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A BENEFIT CONCERT TO SUPPORT DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN JAPAN AND NON-NUCLEAR GROUPS WORLDWIDE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2011 SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE IN MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA MUSICIANSUNITED4SAFEENERGY.ORG 2 of 13

Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson the public to become better informed sound rig. In addition, Shoreline is the Browne, , Jason Mraz, of the tremendous dangers of nuclear largest Green certified concert venue in , Tom Morello, power,” says . “We the United States and is a founding John Hall, Kitaro, Jonathan Wilson, have to keep real and true information member of the Green Music Group. Sweet Honey in the Rock, and special flowing so that people can act on it.” One goal is that the concert will inspire guests have joined together for a musicians in other areas to organize special benefit event on Sunday, “We’re so lucky to have been able to shows that both employ and promote August 7, at Shoreline Amphitheatre bring back some of the original safe energy alternatives, and that raise in Mountain View, CA. Proceeds MUSE team to collaborate with some funds for disaster relief efforts and for from the concert will be distributed new and younger artists for MUSE 2, groups—local, regional, national, and to Musicians United for Safe Energy so that we can immediately help with international alike—advocating non- (MUSE) to support Japan disaster the Japan relief effort and raise nuclear programs and initiatives. relief efforts, and organizations funds and awareness for the no worldwide working to promote safe, nukes issue,” says Bonnie Raitt. “I’m “As Japan struggles to subdue alternative, non-nuclear energy. excited to be a part of this important and meltdowns at Fukushima, and Ft. truly collaborative effort. It’s going to Calhoun Nuclear in Nebraska struggles “The disaster in Fukushima is not be a very special, one of a kind event.” to keep its reactor and spent fuel only a disaster for Japan. It is a global above the Missouri’s floodwaters, disaster. We come together now Pat Simmons, of The Doobie Brothers, we once again face a crucial choice,” across cultural boundaries, political who performed at the original says John Hall (who, in addition and generational boundaries, to call MUSE shows adds, “We are so proud to being a musician, was a U.S. for changes in the way we use energy, to be reuniting with so many of our Representative from New York, 2007- and in the ways we conduct the talented friends, who share our concern 2011). “Will we, as a country, invest search for solutions to the problems for the safety, and sustainable future in clean, renewable sources of energy, facing humanity,” says Jackson of our fragile planet. Current events or will we continue to use taxpayer Browne. “We join with the people of have brought us to a turning point dollars to indemnify and subsidize Japan, and people everywhere who in our human existence. It’s time to the dirty, deadly old technologies that believe in a non-nuclear future.” consider alternatives to the present are making our planet unlivable?” course of energy production that have It was shortly after the March 2011 been forced upon us by an aggressive “Even though the news cycle has earthquake and tsunami that corporate power structure. We join moved on from the Fukushima disaster, triggered multiple meltdowns at together to generate funds to help our this is another massive world energy the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japanese friends, as they recover from the disaster from which there will be Japan that the decision was made to devastation that they have had to endure, long-term effects,” adds Jason Mraz. coordinate a benefit. Shoreline due to man’s careless use of nuclear “I am thrilled to be a part of this Amphitheatre was chosen because of energy, and nature’s unpredictability. amazing show that will not only help its close proximity to the Pacific Rim, Through these efforts we also hope to those in Japan, but that will also call Northern ’s history and raise public awareness of the challenges attention to the urgent need to embrace deep association with Japan - and we are faced with, and the important safe, clean energy alternatives.” because nuclear reactors on the responsibilities we share in moving us California coast store spent fuel rods towards a safer, nuclear free future.” Japanese musician and multi- in the same manner as at Fukushima. The instrumentalist, Kitaro, joined the bill concert date falls between the The concert stage is powered by an as a way to give thanks “for all of the anniversaries of atomic bombs dropped integrated system of clean, alternative support for Japan from the world, and on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) energy sources, using solar, biodiesel, to all of the Japanese, who are helping and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945). and wind technologies. The energy- each other.” He adds, “It is time to saving GRNLite LED lighting rig for the consider the change to alternative clean “The MUSE concert will not only be show has been donated by Bandit Lites, energy instead of .” a great show, it will hopefully entice and Schubert Systems has donated the

“It’s going to be a very special, one of a kind event.” -Bonnie Raitt 3 of 13 MUSICIANSUNITED4SAFEENERGY.ORG

SPECIAL THANKS

TALENT THE DOOBIE KITARO VIDEO EDITOR XL VIDEO BROTHERS Keiko Takahashi Andy Dave Hyslop Crosby, Stills & Nash Pat Simmons Tim Beach Marc Crifasi Michael Wilson SLO TICKETS Thomas Corl John McFee Eiichi Naito and all at Shelley Lazar Bonnie Raitt Guy Allison Domo Music Group Cynthia Parsons Marc Russo MUSIC MIX Jason Mraz JONATHAN TRAVEL MOBILE The Doobie Brothers WILSON Janet Crowley Mark Linett Tony Pia Ryan Jansen Bob Wartinbee Tom Morello Ed Ryan VIDEO & Aaron Swanton John Hall Gary Hartung PHOTOGRAPHY Josh Hearst Tyler Habrecht MUSE John Plume Kitaro Chris Ledbetter PRODUCTION Brandise Danesewich Sweet Honey in the Aaron White James Mann ALL ACCESS Rock Joe Vallee CREW Buzz Person STAGING & Hal Deiter John Fukishima PRODUCTION Jonathan Wilson Jeremy Denton Dennis Scrimo Dave Agar Steve Connelly Production Coordinator WEBSITE DESIGN Jillian Forrester CROSBY, STILLS & Ed Ryan Crook Stewart Culture Foundry Kathy Nelson Trevor Dodd NASH BAND Tour Manager PRODUCTION Todd Caldwell Bruce Cohn and all at Manny Alvarez Don Wrege BR Cohn Management Aaron Longwell LOGISTICS Kevin McCormick Ian Ayler Don Genovese James Raymond Karina Brevetz Erika Hutchings TOM MORELLO Ryan Maas Michael Brevetz STAGE RIGGING Rem Massingill Andrea Bohnert Rance Caldwell A Freeman Company JACKSON BROWNE Michelle Fisher Noel Casler Alexis Souza BAND Toy Vano Danny DeLaLuz Mark Goldenberg Jesse Bauer MANAGEMENT TOUR DESIGN Dustin Delker Debra “Fergy” Ferguson Fritz Lewak Brady Brock Paul Dieter AND CONCERT Kevin McCormick Danny Goldberg & all at Jerry Fox COORDINATION: Scott Snider Alethea Mills Gold Village Entertainment John Gonzales Cree and Buddha Miller Chavonne Stewart Bill Long Kathy Kane JSR Jeff Young JOHN HALL Kevin Madigan Chloe Monahan MERCHANDISING Melanie Hall Josh Mellott Annie Heller-Gutwillig Jeff Riccio BONNIE RAITT Guy Davis Jessica Mirmak Mary Skerrett Joseph Doria BAND Mike Murphy Rob Light, Carole Kinzel Ricky Fataar SWEET HONEY IN Will Nash & Brett Steinberg for MOBILE CAUSE, Hutch Hutchinson THE ROCK Kevin O’Connor CAA MOBILE George Marinelli Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell Elde Stewart Mike “Coach” Sexton FUNDRAISING Nitanju Bolade Casel David Wells John Langenstein Beth Eisenberg Aisha Kahlil JASON MRAZ Mason Wilkinson John Calmes Noel Riviera Carol Maillard VENDORS Joseph Brumback Louise Robinson PUBLICITY TEAM STAGEIT Ettore Dedivitlis Shirley Childress Saxton Michael Jensen Johnson BANDIT LITES Evan Lowenstein Matt Swanson Meghan Helsel Michael Strickland Tricia Huffman Art Steele John Meadows Erin Cook Diz Gosnell Patrick Pocklington Dwana Makeba Ryan Romenesco Chris Knific Bill Silva and all at Bill Siobhan Falanga Laura Grover Steve Comer Silva Management Neil Benson Steve Hoover SHORELINE Ramon Hervey and all at Dave Langford Hervey & Company VIDEO DIRECTOR AMPHITHEATRE Chris Kissinger Wayne Lotoza Jodi Goodman Tim Anderson We come together now SCHUBERT Aaron Hawkins SYSTEMS GROUP Ron Bergman across cultural boundaries, political Dirk Schubert Aaron Siuda Mike Gonzales Randy Roffelson and generational boundaries, Brian Graham Stephen Paine Michael Mordente IATSE Local 137 to call for changes...” Tom Laveuf Union Stagehands -Jackson Browne Kevin Korecky 4 of 13

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CLEAN AND SAFE ENERGY VILLAGE

MUSE 2 features the largest gathering of safe Thank You to the following activists for their energy and non-nuclear organizations from incredible work for a nuclear free future! around the country ever. Concertgoers visit dozens of information booths to get up close Kevin Kamps Gerry Pollet with the experts and find out about safe, Margaret Poindexter Sophia Nicola clean, renewable energy in their regions. The Tom Clements Diane D’Arrigo Village also featured clean energy exhibits such as electric vehicles, residential-sized wind gen- Lauren Thorpe Miriam Gordon erator, solar systems and biofuel generators that Jon Scott Rosie Tovi run on fuel made from algae. These solar, wind Chris Williams David Weisman and biofuel technologies supplied the energy Gary Shaw Ann Harris for the stage, sound and lights as well as the Rochelle Becker Scott Yundt Village itself. Marylia Kelley Don Eichelberger So get up close and talk to the experts...and yes Jane Swanson David Grace there will be lots of great music... Dan Hirsch Gary Headrick Adam Browning Ace Hoffman Rosalind Jackson Steven Sondheim Emily Rusch Mary DeCoster SPECIAL THANKS TO THE Marshall Wright Tom Smith GUACAMOLE FUND Todd Steiner Jill ZamEk Erica Heimberg Lynne Levine Tom Campbell Gene Stone Maria Kindel Steve MacFadyen Barbara George Kristin Kearsley Diane Koletzke, No Voice Unheard Jessica Stenke Seth Rick Paula Ash Roger Herried Joan Meriman Ty Braswell Dave Kraft Peter Aranson Phil Lusk Michael Keegan Dennis Kyne

Heather Meloy Hank Pollet THANKS TO OUR George Crocker Mary Ellen Navas ACTIVIST ADVISORS: Mary Olson Bob Archibald Susan Corbett Teresa Coleman Michael Mariotte Glenn Carroll Charles Cooper Obie Benz Jim Warren Chanses Gomez Karen Hdden Loulena Miles Aileen Miyoko Smith, Green Action Network Judy Treichel

See listing and descriptions of participating tables on following pages. 6 of 13 MUSICIANSUNITED4SAFEENERGY.ORG

ENERGY VILLAGE TABLES Clearinghouse replace their electricity with safer, The AA Clearinghouse is the archival cleaner sources of energy. We’ve joined home of the Abalone Alliance which the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility was active between 1977 and 1985. in calling for comprehensive seismic The Alliance was organized to oppose safety studies around California’s nuclear power and weapons across nuclear reactors, and testified frequently California, carrying out a number of before the California state Legislature non-violent civil disobedience actions at on the safety and economics of nuclear Diablo Canyon including the September energy. CALPIRG Education Fund has 1981 blockade, the largest in US history. written and released numerous reports AAC continues to monitor and network on nuclear power plants, including with activists on nuclear and renewable Unacceptable Risk: Two Decades of “Close energy issues here and around the world Calls,” Leaks and Other Problems at U.S. with the goal of sharing its extensive Nuclear Reactors, and The High Cost of resources. Nuclear Power, which found that dollar for dollar, a clean energy portfolio can deliver more energy than new nuclear Alliance for Nuclear power. Responsibility The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility Citizens Action Education Fund promotes California’s jurisdiction Citizens Action Education Fund of over the economics and reliability of our Indiana has been a stalwart opponent of state’s electric supply. The nuclear and coal generation technologies Nuclear Regulatory Commission has no for more than three decades. Having ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR RESPONauthoritySIBILITY to prevent California from played a key role in the demise of the protecting its ratepayers and its citizens problem-plagued Marble Hill nuclear from continued investments in and power plant, CAC is no stranger to the reliance upon aging and seismically devastating environmental and financial vulnerable reactors. risks associated with nuclear technology.

Beyond Nuclear For the last four legislative sessions, Beyond Nuclear aims to educate and investor-owned monopoly utilities have activate the public about the connections skillfully lobbied to enact Construction between nuclear power and nuclear Work In Progress (CWIP) for nuclear weapons and the need to abandon both power plants. Their intention is clear: to safeguard our future. Beyond Nuclear to effectively position their captive advocates for an energy future that is ratepayers as the involuntary financiers sustainable, benign and democratic. of an extraordinarily risky business The Beyond Nuclear team works with plan. Indeed, Wall Street would never diverse partners and allies to provide fund the construction of a nuclear the public, government officials, and reactor. Fully aware of those risks, the media with the critical information Citizens Action Coalition has almost necessary to move humanity toward a single-handedly killed the utilities’ push world beyond nuclear. for nuclear CWIP to ensure that our rate paying public, environment, and CAL PIRG economy are not put in jeopardy. CALPIRG (California Public Interest Research Group), a statewide consumer With a continued emphasis on truly advocacy organization, has advocated clean renewables, distributed resources, for safe, reliable energy sources for and energy efficiency, CAC is a firm California for nearly 40 years. Right now believer that clean, safe, and affordable we are working to retire California’s energy is not only attainable, but it is our existing nuclear power plants and right as an essential human service. 7 of 13 MUSICIANSUNITED4SAFEENERGY.ORG

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Citizens Awareness Network Cobalt Power Systems (CAN) Cobalt Power Systems provide you with CAN is a grassroots environmental the most complete, reliable and organization working to end the use of economical residential or commercial unaffordable and dangerous nuclear renewable energy solution power in the Northeast and replace it available. with sustainable, reliable and affordable energy generation. PV systems help to reduce atmospheric pollution and global warming by Clean Water Fund generating clean energy that replaces Clean Water Fund campaigns to energy created through the burning of protect our water and our health, from fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural watershed to water tap. Clean Water gas. A typical medium-sized 4 kW Fund promotes clean energy alternatives residential PV system in California will to costly, thirsty and polluting nuclear prevent 7,000 lbs of carbon dioxide from plants which threaten our health and being released into the atmosphere environment. Clean Water Fund has every year, or 170,000 lbs over its 25 year been active on water and other issues useful life. This is equivalent to planting around nuclear plants in Florida, about 1,000 trees. It will also reduce Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey and sulphur dioxide and oxides of nitrogen Texas, and at the national level as well. in the atmosphere by 850 pounds over its useful life. Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great Lakes Committee to Bridge the Gap The Committee to Bridge the Gap has Coalition for a Nuclear Free Great fought nuclear dangers for decades. It Lakes (CNFGL - 1986) - Is comprised was instrumental in banning ocean of safe energy and environmental dumping of radioactive waste groups throughout the basin (8 states, 2 internationally, closing the Hanford provinces) who exchange expertise and N-reactor and with it U.S. plutonium documentation on all things nuclear, and production, requiring protection against then formulate campaigns to address truck bombs at nuclear power plants these specific threats. The Great Lakes and the elimination of weapons-grade basin constitutes 20% of Earth’s surface uranium at research reactors, the fresh water, and is among the most shutting down of the Department of precious resources on our planet. There Energy’s Santa Susana Field Laboratory are some 60 nuclear power plants that and the UCLA reactor, and defeating could directly impact the basin air-shed the proposed construction of the Ward and watershed. The Great Lakes are Valley nuclear waste dump near the ringed by nuclear reactors and other Colorado River. It is now working to nuclear installations that represent an resist efforts to expand nuclear power acute radiological risk to the region. and relax radiation protection standards Chernobyl, and now Fukushima Daiichi, nationally, and continues fighting to are clear and unmistakable warnings. assure the cleanup of the site of a partial Eight of ten of the oldest U.S. nuclear nuclear meltdown in the Los Angeles reactors are located within the Great area. Lakes air-shed and watershed. More info on CNFGL available from mkeeganj@ comcast.net “The MUSE concert will not only be a great show, it will hopefully entice the public to become better informed of the tremendous dangers of nuclear power. We have to keep real and true information flowing so that people can act on it.” -Graham Nash 8 of 13 MUSICIANSUNITED4SAFEENERGY.ORG

ENERGY VILLAGE TABLES CONT’D Don’t Waste Michigan the world I would like to see this boat sail Don’t Waste Michigan (DWM - 1987) again, and I think we all would. first comprised of citizens throughout the state organized to stop the nuclear Green Leap Forward power industry from targeting Michigan Green Leap Forward’s mission is to to become a nuclear waste dump, catalyze sustainABILITY through the campaign was successful. DWM community-based programs and holistic continues to be active and to educate solutions, the first being an energy the public about nuclear waste, and conservation, efficiency, and renewABLE where it comes from. DWM is a frequent energy program. Their temporary website intervenor of record in Federal Court on is GreenLeapForwardUSA.webs.com. This nuclear matters in Michigan. Currently program was inspired by the recent events DWM is intervenor of record to stop the in Japan proposed Fermi 3 nuclear plant, and to stop Davis-Besse re-licensing. Recently DWM became intervenor on the Fermi Greenpeace is the largest independent 2 located on Lake Erie south of Detroit direct-action environmental organization calling for shut-down. The Fermi 2 has in the world. We do not take money from

Greenpeace green #66CC00 Copy and paste this to where you want it, youbeen can adjust identified margins to fit: as the largest Fukushima government or corporations. Our only design (Mark I) reactor in the world. bottom line is a green and peaceful

DWM frequently joins in coalition with future. We’re working to protect our environmental groups and conducts a planet from polluters just looking series of conference under the banner for a profit. Our main areas of focus

Nuclear Free Great Lakes Action Camps. include slowing climate change and

Visit DWM at: http://dwmi.homestead.com/ shutting down America’s fleet of old and dirty coal plants, stopping the resurgence Friends of the Earth of nuclear power while promoting Friends of the Earth’s nuclear campaign, renewable energies, protecting our oceans in support of cleaner energy alternatives and forests and stopping chemical facilities and aggressive conservation and from continuing to dump toxics into our efficiency programs, is working to halt communities. the licensing of new nuclear reactors, the closure of California reactors at risk due HEAL UTAH to earthquake faults, a halt to the nuclear From uranium mining and milling, to industry’s pursuit of the reprocessing of hosting the country’s largest low-level radioactive spent fuel, the termination of nuclear waste dump, to living downwind federal loan guarantee bailouts for new of nuclear explosions at the Nevada Test reactors and against the introduction of Site, Utah’s citizens have long suffered risky plutonium fuel (MOX) into U.S. the ill effects of the nuclear industry’s reactors. activities. HEAL Utah is a grassroots non-profit dedicated to promoting a better Golden Rule future by engaging citizens in the effort The Golden Rule crew, who were also to protect public health from nuclear and Quaker, was inspired to sail into the toxic threats and promoting clean energy. Marshall Islands in 1958 after meeting Our current efforts include: preventing and getting to know the survivors of the hotter and increasing quantities of atomic bomb blasts. After many years radioactive waste from coming to Utah; this sail boat ended up in Humboldt Bay fighting a proposal to build Utah’s first harbor. She is now in active restoration nuclear reactors along the drought- by, Veterans for Peace, Quakers, anti -nuke sensitive Green River, which feeds in people, Clearwater folks, ocean biologists, to the Colorado River system; ensuring folk musicians, earth firsters, anarchists, the specter of renewed nuclear weapons and wooden boat lovers. For the memory testing never again threatens public health; of the survivors and the entire anti- nuke, and promoting safe, sustainable energy as anti-radiation and anti-war efforts around an alternative to poisonous fuels. 9 of 13 MUSICIANSUNITED4SAFEENERGY.ORG

ENERGY VILLAGE TABLES CONT’D Heart of America Northwest can still be used in conjunction with our solar Heart of America Northwest: The generators, but now they play a backup role, for voice of the Northwest to stop the use the occasional battery boost. of Hanford as a national radioactive waste dump. Hanford, where the US government produced Plutonium, is the The San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace has most contaminated area in the western mothersforpeace.org served as a community-based watchdog hemisphere. We are a 16,000 member since 1973, when PG&E initially applied for citizens’ group (WA and OR) serving as an operating license for the Diablo Canyon “the public’s voice for Hanford Clean- Nuclear Power Plant. Current litigation Up and safe, clean energy” to protect the opposes PG&E’s proposed 20-year license Columbia River and our region’s health renewal for Diablo, which seeks to keep from Hanford’s growing contamination the two aged reactors in operation until threat. We are the lead group organizing 2044/2045. The Mothers for Peace’s legal against use of Plutonium fuel in the arguments focus on the seismic risks to region’s commercial nuclear reactor Diablo, which is surrounded by multiple (located on Hanford) and to have the earthquake faults. Additionally, PG&E has publicly owned member utilities of Energy already shown an inability to safely manage NW stop relicensing the reactor to operate the aging plant, which was designed in the until 2043. Our award winning “Citizens’ 1960’s, and constructed between the late Guides” are mailed to members with the 1960’s and the early 1980’s. information needed to assist the public in effectively commenting and organizing. NC WARN www.hoanw.org NCWARN is a member-based nonprofit tackling the accelerating crisis posed by Indian Point Safety Energy climate change – along with the various Coalition risks of nuclear power – by watch-dogging There are 20-million people living within utility practices and working for a swift 50-miles of the Indian Point nuclear plant transition to energy efficiency and clean located in Westchester County, NY and power generation. We are working closely the plant is located 12-miles from a major with Friends of the Earth and others to transfer point of the New York City’s stop the U.S. nuclear “renaissance,” which water supply. In 1979, Robert Ryan, the is being aimed heavily at the southeastern Director of the Office of State Programs United States. for the NRC said in a public hearing that “Indian Point is one of the most Nuclear Watch South inappropriate sites in existence” for a Nuclear Watch South is a grassroots, nuclear plant and that it may be necessary volunteer-based, anti-nuclear to consider closure at some point in the environmental group working on issues future. That time is long overdue. The of nuclear power, nuclear weapons and Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition was nuclear waste. Nuclear Watch South’s formed shortly after one of the hijacked mission is to educate the public about the airliners flew right over the plant on risks of nuclear power and the growing 9-11. IPSEC includes environmental and success of alternative energies and to progressive grassroots organizations mobilize public action for a carbon-free dedicated to closing Indian Point. nuclear-free future. The South is ground zero for tax-funded new nukes and Nuclear Mobile Solar Watch South has active campaigns opposing Mobile Solar is the leader in the field of two new reactors at Plant Vogtle in Georgia transportable solar generators. These units and the MOX plutonium fuel “factory to are reliable, clean, quiet, and economical. nowhere” under construction at Savannah Thanks to many recent advancements in the River Site in South Carolina. Please visit solar industry, solar generators can now do our educational website nonukesyall.org the work that diesel, gasoline, and propane to STUDY THE NUKE, sign up and get a generators used to do. Fossil-fuel generators FREE “No Nukes, Y’all” sticker! 10 of 13 MUSICIANSUNITED4SAFEENERGY.ORG

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Nuclear Energy Information enclosed perimeter shrouds the system and is Service (NEIS) more distinguishable to wildlife. WindTron- ics’ proprietary systems are breaking tradi- NEIS’ primary mission is to provide the tional technological barriers across multiple public and its members with information markets, for homes and businesses, for both about the hazards, safety problems, energy generation and energy recapture even environmental effects and economic costs in moderate winds. of nuclear power, radioactive waste, and ionizing radiation exposure; and to promote viable sustainable energy Nuclear Information and Resource solutions and alternatives to nuclear Service (NIRS) power. NIRS is the national information and networking center for the grassroots Nevada Nuclear Task Force anti-nuclear movement, and on Nevada Nuclear Task Force was formed radioactive waste, radiation and in 1986 when it became obvious that sustainable energy issues. We educate, Yucca Mountain, in the State of Nevada, organize, mobilize and empower people would be selected to be the only site to to act on behalf of a nuclear-free, carbon- be considered for a national high-level free energy future. We strive to prevent nuclear waste dump. Those involved in construction of new nuclear reactors, forming the Task Force had previously end taxpayer subsidies to the nuclear worked to end atomic testing at the industry, achieve a speedy phase-out and supported victims of existing reactors, ensure isolation of of radiation from those tests. Everyone radioactive waste from the environment, had been told there was no danger to the and protect our planet from radioactive public but that was not true. We had seen contamination. NIRS and World the government’s refusal to compensate Information Service on Energy in those injured and their refusal to even Amsterdam are affiliated to extend our admit guilt. When the same agency services to the movement across the came to tell Nevadans that a nuclear United States and the entire world. waste repository at Yucca Mountain Nuclear Information and Resource would pose no danger to the public, we Center South (NIRS South) knew that this time we had to protect Nuclear Information and Resource ourselves and anyone else that would be Service (nirs.org) has a Southeast Office affected by such a massive project. based in Asheville, NC.

Northwest Energy Lab: Founded in 1999 by Mary Olson, NIRS SE functions as a resource devoted to Windtronics Gearless Blade Tip Power System - the the region where the first large nuclear future of wind power. The innovative Blade energy sites have been proposed in more Tip Power System (BTPS) is the patented than 30 years – first was a plutonium technology created by WindTronicsTM. The fuel factory (MOX) followed in short wind turbine utilizes a system of magnets and order by the first new reactor proposals stators surrounding its outer ring captur- since Watts Bar – the last of the currently ing power at the blade tips where speed is operating nukes to be ordered and greatest, practically eliminating mechani- completed. Ninety-eight reactors were cal resistance and drag. Rather than forcing started and then canceled during the the available wind to turn a generator, the 1970’s and 1980’s (with a loss of about perimeter power system becomes the genera- $100 billion). Of the 29 new license tor by swiftly passing the blade tip magnets applications pending at the Nuclear through the copper coil banks mounted onto Regulatory Commission, 24 are in the enclosed perimeter frame. The Blade the South. NIRS Southeast is the lead Tip Power System addresses past constraints intervener on two reactors proposed such as size, noise, vibration and output. The for Levy County, Florida about 10 miles from the existing Crystal River (off-line 11 of 13 MUSICIANSUNITED4SAFEENERGY.ORG

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Nuclear Information and Resource Service Nuke Free Texas, a project of the Sustainable (NIRS) (cont’d) Energy and Economic Development due to containment failure) reactor on (SEED) Coalition and its allies, is online at the Gulf Coast. NukeFreeTexas.org.

The site is the recharge zone for amazing freshwater springs – some of the most Sierra Club is America’s largest and most pristine on the planet and would pull influential grassroots environmental fresh water from a sea grass estuary organization. Inspired by nature, we that is the breeding grounds for many are 1.4 million of your friends and endangered aquatic species. NIRS SE neighbors, working together to protect also leads the national grassroots in our communities and our environment. watching the Blue Ribbon Commission Our mission is to explore, enjoy and on America’s Nuclear Future at work protect the planet. We are working to making recommendations for national promote clean, renewable energy sources nuclear waste policy. and move away from dirty coal, dangerous nuclear, climate destroying oil and ground The Southeast is at elevated risk for water polluting natural gas. We believe in Mobile Chernobyl – the fullscale working to support a smooth transition to shipment of the nation’s most energy efficiency, wind, solar and all the concentrated radioactive waste thanks truly green sustainable technologies that to the nuclear business community in can provide energy and jobs,while not South Carolina volunteering to reprocess destroying the planet we share with all Life. it (separate the plutonium). Sirona Fuels, Inc. Residents Organized for a Safe Sirona Fuels, Inc. is Northern California’s Environment (ROSE) premier biodiesel producer and specializes Residents Organized for a Safe in developing high quality “beyond ASTM” Environment advocates the immediate biodiesel. We produce high-quality fuel that shutdown and decommissioning of the has a positive impact on our global and local San Onofre Generating Nuclear Station environment by reducing greenhouse gas (SONGS) on the issues of safety of site emissions and other air pollutants. We produce location (sits on three earthquake faults commercial quantities of locally sourced and & in a tsunami zone) and the worst locally refined from used cooking oil safety record of all US nuclear power plants, and 8 million people in the 50 SunPods, Inc mile radius. SunPods manufactures the first turn-key, factory-built solar array - ready to power-up Sustainable Energy and Economic on delivery. The modular SunPods units are engi- Development (SEED Coalition) & neered to easily interconnect to create from small to large, megawatt solar arrays. Now, ground

Nuke Free Texas mount solar can be installed in up to 85% less Nuke Free Texas is working to halt time with little to no on-site preparation or con- four proposed nuclear reactors in Texas struction. SunPods makes solar that simple. and stop the relicensing of existing reactors. We’re urging the shut down the South Texas Project and Comanche SunPower Corp. Peak reactors, and that the energy they SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) provide be replaced through improved designs, manufactures and delivers the highest energy efficiency and renewable solar, efficiency, highest reliability solar panels and wind and geothermal power. We work systems available today. Residential, business, to limit radioactive waste imports from government and utility customers rely on the reactors around the country to a West company’s quarter century of experience and Texas site owned by a Dallas billionaire. guaranteed performance to provide maximum return on investment throughout the life of 12 of 13 MUSICIANSUNITED4SAFEENERGY.ORG

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ENERGY VILLAGE TABLES CONT’D Women’s Energy Matters (WEM) WEM helps whole cities and counties Go Green Together! For example, Marin Clean Energy, which broke away from PG&E and now, provides 27% renewables at comparable rates (vs. “Will we, as a country, PG&E’s 17%). As a consumer advocate in state regulatory cases, WEM presented invest in clean, renewable a step-by-step plan (now in review), to close California’s nukes and replace that sources of energy, power with renewables and efficiency. or will we continue to use taxpayer dollars Vantage Point Companies to indemnify and Tendril: Tendril’s technology facilitates subsidize the dirty, a dialog between consumers and suppliers through an energy ecosystem deadly old technologies that connects in-home devices (like thermostats) to the utility back office. that are making

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