Iowa PSR partnered with Clean Air Muscatine (CLAM) to bring Global Community Monitor (GCM) for a weekend training event on April 13, 2012. The “Bucket Brigade” method will enable the residents of Muscatine, Iowa to measure the air contaminants burdening their community. People can take a sample of a (pollution) release as it occurs, to prove their exposure.
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Eighteen chapter leaders gathered recently for a dynamic two days of networking, strategizing and learning. Joined by national staff and meeting under the banner “Collaborating for a Stronger PSR,” the leaders focused on improving their recruitment of health professionals, building membership and tapping the talents of others in the network. The group welcomed several new faces, including two executive directors. The meeting took place in downtown Chicago.
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As the nuclear industry renews its effort to persuade legislators, taxpayers and ratepayers to prop up its uneconomic industry, PSR Iowa is leading a grassroots campaign against an advanced cost recovery bill, a measure which would enable utilities to collect the capital expense for a new nuclear reactor in advance from their customers. A number of environmental, consumer protection and agricultural groups have found common ground in seeking to defeat the bill.
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As 2011 comes to close, Iowa -PSR created billboards with a New Year’s resolution to promote clean and healthy air. The resolution billboards draw attention to the coal issues that contribute to our heavily polluted air and the solution – wind power. They are featured along highways and roads in Muscatine, Cedar Falls and Waterloo.
This project continues Iowa PSR's efforts to develop strategies for retiring coal-fired boilers in Iowa.
More on Getting to Know Coal »Increasingly militarism puts humanity in a situation of danger and vulnerability, especially when considering its role in the degradation of our environment and climate.
More on Militarism on a Sick Planet »Iowa PSR continues to study, coordinate, and advance thinking on strategy and messaging regarding the threats of nuclear proliferation.
More on Nuclear Weapons »A recent stealth move on the part of Iowa’s MidAmerican Energy Co. has moved the issue of clean energy to the front burner.
More on Clean Energy »In a major blow to the nuclear industry, the Iowa Legislature adjourned without passing a bill that would pave the way for MidAmerican Energy to charge ratepayers in advance for new nuclear reactor construction. PSR was among groups working in opposition to the bill.
Source: Iowa City Press CitizenAn op-ed co-authored by PSR board member Dr. Ira Helfand on the danger of nuclear famine.
Source: CNNIowa PSR partnered with Clean Air Muscatine (CLAM) to bring Global Community Monitor (GCM) for a weekend training event on April 13, 2012.
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