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From: Sandi Maurer
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 5:55 PM
Subject: May 2013 EMF Newsletter
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May 2013 EMF Newsletter
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Dear Friends:
Many of you are probably wondering what's happening with the
California
Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision on smart meter fees. Nothing has
happened since
January when we submitted briefs in this case. The CPUC judge said she would
rule on the
legal considerations months ago, but no word yet. Considering the CPUC still
needs to
address the legal and community opt-out issues it's likely this will drag on
till the fall.
What more can we do to end the extortion fees, and to
ultimately recall
smart meters?
Meanwhile, California state legislators have been grilling
the CPUC on
it's safety and financial problems. Legislators wiped out its $1.4 billion
budget to "force
the regulatory agency to justify how it spends its money." President Peevey
was caught by a
TV investigative reporter at a conference, instead of answering questions at a
senate
hearing: Peeveys Priority: Senate Hearing or Napa Winery?
At the federal level President Obama nominated a wireless
industry leader,
Thomas Wheeler, to head the FCC. We started a petition to ask US senators to
reject this
nomination. If you agree, please sign and circulate this petition.
https://www.change.org/petitions/reject-president-obama-s-nomination-of-thomas-wheeler-to-head-the-fcc
In April we held a fundraiser in Sebastopol for film Take
Back your Power:
The Smart Meter Agenda Unveiled . After expenses were paid and additional
pledges were
counted- over $15,000 was raised for the film! Great big thanks to everyone who
donated and
to all who helped with this event.
Gratefully,
Sandi
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Reject Obama's nomination of Thomas Wheeler to head the FCC!
President Obama could not have picked a worse nominee than
Tom Wheeler to
head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Wheeler has obvious industry
ties and
conflicts of interest:
a.. Wheeler chaired the CTIA, the Wireless Association,
which includes
Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile;
b.. Wheeler chaired the National Cable Television
Association, which
includes Comcast, Time Warner, and others;
c.. Wheeler is the director of Core Capital Partners LP, a
venture
capital firm that manages $350 million in the high-growth technology sector-
they rely on
friendly regulation at the FCC;
d.. Wheeler raised millions of dollars for Obama's
presidential
campaign;
e.. Wheeler is listed on Fierce Wireless' top ten list of
people who
helped shape the wireless industry.
The FCC regulates the nation's airwaves and all
communications plus its
accompanying infrastructure. The FCC sets the "safety" standards for radio
frequency
radiation (RF) used in all wireless devices. The standards are inadequate and
obsolete
because they do not address long term health effects, and they were created
before cell
towers, cell phones, wi-fi and "smart" meters.
Importantly, the FCC is set to update these RF "safety"
standards soon.
With trillions of wireless products in use today, babies, children, adults,
animals, the
environment, and future generations are all at risk from chronic exposure to
wireless
radiation based on inadequate safety standards.
With a wireless industry leader as the head of the FCC
there's little
chance for safe oversight. These crucial decisions will threaten us for decades
to come.
Sign the petition here!
MORE INFO:
a.. Authors of the BioInitiative Report, science and
public policy
experts signed a letter to US Senators urging them to reject Wheeler stating,
"Mr. Wheeler
should not be in charge of the nation's safety standards and deployment for a
technology he
promotes without regard to public health and safety..."
http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=9964
b.. The World Health Organization classifies wireless as a
possible
carcinogen, same as DDT and lead! http://emfsafetynetwork.org/?p=4386
c.. Read B. Blake Levitt's commentary, " Why the Senate
Should Reject
Tom Wheeler- Another Industry Crony at the FCC?"
http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/05/10/another-industry-crony-at-the-fcc/
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Cindy Sage Challenges the "Smart" in LADWP's "Smart" Grid
At a Woodland Hills City Council meeting, the Los Angeles
Department of
Water and Power (LADWP) presented information about their Smart Meter
deployment plans,
while environmental consultant Cindy Sage, co-editor of the BioInitiative
Report, presented
information warning of the deployment risks.
The LADWP project manager, Marcelo Di Paolo also said they
were deploying
52,000 meters and that the project was a demonstration, and "purely a
volunteer optional
program".
Cindy Sage warned about the evidence for health problems from
the pulsed
radiation Smart Meters emit. She stated, "Those wireless impacts are
biologically very
similar to the impacts you would have from a cell tower." She wisely urged
them to learn
from the mistakes the Investor Owned Utilities have made. She asks, "Is this a
smart
business model, to provide a device for energy conservation...if there are
going to be
unintended consequences in terms of health impacts for people?"...
Read more and watch EON videos
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Union Leaders Oppose Smart Meter Expansion
Terrific video news clip which hits important points about
the risk of
smart meter fire, higher utility bills and meter readers as the safety team.
MLGW stands for
Memphis Light, Gas and Water, in Tennesee. "Meter readers are turning in 13,000
tickets a
year of things they're finding out in the field. Smart Meters will never find
those things."
Watch the news video here:
http://www.wmctv.com/story/22229806/unions-oppose-mlgws-smart-meter-expansion
Another news story on smart meter fires can be seen here:
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/22240644/fox-5-investigates-smart-meters-spark-controversy#ixzz2TIPxfMlI
"I was walking to the seventh tee, when the pro came up and
said,'Jump in
the car. We just got a call. Your house is on fire," Michael Capetto said. He
lives in
Upper Makefield, near Philadelphia, where the utility PECO this past summer
reported at
least 15 smart meters caught fire or got so hot, the meters melted. Similar
fires have been
reported in other states too."..."..the meter sizzling inside the casing like a
piece of
bacon"
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