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abolition-usa-digest     Tuesday, November 6 2001     Volume 01 : Number 485




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Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 19:31:28 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: FW: Message from Robert Redford

>
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> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 18:38:11 -0500
> Subject: FW: Message from Robert Redford
> From: Elisa Novick
> To: "Act against Bush's Oil bill"
> X-Loop-Detect: 1
>
> This is a well-written letter you can take action on.
> God bless our beautiful planet.
> Elisa
> __________________________________________________________________________
> ______
> Subject: Message from Robert Redford
>
> Dear Friend,
>
> It is understandable that we Americans feel an almost reflexive need for
> unanimity in trying times like these. As a nation, we are rightly consumed
> with responding to the terrorist attacks on September 11th. But, at some
> point -- and I think we're beginning to get there -- we need to take a
> long-term view even as we are reacting to the current crisis. Really
> important domestic issues facing us before all of this happened --
> education, energy and the environment, health care -- still have the same
> dimension and consequence. But we have to recognize that it's much more
> difficult to discuss and debate them in the aftermath of Sept. 11th.
> Unfortunately, disagreement is sometimes characterized as unpatriotic
during
> times such as these and open, thoughtful discourse is somewhat muted. The
> gravity of the current situation is not lost on any of us and we all want
to
> do what's right to insure our national security. It is with this in mind
> that I felt compelled to write you today.
>
> A handful of determined U.S. senators, encouraged by the White House, are
> arguing that national security requires the Senate to rush a pro-oil energy
> bill into law. They have vowed to hold up normal Senate business and attach
> the bill to every piece of legislation that comes to the Senate floor. So
> far they have failed in what The Boston Globe is calling "oil opportunism."
> But with President Bush, himself, now calling for rushed passage of this
> disastrous bill, intense pressure is building on Senate leaders to succumb
> to the emotions of the moment. Using our national tragedy as an opportunity
> to advance the narrow interests of the oil lobby would not be in the best
> interest of the public. This bill, already passed by the House, would not
> only open the Arctic Refuge to oil rigs, it would also pave the way for
> energy companies to exploit and destroy pristine areas of Greater
> Yellowstone and other gems of our natural heritage. As important, it would
> do nothing to address energy security.
>
> I'm asking for your immediate help in stopping this legislation. After
> reading my letter I hope you'll take action at
> http://www.savebiogems.org/arctic/index.asp?src=ab0110a
> and then forward this letter to your friends and colleagues. Last spring,
> the Bush administration and some members of Congress said we had to pass
the
> president's oil-friendly energy bill because we were facing the most
serious
> energy crisis since 1973. But here we are, a mere six months later, and the
> energy crisis has vanished. Due to a slowing economy and falling demand,
the
> prices for gasoline, natural gas and home heating oil have plunged.
> Meanwhile, the much-feared "summer of blackouts" in California never
> happened, largely because consumers and businesses made dramatic cuts in
> energy use by launching the most successful statewide conservation campaign
> in history. With no energy crisis to scare us with, the administration and
> pro-oil senators are now promoting their "Drill the Arctic" plan under the
> guise of national security and energy independence. Don't buy it. It would
> take ten years to bring Arctic oil to market, and when it arrives it would
> never equal more than two percent -- a mere drop in the bucket -- of all
the
> oil we consume each year. Our nation simply doesn't have enough oil to
drill
> our way to energy independence or even to affect world oil prices.
>
> We possess a mere 3 percent of the world's oil reserves, but we consume
> fully 25 percent of the world's oil supply. We could drill the Arctic
> Refuge, Greater Yellowstone, and every other wildland in America and we'd
> still be importing oil, still be paying worldwide prices for domestic oil,
> and still be vulnerable to wild gyrations in price and supply. As The
> Atlanta Constitution put it: "Burning through our tiny oil supply faster
> will not make our country more secure." I'd go further: increasing our
> dependence on oil, whether that oil comes from the Persian Gulf or the
> Arctic Refuge, practically guarantees national *insecurity*. And we know
> that it will bring more habitat destruction, more oil spills, more air
> pollution, and more global warming. The public health implications will be
> devastating.
>
> If our nation wants to declare energy independence, then we have no choice
> but to reduce our appetite for oil. There's no other way. We need to rely
on
> smarter and cleaner ways to power our economy. We have the technology right
> now to increase fuel economy standards to 40 miles per gallon. If we phased
> in that standard by 2012 we'd save 15 times more oil than the Arctic Refuge
> is likely to produce over 50 years. We could also give tax rebates for
> existing hybrid gas-electric vehicles that get as much as 60 mpg. We could
> invest in public transit. We could launch an "Apollo Project" to bring fuel
> cells and hydrogen fuel down to earth, allowing us to begin the mass
> production of vehicles that emit only water as a by-product. The list goes
> on and on. In this climate of national trauma and war, it is up to us --
the
> people -- to ensure that reason prevails and our natural heritage survives
> intact.
>
> The preservation of irreplaceable wildlands like the Arctic Refuge and
> Greater Yellowstone is a core American value. I have never been more
> appreciative of the wisdom of that value than during these past few weeks.
> When we are filled with grief and unanswerable questions it is often nature
> that we turn to for refuge and comfort. In the sanctuary of a forest or the
> vastness of the desert or the silence of a grassland, we can touch a
> timeless force larger than ourselves and our all-too-human problems. This
is
> where the healing begins. Those who would sell out this natural heritage --
> this spiritual heritage -- would destroy a wellspring of American strength.
> What's worse, their rush to exploit the wildness that feeds our souls won't
> do a thing to solve our energy problems. There are plenty of sensible and
> patriotic ways to guarantee our nation's energy security, but destroying
the
> Arctic Refuge is not one of them. Please tell that to your senators. They
> urgently need to hear it because the pressure is on to move this pro-oil
> bill to a vote in the next few weeks. It will take you only a minute to
send
> them an electronic message from NRDC's SaveBioGems website.
>
> Go to http://www.savebiogems.org/arctic/index.asp?src=ab0110a
>
> And please forward this message to your family and friends. Millions of
> Americans need to know about this cynical attempt to promote the interests
> of energy companies at the expense of everyone else.
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Robert Redford
> BioGems: Saving Endangered Wild Places
> A project of the Natural Resources Defense Council
> http://www.savebiogems.org




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Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 17:34:46 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: ALERT! Price-Anderson in House; Senate Energy Bill

>Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 15:18:17 -0500
>From: michael mariotte <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>Organization: NIRS
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>Subject: ALERT! Price-Anderson in House; Senate Energy Bill
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>
>Dear Friends:
>
>On Halloween, the House Commerce Committee approved reauthorization of
>the Price-Anderson Act--the nuclear industry's unique scheme to avoid
>liability for its actions (HR 2983). Unfortunately, there was no debate
>about whether the Act should be reauthorized at all! Several amendments
>were accepted by the Committee--some details are below.
>
>Commerce Committee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-LA) is hoping to bring HR
>2983 to the House floor for a vote next week, under suspension of the
>rules, which means minimal debate and no  amendments would be allowed.
>
>WHAT YOU CAN DO!
>*Please call/e-mail/fax your Representatives and demand: 1) vote NO on
>reauthorization of Price-Anderson; 2) Oppose allowing Price-Anderson to
>be brought up under suspension of the rules. It is the height of
>arrogance--and folly--for the nuclear industry and its backers to push a
>major nuclear bill at this time without even debate, when National Guard
>troops are being sent to new reactor sites daily and when every atomic
>reactor is a potential and horrifying target.
>
>Because some Capitol Hill offices remain closed, you will want to call
>your local offices as well. Do not bother mailing letters at this point,
>they will not reach the members in time.
>
>*After you've contacted your member, please contact your friends and
>colleagues and urge them to do the same. The key is to organize,
>organize, organize. If your representatives are not hearing from
>you--and many in both the House and Senate say they are not receiving
>grassroots pressure on this issue--they will certainly vote for the
>industry.
>
>*Contact your local media and let them know this is going on. A sample
>letter to the editor (and sample letter to congressmembers for
>fax/e-mail) will be posted on NIRS' website (www.nirs.org) later today
>(Friday, November 2).
>
>Meanwhile, in the Senate, some Senate Republicans are continuing to seek
>a quick vote on their energy bill (which includes Price-Anderson
>reauthorization and oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge)
>or, at the least, a Democratic alternative (which may also include
>Price-Anderson reauthorization). Majority leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) said
>yesterday that Congress may come back in session after
>Thanksgiving--meaning that there would be that much more time for a vote
>on an energy bill this session.
>
>Call your Senators (almost all are back in their offices) and urge them
>to oppose efforts to attach any energy bill to unrelated legislation.
>Urge them to oppose any energy bill with Price-Anderson reauthorization,
>funding for nuclear power research and development, and oil drilling in
>ANWR. Urge them to support increased funding for energy efficiency and
>renewable energy technologies and increased automobile fuel efficiency
>standards.
>
>Continue to collect signatures on the Petition for A Sustainable Energy
>Future. And, again, make sure your local media are following and
>understand this story.
>
>CONTACT INFORMATION: The Capitol Switchboard is 202-224-3121--you can
>reach any member of Congress with this number. Local Congressional
>offices are usually found in the blue pages of local phone books. If you
>can't find your local number, call NIRS, we have them.
>
>Senate fax and e-mail information can be found at
>http://prop1.org/prop1/senate.htm
>
>Unfortunately, we don't have a comparable list for the House.
>
>
>Price-Anderson Amendments in the House.
>
>Amendments approved by the House Commerce Committee to Price-Anderson
>included one by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) that calls for the NRC to
>create a system to make sure that vehicles transporting nuclear material
>carry a list of what is being transported, that drivers receive
>background checks and that no materials are brought to non-NRC-licensed
>facilities. His amendment also calls for NRC to issue regulations a year
>after enactment that identify
>radioactive materials that are appropriate exception to the
>transportation requirements.                Markey's amendment also directs
NRC and
>other government entities to conduct a study to identify the threats to
>NRC licensees in wake of the Sept. 11 attacks and other physical,
>cyber, biochemical threats, air and water attacks and other scenarios.
>Under the amendment, the president would be required to report to NRC
>and Congress on the types of threats
>identified in each area and that NRC should issues regulations based on
>them.
>        An amendment by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) says NRC will consult
with
>the assistant to the president for homeland security about location and
>design of proposed
>nuclear facilities to make sure it "provides for adequate protection of
>public health and safety if subject to a terrorist attack."
>        An amendment by Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA), would make it easier to
>build new Pebble Bed Modular Reactors (PBMR), by treating up to 1,300 MW
>of their electricity as a single reactor, no matter how many of the 110
>MW or so reactors were built on one site. This is especially galling,
>considering the PBMRs have no containment structure and would be sitting
>ducks for terrorist groups.
>        Tauzin and Ranking member John Dingell (D-Mich) teamed up on a
>compromise amendment that would penalize DOE contractors who engage in
>"intentional misconduct."
>
>THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
>
>Michael Mariotte
>Nuclear Information and Resource Service
>

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Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 18:44:28 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: by Nov 9 Tell DOE how much nuke waste to put in household items

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>Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2001 18:35:17 -0600
>From: Diane <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>Organization: Nuclear Information and Resource Service
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>(apologies for multiple posting)
>
>Dept of Energy Comment deadline NOV 9
>
>Here is quick action you can take to help stop and prevent nuke waste
>getting dispersed and mixed into everything around us:
>
>A) Comment to the Department of Energy (DOE) by NOV 9, 2001 on their
>environmental impact statement 'scoping' process. AND
>B)  even more importantly, SEND A COPY TO YOUR FEDERAL AND STATE elected
>REPresentative and SENATORS so they know what you think of what DOE is
>up to!!
>
>
>ALERT:      NOW is our chance (UNTIL NOV 9 2001)
>To tell DOE How Much Radioactive Contamination from nuclear weapons
>sites
>we want Dispersed, =93Recycled,=94 Released into our daily-use items, raw
>materials and regular trash=85
>
>Comment deadline is now NOV. 9, 2001
>Send comments and resolutions by EMAIL to:
>[e-mail]
>By Fax to: 301-903-9770  ATTN: Radmetals Disposition PEIS
>(Send NIRS and your Congressmembers a copy too!)
>
>The US Department of Energy (DOE):
>
>1) has been =93releasing=94/dispersing some radioactively contaminated
>materials into general commerce for decades:
>
>Mixed radioactive and hazardous wastes have gone to facilities designed
>to take only hazardous materials. An early 1990=92s temporary moratorium
>on releasing mixed wastes was subsequently silently lifted (allowing
>contaminated materials out again).
>
>Radioactive concrete, metal, soil, plastics, chemicals, asphalt,
>buildings and properties and more have been permitted to be released
>from DOE controls on a =93case-by-case=94 basis at the discretion of the=
 DOE
>
>field office managers, regional DOE offices and, in some cases, DOE
>Environmental Health officials at headquarters.
>
>Sometimes the materials would be released directly to unlicensed waste
>facilities or recyclers; sometimes they would go to Nuclear Regulatory
>Commission and NRC Agreement State-licensed processors who can then
>release them.
>
>2) placed a moratorium on the release of volumetrically contaminated
>metals in January 2000 and a suspension on the recycling of potentially
>surface contaminated metals in July of 2000.
>
>Although these were steps in the right direction, some metals and all
>other types of contaminated materials continue to be released.
>
>DOE wants to lift the moratorium and suspension and resume releasing
>contaminated metals.
>
>3) has been using 1974 Atomic Energy Commission guidance (Regulatory
>Guide 1.86) with DOE=92s own internal adaptations to justify releasing
>radioactively contaminated materials and wastes into unregulated
>commerce:
>
>DOE silently adopted revisions to its internal Order 5400.5 in the early
>
>1990s that allow DOE at various levels to  =93authorize=94 the release from
>controls of contaminated materials. (Chapters 3 and 4 of DOE internal
>Order 5400.5)
>
>DOE considered but put off adding two more chapters to its internal
>Order in late 2000, in an effort to justify lifting the moratorium and
>suspension on radioactive metal release/recycling.
>
>4) decided to do a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the
>release of radioactive metals, the goal being to end the suspension on
>their release-that is resume letting them out.
>
>Comment deadline is now NOV. 9, 2001
>Federal Register announcement of the proposed PEIS
>66 FR 134: 36562-36566  Thursday July 12, 2001;
>
>FAX comments to 301-903-9770  ATTN: Radmetals Disposition PEIS
>
>MAIL comments to: Kenneth Picha Jr. EM-22 /Office of Technical Program
>Integration/ Attn: Metals Disposition PEIS/Office of Envtal
>Management/US Dept of Energy/ 1000 Independence Ave SW Washington, DC
>20585-0113
>
>EMAIL: [e-mail]
>
>5) is only looking at the narrow issue of recycling metal from =93control=
=94
>
>areas in the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, and assuming
>that its existing =91release=92 practices are acceptable.  This must be
>challenged.
>
>
>NIRS Concerns:
>
>All options listed in the draft scope of the PEIS allow radioactive
>metals out.
>All options allow other radioactive materials out of DOE and contractor
>sites into everyday commerce.
>An option must be added that completely prohibits release of all
>contaminated materials and wastes from DOE and contractor sites.
>
>PEIS should cover all radioactive waste and materials released for
>disposal or recycle or reuse from any part of DOE sites...And should
>prohibit such releases.
>
>Time-line is too short (even with extension to Nov. 9th) -Request
>additional extension.
>
>Call on DOE to include evaluation of health effects, pain and suffering,
>
>costs and concerns by all exposed and potentially exposed members of the
>
>population in this and all future genertations. Demand projection of
>synergistic health effects (from being exposed to radioactive and other
>poisons simaltaneously). Demand evaluation, not dismissal impacts of
>reduced immunity due to low, continuous doses. Demand whatever you think
>
>DOE should consider in evaluating the impacts of radioactive materials
>randomly and routinely in contact with us, our kids and grandkids and
>theirs, our pets, wildlife, our food, whatever scenarios you can
>imagine.
>
>Public Meetings were nearly all in DOE areas and with minimal public
>notice--Impacts will be on the rest of the country as well, so should
>hear from other areas that will receive the wastes as garbage or daily
>use items!
>
>**Demand DOE come clean on the bias already shown in this PEIS
>process--by releasing the information on the contractors hired and the
>approach being taken on this whole review. (DOE originally hired a
>company that makes money from nuclear materials being released into
>commerce to evaluate whether or not to allow the practice (SAIC)!! They
>cancelled that contract but have refused to provide any information on
>how that company was selected and what conflict-of -interest reviews
>were done. They have since hired another contractor and THAT contract is
>
>being legally challenged--yet they proceed with this process regardless.
>
>To get on DOE's list for further notice on this PEIS contact
>             Metals Disposition PEIS
><[e-mail]>
>
>
>More info: Diane D'Arrigo Nuclear Information and Resource Service 1424
>16th St NW  Suite 404 Washington, DC 20036; 202 328-0002 ext 16;
>[e-mail] www.nirs.org (see second yellow URGENT icon for more
>info and NIRS comments).
>
>
>
>
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Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 16:11:09 -0700
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Urgent-Petition to Halt Bombing So Food Can Be Trucked Into Afghanistan Before Winter Makes It Impossible

Dear friends:

The following is time-urgent and is needed to save the lives of millions of
civilians on the brink of starvation in Afghanistan. We at Tri-Valley CAREs
have developed this petition to call for an IMMEDIATE halt to all bombing
and military action in Afghanistan so that food can be trucked in NOW
before winter makes that impossible -- and by all accounts heavy snows will
likely occur by the end of this month. Please read the petition through and
consider this situation seriously.

We need you (and 4 friends, please) to sign and return the petition to us
by fax or snail mail. We at Tri-Valley CAREs commit to sending your
petition QUICKLY to 21 decision-makers -- see the end of the petition for
the list.

It is important that you take the extra moment to download and actually
sign the petition, please. No email replies. Thank you.

(Documentation quoted in the petition, below, is available on request.)

In peace,
Marylia Kelley

PETITION TO PREVENT THE MASS STARVATION OF CHILDREN
AND OTHER CIVILIANS IN AFGHANISTAN

WHEREAS, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children's
Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme and other agencies have issued a
joint statement warning that:

        * A humanitarian crises of stunning proportions is unfolding in
Afghanistan;

        * More than 5 million Afghans now require humanitarian assistance
to survive, including 3.8 million who depend on United Nations-delivered
food rations (a number that is expected to rise to 5.5 million in November
2001);

        * Nearly 20 percent of those struggling to survive are children
under the age of 5 years; and

        * Lack of safe access has created a situation where the United
Nations World Food Programme has been forced to suspend operations in
Afghanistan;

WHEREAS, recent bombing attacks have damaged the warehouses of the
International Red Cross as well as the United Nations World Food Programme,
and the agencies' staff, laborers and truckers are now afraid to load,
unload or transport food inside Afghanistan;

WHEREAS, the United Nations has estimated that more than 50,000 tons of
food must be delivered before the end of November 2001;

WHEREAS, Oxfam International and other non-governmental organizations and
relief workers have joined in a call for a pause in military action and an
immediate undertaking to stave off mass starvation throughout Afghanistan
by trucking in food before bitter winter snows make such an effort futile.

THEREFORE, WE URGENTLY CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ALL BOMBING AND
MILITARY ACTION BY ALL PARTIES IN AFGHANISTAN TO PERMIT THE SAFE DELIVERY
OF FOOD BY THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, THE INTERNATIONAL RED
CROSS, OXFAM INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER RELIEF AGENCIES.

Name (print or write clearly)           Address/City/State              Country

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Time is critical and winter is coming fast to Afghanistan. Help save lives.
Please sign, share the petition with 4 friends, family members or coworkers
and return it as soon as possible to: TRI-VALLEY CAREs, 2582 OLD FIRST
STREET, LIVERMORE, CA 94550. Or, fax it to [phone].
(Documentation available on request.)

We will immediately send a copy to each of the following: (1) President
George Bush, (2) Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, (3) Secretary of State
Colin Powell, (4) Your Senators, (5) Your Congressional Representative, and
(6) All 15 countries who sit on the UN Security Council.
(Donations are welcome, but
not required.)


Marylia Kelley
Executive Director,
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA 94550
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web site: http://www.igc.org/tvc



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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 09:11:06 -0500
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Daybook-DC 11/5/01 - Nukes in Space etc.

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Hi, NucNews archives are posted through November 1, 2001.  Here's an
announcement for those in DC today:

Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee Public meeting (Arlington, VA) =
=97 10
a.m. =97 per Washington Times "Daybook"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20011105-672568.htm

The Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee (NERAC) holds a public=
 meeting.
Topics include Generation IV technology, use of fisson reactors in space,=
 the
role of nuclear energy in implementing President Bush's national energy=
 policy
and future NERAC activities. Location: Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy=
 Drive,
Arlington. Contact: 202/586-5806.

     ___________________________________________________

Today's News and Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm
Submit URL/Article: mailto:[e-mail]
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)

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<html><div>Hi, NucNews archives are posted through November 1,
2001.  Here's an announcement for those in DC today:</div>
<br>
<div>Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee Public meeting
(Arlington, VA) =97 10 a.m. =97 per Washington Times
"Daybook"</div>
<div><a href=3D"http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20011105-672568.htm"=
 EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20011105-672568.ht=
m</a></div>
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<div>The Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee (NERAC) holds a
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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 15:55:21 -0500
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Comm I: US rejects CTBT

>From: [e-mail]
>Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 11:54:45 EST
>Subject: Comm I: US rejects CTBT
>To: [e-mail] (Douglas Roche), [e-mail],
>        [e-mail] (Colin Archer), [e-mail] (Michael Christ),
>        [e-mail] (Rob Green),
>        [e-mail] (Kate Dewes), [e-mail] (Ron McCoy),
>        [e-mail] (Bruna Nota), [e-mail] (David
Krieger),
>        [e-mail], [e-mail] (Dr. Jennifer AllenSimons),
>        [e-mail] (Alice Slater),
>        [e-mail] (Maj-Britt Theorin),
>        [e-mail] (de Souza Barros), [e-mail] (Felicity Hill),
>        [e-mail] (Alyn Ware), [e-mail] (Peter Weiss),
>        [e-mail] (Scilla Elworthy), [e-mail] (Suzy Pearce),
>        [e-mail] (Karel Koster),
>        [e-mail] (Hiro Umebayashi),
>        [e-mail] (Lars G. Lindskog),
>        [e-mail] (Arthur Muhl), [e-mail] (Xanthe Hall),
>        [e-mail] (Bahig Nassar), [e-mail],
>        [e-mail], [e-mail] (Laura Rotolo)
>CC: [e-mail]
>X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 138
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>The United States this morning was the only country to vote against a First
>Committee draft DECISION (not resolution) on the CTBT. While Bush
>adminstration hostility to the CTBT is nothing new, to reject even placing
>the issue on the UN's agenda is a pretty stark sign of the comtempt the US
>harbors for any kind of meaningful multilateral disarmament. The vote was
140
>to one. A draft decision is a purely procedural matter - shorn of political
>statements, it merely asks that an item by carried over to the next year's
>agenda. They are routinely approved without a vote. This was the case with
>the New Agenda - its draft decision was adopted unanimously.
>
>The US representative said the US "does not support the CTBT" and does not
>intend to re-submit it to the Senate. Again nothing new, but this is the
>first time I can think of when US rejection went so far as want to push it
>off the agenda. However, he went on to say the moratorium will be maintained
>and that the US "understands its special responsibility under Article Six"
of
>the NPT. How the US can support the NPT yet reject the decisions of the
>Review Conferences was left unexplained, of course. It will have to be
>explained at the 2002 prepcom, if not sooner.
>
>Minutes after this decision was put to a vote, a second draft decision was
>also voted on. The Mexican draft decision on the conference on eliminating
>nuclear dangers was adopted 101 to seven with 34 abstentions. This is more
>understandable since, while a procedural issue - placing the item on the
>agenda - this is the first time nations have had a chance to comment on it.
>Normally a new item is merely placed on the agenda by a state before the GA
>begins. Therefore this procedural question became a political question.
>
>The First Committee is due to conclude Wednesday (two days early). Expect a
>wrap-up soon.
>
>Jim Wurst
>
>
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Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 16:27:52 -0600
From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Environment-Security Connections: IEER presentation at EGA meeting

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Some people have requested a copy of  IEER's presentation at the
Environmental Grantmakers Association meeting, so we posted it on our web site:

Two Case Studies of Environmental-Security Connections
by Arjun Makhijani
October 15, 2001
http://www.ieer.org/comments/egaarjun.html

(Apologies for double postings.)

Lisa Ledwidge
Outreach Coordinator and Editor, Science for Democratic Action
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
2104 Stevens Ave. South |  Minneapolis, MN 55404  USA
phone:  [phone]  |  fax:  [phone]
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Some people have requested a copy of  IEER's presentation at the
Environmental Grantmakers Association meeting, so we posted it on our web
site:<br>
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<b>Two Case Studies of Environmental-Security Connections<br>
</b>by Arjun Makhijani<br>
October 15, 2001 <br>
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Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 15:32:30 -0800
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Star Wars Weapons Jeopardize the War on Terrorism, By Robert M. Bowman, Lt. Col., USAF, ret.

Star Wars Weapons Jeopardize the War on Terrorism

By Robert M. Bowman, Lt. Col., USAF, ret.

The World Trade Center is gone. The Pentagon is damaged. Thousands of
Americans have died. We desperately need to find a way to make the
American people secure from terrorist attack. And what are the
president and Congress doing? Authorizing over 8 billion dollars for
"Star Wars" -- an unworkable solution to a non-existent problem.
In March I went to Washington, D.C., and met with members of
Congress. Our purpose was to plan a strategy for dealing with Bush's
resurrection of a Reaganesque "Star Wars" system. The ICBM "threats"
justifying the system are totally phony. The only real threat to the
American people is terrorism, something "Star Wars" cannot help with
(even if it works). No terrorist is going to use such a high-tech,
costly, complex, visible, traceable means of delivery. The real
threat, I maintained, was from airplanes, ships, trucks, cargo
containers, and suitcases. I asked them to withhold funding from
"Star Wars" until the Administration can show that they're doing
something about the real threat to the people of this country. A
valiant few have tried, but alas ... too few. "Star Wars" marches on,
and the coming budget-busting war on terrorism is too much, too late.
The great irony is that, while "Star Wars" weapons are useless
against terrorists (in fact useless as a defense of any kind), by
increasing apparent U.S. military superiority and invulnerability,
these weapons actually increase the fear and hatred of people in the
developing nations toward our government and therefore increase the
terrorist threat.

Our unilateral abrogation of the ABM Treaty to build offensive "Star
Wars" weapons disguised as defense also will drive a wedge between us
and our allies (to say nothing of Russia and China) -- just at the
time when we need their cooperation against terrorism.
To make the American people secure, we most implement both short-term
and long-term approaches to terrorism. In the short term, we need to
protect this country from the terrorists who already hate us. In the
long term, we need to avoid making more people hate us, so that
existing terrorists are isolated and terrorism slowly dies out.
The short term problem is one of intelligence and internal security.
This does not just mean the airlines. Pilots in the past were trained
to cooperate with hijackers and negotiate later. Never again.
Terrorists know they will never get in another cockpit ... this was a
one time deal, and they made the most of it. Now they will try other
things.

Smuggle bombs onto a cruise liner? Nukes on light aircraft? Sabotage
a football stadium with a hundred thousand people in it? Poison water
supplies? Who knows what else? We need a "red team" to think like
terrorists and come up with possible scenarios so that they can be
neutralized before they happen - not after. Improve intelligence.
Track aliens on temporary visas. Freeze terrorist finances. But with
all this, security will never be perfect. The long-term solution is
to stop making new terrorists and render current ones impotent. That
means avoiding indiscriminate retaliation. A massive strike which
kills bin Laden will guarantee that thousands of new bin Ladens will
rise up to take his place. We can have security or revenge -- not
both.

Only one thing has ever ended a terror campaign -- denying the
terrorist organization the support of the larger community it
represents. And the only way to do that is to listen to and alleviate
the legitimate grievances of the people. This will require a foreign
policy less obnoxious to the people of the region and less dangerous
to the American people. This does not mean abandoning Israel. But it
may mean withholding financial and military support until they
withdraw from settlements in occupied territory and return to 1967
borders.

It also means getting serious about conservation, efficiency, and
renewable energy so that we are less dependent on oil sheiks. Then
let Arab countries have leaders of their own choosing, not
handpicked, CIA-installed dictators willing to cooperate with Western
oil companies. Institute a Marshall Plan for development of the
region. It would be less costly than the war currently being planned,
and certainly less costly than the events of September 11th. It would
also be cheaper than "Star Wars" weapons, and would actually
contribute to the security of the American people rather than
jeopardizing it.

Providing security against terrorism will be neither easy nor cheap.
But it will be much easier and less expensive if we return "Star
Wars" to a quiet research program such as I directed in the 1970s.
The battle against terror must be waged with intelligence and
realism, not jingoism and anger. The American people deserve real
security. Let's get on with it.

==============================================================
Dr. Bowman directed the "Star Wars" programs under Presidents Ford
and Carter and flew 101 combat mission in Vietnam. He is president of
the Institute for Space and Security Studies. His PhD is in
Aeronautics and Nuclear Engineering from Caltech.
==============================================================
Dr. Robert M. Bowman
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