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MassCEC Speaker Series- Nuclear Power
“Advanced nuclear is suddenly getting a lot of attention as states and countries struggle to meet clean energy deployment goals and an “electrify everything” approach to decarbonization drives electricity demand to new highs. How are today’s advanced nuclear reactors different from the previous generation? Can we overcome resistance to nuclear? Can nuclear help meet the needs of new large loads like data centers? This MassCEC Speaker Series will explore the answers to these questions, and much more!”
Join Professor Sukesh Aghara, Ph.D, a Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he serves as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the Francis College of Engineering. He is Director of the Integrated Nuclear Security and Safeguards Laboratory (INSSL), Co-Director of the International Nuclear Institute (INI), and served as Director of the Nuclear Engineering Program from 2017 to 2024. His subject matter expertise spans nuclear fuel cycle analysis, advanced and small modular reactors (AMR/SMR), energy economics, and workforce development in the nuclear sector.
Register for this Webinar by clicking here.
Film Showing- Our Projects, Our Visions For 2025
The Traprock Center for Peace and Justice and its Climate and Democracy Project are delighted to invite you to the first public showing of the one-hour video Our Projects, Our Visions For 2025 taken at the January 18 presentation
Protect Our Farms & Forests- Stand Out!
PROTECT OUR FARMS AND FORESTS
Join Us, Western Mass Strong!
Stand Out May 5, 4:30 pm
Holyoke Heritage Park
221 Appleton Street, Holyoke MA
Preceding the Statewide Stakeholder Site Suitability Hearing
(Hearing starts at 5:30; For more info or to sign up to testify:
https://www.mass.gov/info-details/2024-climate-act-stakeholder-sessions -
stakeholder-comment-)
This Stand Out called by No Assault & Batteries, Wendell - www.nabunited.org, nabunited@crocker.com
Bring placards and signs!
• Site solar and battery storage facilities on already disturbed
lands.
• Preserve the right of towns to protect the safety of their
citizens and ecosystems.
• Battery storage systems (BESS) are prone to “thermal
runaway” fires. Restrict them to “suitable sites” only.
Acres of Clams Documentary Screening
On Saturday, May 3 at 2:30pm, the Clapp Memorial Library will host a screening of the documentary, Acres of Clams. Eric Wolfe’s Acres of Clams is a feature-length video history of the Clamshell Alliance’s direct-action campaign against the Seabrook nuclear plant in the 1970s. Acres of Clams combines archival film footage and music with the personal remembrances of the activists themselves to reveal how disciplined nonviolence can have an out-sized impact on the world – when people take action together. The screening will be immediately followed by a Q&A/discussion of the film with Cliff McCarthy and Sharon Tracy of the Clamshell Alliance.
(413) 323-0417 | P. O. Box 627 | 19 South Main Street | Belchertown, MA 01007-0627
Bread & Roses Parade and Rally
Join us on Mayday for some family friendly fun on Int’l Labor Day! Sponsored by FCCPR.
L3 Harris Mayday Rally for Worker’s Rights
Join us to protest a weapons manufacturer in Northampton!
River Alert: Northfield Mountain
RIVER ALERT re: Northfield Mountain
Connecticut River Defenders invites you to a Gathering at the River's Edge; Unity Park, Great Falls on Friday, April 25 at 6:30 pm
On Monday, April 22, Mass DEP* is expected to issue a 401 Water Quality Certificate for the Pumped Storage operation at Firstlight's Northfield Mountain. They have the option to deny or waive the Certificate but we anticipate that they will allow the continued desecration of the Connecticut River and its ecosystem by issuing it.
We will continue to work towards the shut-down of NMPS as the relicensing process proceeds to FERC*
Join us and our special guest,
Liz Cold Wind Santana Kiser, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Chaubunagungamaug Band,
Nipmuc Indians
on Friday April 25, 6:30 pm.
Mass Department of Environmental Protection
*Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Deep Rising Film Screening
Join us for an alarming view of what our future world might look like if we continue the growth of devices that require, lithium, cobalt and other rare earth minerals.
Understanding Palestine and Israel w/ Phyllis Bennis
Come hear PHYLLIS BENNIS, academic, activist, author talk about Israel and Palestine – the history and current reality.
All Souls UU Church, 399 Main St., doors open at 6pm. Admission free, all welcome
Phyllis has just published her new book on this crucial subject and will have copies on hand to sell.
Walk in the Wendell Woods
Join us for a walk in the Wendell woods led by local naturalists Adam Kohl and Bill Stubblefield!