Public Accountability Requires Citizen Action (disasteraccountability.org)
By Meg Gilley, DAP Volunteer The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report last week warning that in the event of a disaster at one of the 65 U.S. nuclear power plants, frightened residents outside the standard 10-mile evacuation zone may also choose to evacuate, potentially blocking evacuation routes and preventing others from escaping. The […]
Indonesia’s natural disaster risks, costs rise – IRINnews.org 2012 was the least deadly year for natural disasters in the past decade, says the Natural Hazards Risk Atlas, a report published by Maplecroft. This could be because preparedness and emergency response to natural disasters have improved worldwide. But the report points out that equivalent measures to […]
Findings of Japanese Parliamentary Panel’s Report on Fukushima Should be Warning to U.S. By J. Brian Meskill, student, University of Connecticut School of Law Recent reporting by the Huffington Post and Reuters, among other news outlets, summarized findings from a recent report issued by the Japanese parliamentary panel last week. The report found that the […]
Feds Cut Nuclear Emergency Exercises, Avoid Public Scrutiny By Linda M. Lewis May 17, 2012 First published by Enformable Nuclear News on May 18, 2012 Not since the bungled response to Hurricane Katrina has the US federal government so callously ignored disaster red flags. Disregarding lessons of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, the Nuclear Regulatory Administration […]
To:Â U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Date:Â March 16, 2011 The nonprofit Disaster Accountability Project compiled this list of questions and nuclear power plants in disaster/hazard-vulnerable regions across the U.S. to demonstrate the need for an investigation of potentially questionable safety standards, mechanisms, and procedures. It appears as if communities and regulators may have […]
By, Jessica Zalin Intern, Disaster Accountability Project (Jessica is entering her 2L year and is president of the Environmental Law Society at Pace University School of Law in New York) In the wake of the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, environmental groups throughout the nation have capitalized on the rise to prominence […]
By Maryann Palazzolo Intern, Disaster Accountability Project (Maryann attends Warren Wilson College, Environmental Studies Major, Class of 2011) For years, the former Minerals Management Service (MMS) in the Department of Interior, that oversees offshore drilling, has been criticized for the corrupt activities of its employees, such as illegal drug use, partaking in sex scandals, and […]
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