Saturday, August 9th, 5:30 to 9:00 PM at Pere Marquette Park in downtown Milwaukee. A vigil in commemoration of the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Sponsored by Peace Action Wisconsin, for further information contact them at 414/964-5158.
Tuesday, September 30 to Thursday, October 2, at three locations. PSR Wisconsin is pleased to bring Dr. Makhijani to share this vision for the US Economy, an economy built on sustainable and clean power sources, without using nuclear power. See www.ieer.org for a summary of Dr. Makhijani’s book, published by IEER press in 2007. PSR Wisconsin is currently setting up Dr. Makhijani’s schedule. Please contact Pam Kleiss at the PSR Wisconsin office if you would like to help sponsor his visit: email madpsr@psr.org or call 608/232-0045.
Sunday, August 10th, 4:00 PM at Governor Dodge Park (4175 Highway 23 N.) near Dodgeville. Sponsored by Southwest Wisconsin Grassroots Citizens for Peace and Justice. For more information contact: Jane Kavaloski at jhammatt@mhtc.net
Monday, July 28th to Monday, August 11th, at City Hall (200 E. Wells St.) in Milwaukee. Displayed by Peace Action and booked by Paul Moriarty. For more information contact info@peaceactionwi.org
Sunday, July 20, Midday Walk and Rally starting at Brighton Beach and ending at Leif Erikson Park (63rd Ave. E. & Congdon Blvd to 11th Ave. E. & London Rd.) in Duluth, Minnesota. Walkers will gather at 10:00 AM and will finish at the park where speakers and music will begin at 2:00 PM. Sponsored by Nukewatch and others. For more information contact: Progressive Foundation/Nukewatch at nukewatch@lakeland.ws or 715-472-4185.
Monday, July 21 in Washington, DC. Join Peace Action members and friends for a day of Congressional Education to end the war in Iraq, prevent a war in Iran, and rid the world of the scourge of nuclear weapons. Peace Action is a strong voice for peace and a nuclear free world. Before Congress goes on its August recess, tell your members of congress what they should do about these three critical topics. Register online at: www.peace_action.org/lobbyday08.htm For more information about the Lobby Day, contact Alfred Meyer at ameyer@peace-action.org or 202-565-4050 ext. 324.
Tuesday, July 15, 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Lowell Hall (610 Langdon St) in Madison. A panel discussion focusing on nuclear weapons disarmament, Iranian politics and culture, and US-Iran relations with Joe Elder, Jeff Patterson, MD, and Majid Sarmadi. Moderated by Bonnie Block of the Dane County UN Association. The event is co-sponsored by WNPJ and PSR Wisconsin. For more information contact: Joy First at jsfirst@tds.net or Bonnie Block at bblock@charter.net
Thursday, August 7, from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the Tenney Park Shelter in Madison. An event to remember the victims of the US use of nuclear weapons on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II. This is a family event featuring lantern making and floating the lanterns in the Tenney Park Lagoon. A light refreshment will be served. For more information call the PSR Wisconsin office at 608/232-9945.
The DNR has proposed some revised rules for mercury pollution. They are calling for a 90% reduction from the largest sources by 2015. There is also a multi-pollutant track that would get these coal plants to reduce other pollutants that cause smog and asthma. Unfortunately, if utilities take the multi-pollutant track, they have until 2021 to comply with the reduction rules.
Clean WI (a PSR Wisconsin partner) suggests three improvements to the proposed rules:
1. We would like them move up these deadlines. 2021 is too long to wait to get reductions; we are putting children at risk in the meantime.
2. We want the rule to apply to all coal plants, not just the biggest ones. Under the staff proposal 19 of the 35 coal-burning boilers would not have to reach the 90 percent reduction levels.
3. We want to ensure that each individual plant has to meet a 90 percent reduction. We know the technology exists and is widely available at a relatively low cost.
Please check the DNR website for additional information on the proposed changes to mercury emissions regulation in Wisconsin.
Tuesday, June 17, 5:30 to 8:30PM at the 3M Auditorium of the Mechanical Engineering Building on the UW-Madison Campus (1513 University Ave., with access from Engineering Drive.) The State of Wisconsin is required to review operations of the coal-fired plants on the Madison isthmus, and has prepared a feasibility study. The public is invited to the Town Hall Meeting to learn more about the study which analyzes ways to heat and cool the Capitol, state agency buildings and the UW campus. The study has been released on the Department of Administration (DOA) website for public comment. For more information call 608/266-1855. The DOA’s website is www.doa.wi.gov.