<![CDATA[NIMBY EXPERTS - N|E Blog]]>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:39:24 +0700Weebly<![CDATA[CA - Protests about sex offenders]]>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:20:53 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/12/ca-protests-about-sex-offenders.html
Where the hell do you expect them to live? NIMBY? Then where?
]]><![CDATA[Doone Street]]>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:31:53 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/11/doone-street.html
Mary Astle describes the need to maintain inclusiv
]]><![CDATA[John challis (Boycie) concerned about wind farms]]>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:55:51 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/11/john-challis-boycie-concerned-about-wind-farms.html
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2YmwdF43EI
]]><![CDATA[No Nuclear Renaissance Here, Please]]>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:52:44 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/11/no-nuclear-renaissance-here-please.htmlBy Chuck Bayton

A generation has passed since a nuclear power reactor at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania partly melted down.  Since then, no new reactors have been built in the United States, and for most of that time none were proposed.

But now there is a flurry of proposals.  We hear talk of a “nuclear renaissance.”  Key to a well-funded industry campaign to bring this to Wisconsin is an effort to weaken or repeal §196.493 of the Wisconsin Statutes.  That 1983 law requires that no new nuclear power station can be built here unless

1)  there is a licensed facility to permanently dispose of Wisconsin’s high-level nuclear waste (spent reactor fuel), and

2)  nuclear power is “economically advantageous” to Wisconsin electric customers.

While the nuclear power lobby speaks of a Wisconsin “moratorium” or “ban” on nuclear reactor construction, Wisconsin’s law does not prohibit reactor construction, not even temporarily.  The two restrictions in §196.493 would be no obstacle to new reactors if industry claims that nuclear power is clean, safe, and affordable were true.

But the nuclear lobby may well get its way, because it has deep pockets, and its efforts are now heavily concentrated on Wisconsin.

Industry’s own figures say a new reactor in the US would cost $6 billion or more.  If you plan to build something controversial and that big, might you commit at least 1¢ to lobbying for every $100 in your budget?  That amounts to more than $600,000 per reactor, and industry talk of a favorable impact on world climate is silly unless they plan to build dozens or more.

Arguing against Wisconsin’s waste disposal requirement, the nuclear lobby claims that the French now “recycle” their nuclear waste, that long-term waste storage at reactor sites is safe, or that we needn’t worry because a solution to the waste problem will soon be found.

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]]><![CDATA[Wind campaigners hit back at Deputy PM John Prescott]]>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:48:12 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/10/wind-campaigners-hit-back-at-deputy-pm-john-prescott.html
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has accused anti-wind farm campaigners of being Nimbys during a speech at the British Wind Energy Association's annual conference at Liverpool. Click play to see video footage of John Prescott
]]><![CDATA[John Prescott's views on the wind debate]]>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:18:01 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/10/john-prescotts-views-on-the-wind-debate.html
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has accused anti-wind farm campaigners of being Nimbys during a speech at the British Wind Energy Association's annual conference at Liverpool. Click play to see video footage of John Prescott
]]><![CDATA["NIMBYs" loss of second power source for all of Canberra ]]>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:22:26 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/10/nimbys-loss-of-second-power-source-for-all-of-canberra.html
Business community comments; Chris Peters (Canberra Chamber of Commerce) "NIMBYs" loss of second power source for all of Canberra and Chris Faulks (Canberra Business Community)
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sU9CFBLnm0
]]><![CDATA[US Wind Industry Follows "Starbucks Rule" For Turbine Siting]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:16:26 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/10/us-wind-industry-follows-starbucks-rule-for-turbine-siting.html
Business Week reports that the best way to expedite wind farm construction in the USA is to bypass the gale forces of "not in my back yard" local opposition. The industry's rule-of-thumb for averting NIMBY totally is to propose no project locations closer than 30 miles to the nearest Starbucks.
Source: http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/10/us-wind-industry-follows-starbucks-rule-turbine-siting.php
]]><![CDATA[Virginia coal plant prompts front porch protests]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:32:42 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/10/virginia-coal-plant-prompts-front-porch-protests.html
]]><![CDATA[Metro Expo Line final planning meeting: Presentation]]>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:56:42 +0700http://www.nimbyexperts.com/1/post/2009/10/metro-expo-line-final-planning-meeting-presentation.htmlWhat does it take to build rail transit through an affluent neighborhood in Los Angeles? Watch this an-hour-long series of video clips shot at the final planning meeting for the Metro Expo Line, a light-rail line to be built on the old abandoned Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line railroad right-of-way, which will connect Downtown Los Angeles to the Westside of Los Angeles and Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica. The group Neighbors for Smart Rail (NFSR) lead by the affluent Cheviot Hills Homeowners' Association and other affluent Westside homeowners' associations joins forces with Fix Expo, a special-interest group from a minority neighborhood in South Los Angeles, through which the abandoned railroad right-of-way cuts as well, and they vow for lawsuits. Such opposition by the affluent and special-interest groups has prevented the use of this old abandoned railroad right-of-way for decades, but the Expo Light-Rail Line is finally becoming a reality. The series of clips starts with the very instructive presentation about the project, continues with a video simulation of Phase 2, and then public comments from Fix Expo and Neighbors for Smart Rail leaders as well as individuals follow.

The video is a true classic of NIMBYs and NIMBYism in America. The meeting was held in Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, California, at 6:30 PM on October 5, 2009. The affluent neighborhood of Cheviot Hills has long been the epicenter of the opposition to the Expo Line.

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