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Several local civic groups and activists including members of Atlanta WAND, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Sierra Club’s Georgia Chapter, and singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls will rally outside the Atlanta office of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 2 this afternoon.

Those rallying are opposed to Southern Company’s plan to build two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, plans that must be approved by the NRC. They point out that nuclear power is not only unsafe, but it also consumes huge quantities of water. In his Aug. 22 cover story about Southern Company’s nuclear strategy, CL’s Scott Henry noted that an expanded Plant Vogtle would consume more water each day than the entire city of Atlanta.

Here’s the press release:

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The countdown is over.

CL’s complete list of Atlanta’s 11 Least Influential People is now available online.

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PEACE RALLY AT COLONY SQUARE: “Can you please gimme until Friday before you cash it?”

(Photo by Joeff Davis)

Every Friday for the past five years, Atlanta Women’s Action for New Directions, WAND for short, has been protesting the Bush administration’s bone-headed foreign policies outside Colony Square in Midtown. Translation: They knew this war was a bad idea seven months BEFORE it started.

Last Friday, WAND had a bigger-than-usual turnout marking the grim anniversary. The protesters demanded that Georgia’s congressional delegation act to end the war immediately, and encouraged passers-by to pressure our reps and senators with phone calls.

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