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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

A New Nuclear Advocacy Blog - Please participate

Hello all

I have started a new blog: it's all about nuclear advocacy.  How we advocate for nuclear,  how it works, what we can learn.   The blog part of my new website, http://www.meredithangwin.com  

I hope you will link to the blog, and contribute your stories to the blog. 

Here's the blog:

So far, my blog has four posts:
Welcome to the Nuclear Advocacy Blog: Why we need a blog just about advocacy, not about current events etc. 

Who you gonna protest? The October rally in Chicago, led by the Environmental Progress organization, targeted an anti-nuclear lobbying organization that claims to be a "green" environmental group.  This post describes why targeting the "greenwashers" is necessary and important.

Show Up to Help Others Show Up  The importance of showing up. Just be there. Be there at a meeting, at a hearing, at a rally etc.   Not everyone wants to speak in public, but everyone wants to be with friends.  Be there. Be a friend.  Show up to help others show up.

Advocacy by Fact Checking. This can work. Nick Thompson and friends caused an anti-nuclear paper to be retracted from the academic journal where it had been published.  Due to Thompson's reviews and action,  the paper was retracted. This paper can no longer be quoted by nuclear opponents as "proof" that nuclear doesn't help with climate-change goals.

I am eager for contributed posts about advocacy action.  You can post the same thing at my Nuclear Advocacy blog and at your own blog. The post does not have to be exclusive, but it has to be about advocacy.

More about this later, but do check out the blog!

Best,
Meredith

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