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By Stanley Heller,30 July  https://beyondnuclearinternational.org/2023/07/30/nix-nuclear-in-the-nutmeg-state/ What folly!  Just as a dam necessary for cooling nuclear waste at Europe’s biggest nuclear power complex is blown up, members of the Connecticut legislature pass a bill that includes promotion of dangerous outmoded nuclear power. Senate Bill 7 creates a “Council for Advancing Nuclear Energy Development” specifically packed with six…

While towns focus on noise, advocates say restricting small gas engines could have outsized impact on air pollution.

MintPress editor-in-chief Mnar Adley had been booked to host and moderate an event discussing anti-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) laws in the United States, and how Palestinians are under increasing pressure to silence themselves, when she was herself, ironically, removed from the panel at the behest of a shady actor. 

Back in March, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union took a fine position on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  Its Coast Committee called the attack “an act of aggression that endangers a population of more than 40 million people.”  In a press release, the union stated that “Effective immediately, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, with some 20,000 workers strong in 29 ports up and down the United States West Coast, will refuse to load or unload any Russian vess...

Palestinian authorities have concluded that Shireen Abu Akleh, killed in May in Palestine, was murdered with a bullet from a Ruger gun. Palestinian Attorney General Al-Khatib said tests showed that the bullet that killed Abu Akleh was a 5.56 mm round...

A coalition called ‘No Rugers to Israel’ can document over 200 Palestinians killed or injured by Rugers — now including Shireen Abu Akleh — though it believes the true number to be far higher.

We’ll be holding an online event at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, to keep alive the hopes...

The Environment Committee should think this over again and it should look into the idea...

Creative Commons Six years ago, Stanley Heller of the Middle East Crisis Committee and Bob Gelbach of Jewish Voice for Peace asked an important question. Why does Connecticut continue to invest in Israel? This question has gone unanswered even while our current treasurer has publicly called for boycotts and utilized divestment to bring about social change. It is time for State Treasurer Shawn Wooden to divest from Israel once and for all. Haddiyyah Ali On May 10, Israel began an 11 day assault ...