Court says NRC doesn’t have to factor climate extremes into licensing
In a shocking and disappointing decision — and at a time when Texas is flooding, wildfires are making the air unbreathable and New York City is under a tornado warning — a DC court has ruled against an appeal by Beyond Nuclear and the Sierra Club. The court’s decision...
Solidarity for Indigenous Rights
Originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2026 Columbia Riverkeeper · Currents 2026, Issue 1, Page 8-9, Solidarity By Simone Anter, Senior Attorney & Clean Up Hanford Program Director Columbia Riverkeeper has partnered with the Confederated...
High Voltage, High Risk
Originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2026 Columbia Riverkeeper · Currents 2026, Issue 1, Page 14-15, Underwater Fighting the Underwater Power Line. By Teryn Yazdani, Staff Attorney When I joined Columbia Riverkeeper’s staff two years ago,...TELL NRC: Don’t weaken radiation standards
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission draft proposed rule (PR), allowing more radiation exposure at the industry’s discretion, has been published in the Federal Register. Deadline for comments is August 31, 2026. The PR would allow greater exposures “just to save the...
Willliams’ Pipe Dreams
Originally published in Columbia Riverkeeper “Currents” Issue 1, 2026 Columbia Riverkeeper · Currents 2026, Issue 1, Page 12-13, Williams Pipeline Washington has some of the nation’s best climate and energy laws—and for good reason. Over 1.2 million people in...
The results are in. By: Simone Anter, Senior Attorney & Hanford Program Director In 2024, Columbia Riverkeeper requested documentation about proposals related to ...
Nuclear investors see “an industry bubble that is already deflating” Guess who’s making money from the alleged small modular reactor boom? Or rather, ...
At a book talk at Busboys and Poets in DC, Friends of the Congo’s Maurice Carney, and Beyond Nuclear’s Linda Pentz Gunter, laid ...