truth about the vulnerability of Indian Point at every possible turn. The hypocrisy of this PR effort is palpable. Entergy’s newest manipulation of the truth comes in the wake of the 5.8 magnitude […]
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08.25.11
:: Rvk in the Press :: Fox NY
08.25.11
:: Rvk in the Press :: Gothamist
08.25.11
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Journal News
08.23.11
:: Latest Developments :: Power Plant Cases
The 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the East Coast from Virginia to New Hampshire reinforces the fact that if someone tells you what happened at Fukushima can’t happen here, they’re not telling the truth. If you move the earthquake that just occurred about 200 miles north and increase its intensity only slightly, it would be over the limit of what Indian Point can handle.
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