Book Launch For Kristen Iversen's New Book 9/4/2020
Doom With a View By Kristen Iversen When: Friday September 4th, 6:00PM MDT Where: Online Launch Event: Click Here to Register With this webinar, Full Body Burden author Kristen Iversen officially launches her new book Doom with a View: Historical and Cultural Contexts of the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant. Her new anthology contains essays contributed by 19 authors from around the country, representing a variety of disciplines in science and academia, all with deep connect
Westword Article 8/26/2020
Doom With a View: Jeffco Health Director Looks Back on Rocky Flats Click here to read the full Westword Article, an excerpt by Dr. Mark Johnson from the new book Doom with a View “You and Jefferson County killed my husband!” The woman on the telephone was almost screaming now. The emotional anger and mental agony were palpable as she spat the words at me. “I will never talk to you or anyone from Jefferson County,” she shouted as she slammed her telephone receiver down. It was
ACTION ALERT: Send comments to USFWS opposing the Rocky Mountain Greenway by July 30th
Background: The Rocky Mountain Greenway is a proposed mountain bike trail that would be built through contaminated land adjacent to the former nuclear weapons plant, Rocky Flats, 16 miles North West of Denver. If built, this trail would endanger public health by exposing trail workers and the public to respirable particles of plutonium dioxide and other contaminants left in the environment from nuclear bomb production at Rocky Flats. Please send a statement to USFWS opposing
Update Regarding Rocky Flats Hot Particle Study
for immediate release, Thursday, April 9, 2020 NEW RESEARCH FINDS PLUTONIUM “HOT PARTICLES” ARE “PERVASIVE” IN SOIL NEAR FORMER ROCKY FLATS NUCLEAR SITE INCREASING RISK OF RADIOACTIVE EXPOSURE FROM INHALATION; ACTIVISTS SEEK PARKWAY PROJECT HALT TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH for further information: Dr. Michael Ketterer Michael.ketterer@nau.edu Christopher Allred (303) 444-6981 Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 A new analysis of soil from near the former Rocky Flats nuclear weap
Broomfield City Council Voted Unanimously to Withdraw from the Jefferson Parkway 2/25/2020
Click here to view a video of the meeting Click here for a copy of the signed Resolution 2020-82 Giving Notice of Withdrawal from the Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority This is a major victory for the citizens and grassroots activists who have consistently warned against the dangers of construction near the contaminated former nuclear weapons plant Rocky Flats. The leadership in Broomfield has set a new precedent regarding the Precautionary Principle and protecting pu
February 13th, The Atomic Film Series: Prometheus
When: Thursday February 13th, 7-9pm Where: Naropa University 2130 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder, CO 80302, in the Sycamore Building Room 8140 Join us for a screening of Ridley Scott’s epic prequel to the Alien series, Prometheus. After the screening, there will be a discussion about the existential themes such as advanced civilizations, the origin of life on Earth, and the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction.
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ACTION ALERT: Call On Jefferson County to Stop Funding for the Jefferson Parkway in their 2020 Budge
This map shows the proposed route of the Jefferson Parkway along Indiana St. compared with plutonium contamination outlined on the Krey Hardy Map. Click here for additional information from a paper written by Randy Stafford, member of the Jefferson Parkway Advisory Committee. Jefferson County Commissioners Public Hearing regarding the 2020 Budget When: Tuesday, November 12th, 8am Where: Jefferson County Administration and Courts Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden
ACTION ALERT: Call on Broomfield to Stop Funding for the Jefferson Parkway in their 2020 Budget
This map shows the proposed route of the Jefferson Parkway along Indiana St. compared with plutonium contamination outlined on the Krey Hardy Map. Click here for additional information from a paper written by Randy Stafford, member of the Jefferson Parkway Advisory Committee. Broomfield City Council When: Tuesday October 22nd, 6:00pm Where: George Di Ciero City and County Building 1 DesCombes Drive Broomfield, CO 80020 Email the Broomfield City Council at: council@broomfiel
October 12th, Peaceful Vigil at N1
Map cited from the book Nuclear Heartland. More info about the book at this link On October 12, 2019 members and friends of The Colorado Coalition for the Prevention of Nuclear War will hold a Witness for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and support for the United Nations Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. This treaty would make illegal the construction and possession of nuclear weapons by any State on our Planet. We will carpool from Denver, Boulder and Colorado Springs to N-1, a
Need for protections from radiation at Rocky Flats supported by science
By LeRoy Moore 10-2-19 The two biggest controversies at Rocky Flats in 2019 are the presence of radioactive plutonium in the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and the area proposed for the Jefferson Parkway. When the “cleanup” was done at Rocky Flats the official standard for nuclear waste in the top 3 feet of soil at the site was 50 pCi/g, Much higher amounts were allowed in soil at deeper levels. EPA and CDPHE call this “safe.” But the National Academy of Sciences says a