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Media Alert: Fukushima Petition To Be Delivered To UN Secretary General (Today, November 7)
http://greenshadowcabinet.us/events/join-150000-citizens-planet-call-global-action-fukushima
Join 150,000 citizens of the planet: Call for global action on Fukushima
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 1:00pm
Location: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, New York, United States
In response to the ongoing disaster at the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan, petitions and a sign on letter with scores of organizations from around the world are being delivered to the United Nations on Thursday. The documents back a proposal to United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, from 16 top nuclear experts urging a transfer of responsibility for the Fukushima reactor site to an international engineering group.
The petition and letter have been organized by the Green Shadow Cabinet's Fukushima subcommittee and other organizations in order to draw attention to the issue and promote an international response.
The letter has been signed by hundreds of organizations and individuals, and the petitions currently have over 150,000 signatories from around the world.
This Thursday, subcommittee members Harvey Wasserman, Jill Stein and Margeret Flowers will join others at the United Nations in New York City to deliver the petitions and letter.
Sign the petitions here, +rootsaction petition here, +moveon.org petition here.
See the letter, outlining a 15 point plan for Fukushima - here.
Later in the day, at 5pm on Thursday 7th November, activists will be simultaneously picket the CNN offices in New York and Atlanta over their screening of 'Pandoras Promise' - a propaganda film dubbed: 'The Triumph of the Will - for the nuclear industry'.
CNN NY - 10 Columbus Cir, New York - 5pm Eastern
CNN Atlanta - 190 Marietta St NW, Atlanta - 5pm Eastern
Join 150,000 citizens of the planet: Call for global action on Fukushima
Date: Thursday, November 7, 2013 - 1:00pm
Location: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York, New York, United States
In response to the ongoing disaster at the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan, petitions and a sign on letter with scores of organizations from around the world are being delivered to the United Nations on Thursday. The documents back a proposal to United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, from 16 top nuclear experts urging a transfer of responsibility for the Fukushima reactor site to an international engineering group.
The petition and letter have been organized by the Green Shadow Cabinet's Fukushima subcommittee and other organizations in order to draw attention to the issue and promote an international response.
The letter has been signed by hundreds of organizations and individuals, and the petitions currently have over 150,000 signatories from around the world.
This Thursday, subcommittee members Harvey Wasserman, Jill Stein and Margeret Flowers will join others at the United Nations in New York City to deliver the petitions and letter.
Sign the petitions here, +rootsaction petition here, +moveon.org petition here.
See the letter, outlining a 15 point plan for Fukushima - here.
Later in the day, at 5pm on Thursday 7th November, activists will be simultaneously picket the CNN offices in New York and Atlanta over their screening of 'Pandoras Promise' - a propaganda film dubbed: 'The Triumph of the Will - for the nuclear industry'.
CNN NY - 10 Columbus Cir, New York - 5pm Eastern
CNN Atlanta - 190 Marietta St NW, Atlanta - 5pm Eastern
http://rceezwhatsup.blogspot.com/2013/11/117-nyc-fukushima-petition-to-be.html
MEDIA ALERT
Contacts: Harvey Wasserman, solartopia@me.com, 614-738-3646 (cell phone rings on site at the event)
Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com, 914-589-5988
In Front of UN, NGO Leaders to Call for Global Supervision of Fukushima Spent Fuel Removal Before TEPCO Starts Work
Petition With 150,000 Signatures Demanding Global Oversight To Be Delivered To UN Secretary General
WHAT? There will be a gathering and press availability with NGO leaders and advocates at 1pm on November 7 at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza, shortly before they deliver a petition calling for UN oversight of the removal of spent fuel from Fukushima’s Unit 4 fuel pool to the UN Secretary -General’s office. Unit 4 is severely damaged and highly vulnerable to continuing earthquakes (two earthquakes hit Fukushima prefecture in the last few days) and to other dangers. TEPCO is scheduled to begin removal in mid-November. The first round of the petition attracted 150,000 signatures in a month. It states:
"At Fukushima Unit 4, the impending removal of hugely radioactive spent fuel rods from a pool 100 feet in the air presents unparalleled scientific and engineering challenges. With the potential for 15,000 times more fallout than was released at Hiroshima, we ask the world community, through the United Nations, to take control of this uniquely perilous task."
As petition organizer Harvey Wasserman wrote recently, "Japan's Prime Minister Abe has finally asked for global help in dealing with Fukushima's water problems. US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has offered America's help. But nothing short of a full-on global presence will do. The bring-down of the fuel rods from Unit Four is a terrifying unknown. There's no precedent for an operation of this scope, precision or potential fallout. At very least it demands fullest possible attention from all the world's best scientists and engineers."
Speakers will announce a second round of petitions calling for a focused, global scientific review of how the spent fuel will be brought down and secured from Unit 4 before work starts. The task is extremely delicate, the fuel is intensely radioactive, and more mistakes, mishaps and/or misinformation from TEPCO in removing it would have severe global consequences. Significant quantities of radioactive material from Fukushima have already been found off Alaska and hundreds of tons of radioactive contamination from Fukushima plant continue to pour into the ocean daily.
WHO? The following speakers will address the gathering at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza and are available for side interviews on request:
Harvey Wasserman, executive director of nukefree.org, senior advisor to Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information Resource Service, a distinguished investigative reporter and among the most prominent opponents of nuclear power in the US (as well as a prominent renewable energy proponent and author of Solartopia).
Jill Stein, MD, physician and Green Party nominee for President of the United States in 2012. She currently serves as President of the Green Shadow Cabinet.
Margaret Flowers, MD, physician, Congressional Fellow with Physicians for a National Health Program, Health Secretary of the Green Shadow Cabinet, and an advocate for global oversight of Fukushima.
WHERE & WHEN? These speakers will gather with other advocates and supporters at from 1 - 2pm on Thursday, November 7 at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza, located at East 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. They are also available for side interviews on request and have a room reserved for that purpose at 1 UN Plaza. To request an interview or for more information, please call or email the contacts above.
MEDIA ALERT
Contacts: Harvey Wasserman, solartopia@me.com, 614-738-3646 (cell phone rings on site at the event)
Stephen Kent, skent@kentcom.com, 914-589-5988
In Front of UN, NGO Leaders to Call for Global Supervision of Fukushima Spent Fuel Removal Before TEPCO Starts Work
Petition With 150,000 Signatures Demanding Global Oversight To Be Delivered To UN Secretary General
WHAT? There will be a gathering and press availability with NGO leaders and advocates at 1pm on November 7 at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza, shortly before they deliver a petition calling for UN oversight of the removal of spent fuel from Fukushima’s Unit 4 fuel pool to the UN Secretary -General’s office. Unit 4 is severely damaged and highly vulnerable to continuing earthquakes (two earthquakes hit Fukushima prefecture in the last few days) and to other dangers. TEPCO is scheduled to begin removal in mid-November. The first round of the petition attracted 150,000 signatures in a month. It states:
"At Fukushima Unit 4, the impending removal of hugely radioactive spent fuel rods from a pool 100 feet in the air presents unparalleled scientific and engineering challenges. With the potential for 15,000 times more fallout than was released at Hiroshima, we ask the world community, through the United Nations, to take control of this uniquely perilous task."
As petition organizer Harvey Wasserman wrote recently, "Japan's Prime Minister Abe has finally asked for global help in dealing with Fukushima's water problems. US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has offered America's help. But nothing short of a full-on global presence will do. The bring-down of the fuel rods from Unit Four is a terrifying unknown. There's no precedent for an operation of this scope, precision or potential fallout. At very least it demands fullest possible attention from all the world's best scientists and engineers."
Speakers will announce a second round of petitions calling for a focused, global scientific review of how the spent fuel will be brought down and secured from Unit 4 before work starts. The task is extremely delicate, the fuel is intensely radioactive, and more mistakes, mishaps and/or misinformation from TEPCO in removing it would have severe global consequences. Significant quantities of radioactive material from Fukushima have already been found off Alaska and hundreds of tons of radioactive contamination from Fukushima plant continue to pour into the ocean daily.
WHO? The following speakers will address the gathering at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza and are available for side interviews on request:
Harvey Wasserman, executive director of nukefree.org, senior advisor to Greenpeace USA and the Nuclear Information Resource Service, a distinguished investigative reporter and among the most prominent opponents of nuclear power in the US (as well as a prominent renewable energy proponent and author of Solartopia).
Jill Stein, MD, physician and Green Party nominee for President of the United States in 2012. She currently serves as President of the Green Shadow Cabinet.
Margaret Flowers, MD, physician, Congressional Fellow with Physicians for a National Health Program, Health Secretary of the Green Shadow Cabinet, and an advocate for global oversight of Fukushima.
WHERE & WHEN? These speakers will gather with other advocates and supporters at from 1 - 2pm on Thursday, November 7 at Dag Hammerskjold Plaza, located at East 47th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. They are also available for side interviews on request and have a room reserved for that purpose at 1 UN Plaza. To request an interview or for more information, please call or email the contacts above.