On the 16th, 85 Friends from states across the country gathered for a two-hour long meeting that saw many meaningful messages rise out of the silence. Both prior to and after that session, Wayne Finegar from Quaker House heard from people who had been unable to participate due to conflicting schedules or wished to continue…
Category: Peace and Social Concerns
Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
On March 6, 2022, Cassandra Fraxlix had a Letter to the Editor published in The State newspaper reflecting our Quaker values against war in response to Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons. It is heart-wrenching to watch as the Ukrainian people flee and experience the devastation of war. Putin speaks about using nuclear weapons.…
Beyond Nuclear
Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club won a BIG victory in Oconee on February 24th, 2022 – NRC Commissioners remanded Duke’s Subsequent License Renewal (SLR) application for Oconee to NRC for an updated environmental review. The decisions will delay the SLR process by about two years. Meanwhile, Beyond Nuclear and Sierra Club can continue to build…
Friends Advocacy: Stop Yemen War
As many of you know, some of us in Friends Meeting along with others in South Carolina are active in the first Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) South Carolina Advocacy Team. The focus this year is on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen. FCNL is asking that we withdraw military support for the conflict in Yemen. …
Vista Peace Pole
City of Columbia Dedicates the Vista Peace Pole: Eight languages proclaim the message “May Peace Prevail on Earth” Over one hundred people attended the dedication of the Vista Peace Pole on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, in the median of the 900 block of Senate Street, between the South Carolina Statehouse and the Columbia Metropolitan Convention…
Carol’s Letter to Editor
I know a lot of Americans are saddened by the recent tragedies in Afghanistan. Unfortunately we (the United States government) are responsible for much of the mess. One thing that could help prevent this from happening again is the passage of Senate Joint Resolution 10. This bill targets 1991 and 2002 authorizations that allowed the…
WESTINGHOUSE
No more than a 10 year license with strict conditions requiring good complianceTestify at the webinar August 26th (see instructions for participating here: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2122/ML21223A340.pdf) Email comments to: WEC_CFFF_EIS@nrc.gov before September 20, 2021 The existing NRC license failed to prevent extensive radioactive and hazardous pollution by the Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility over the last 50…
Rooftop Solar
Rooftop Solar Saved from the Brink in South Carolina We WON a good-old-fashioned organizing victory against Dominion Energy South Carolina, a powerful investor owned utility (IOU) serving 750,000 electric customers from Columbia to Charleston. For all my fellow Sierrans fighting Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) who actively want to END rooftop solar in your state, take…
SCELP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 21, 2021 Contact information for impacted organizations listed belowGroups Notify Biden Admin of Impending Lawsuit Over Nuclear Bomb Core PlansMulti-state coalition says DOE’s plans to massively expand plutonium pit production violate a major environmental law and constitutes an environmental injustice. A coalition of public interest organizations notified the U.S. Department of Energy…
Entering into Force
Sierra Club and a coalition of national environmental, peace, and public health groups celebrate the entry into force of the TPNW. We congratulate the United Nations, our affiliate theInternational Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and the fifty one countries who have ratified the historic TPNW. The Sierra Club has long called for the total…