An Electronic Silent Spring August, 2016 Newsletter from Katie Singer www.electronicsilentspring.com Priorities: Mobility or Survival? Election season and starting a new school year have us clarifying priorities. In public and private discourse, we need to include that using technology … Continue reading
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An Electronic Silent Spring July, 2016 Newsletter from Katie Singer www.electronicsilentspring.com Twenty years ago, during Bill Clinton’s presidency and Reid Hunt’s chairmanship of the FCC, the U.S. Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the TCA). Section 704 prohibits … Continue reading
Warren Philipps, an insurance adjuster from Central Mutual Insurance Co., cautions workers (including electricians, building maintenance people, electricians and firefighters) on the dangers of radiofrequency exposure. … Continue reading
by Katie Singer According to Bill Torbert, professor emeritus in management and organization at Boston College, “If you’re not aware that you’re part of the problem, you can’t be part of the solution.” So–let me introduce myself. I’m Katie … Continue reading
Katie Singer works with Citizens for Fair Rates and the Environment (CFRE) to intervene in PNM’s proposal to install “smart” electric utility meters in its service areas in New Mexico. Her testimony, and other case documents, can be found using … Continue reading
The House Communications and Tech Subcommittee will review FCC Chair Tom Wheeler’s proposal to make 5G “a national priority” on Tuesday, July 12. FCC Commissioners will vote on this plan, the Spectrum Frontier’s Proceeding on Thursday, July 14. Your action … Continue reading
An Electronic Silent Spring June, 2016 Newsletter from Katie Singer www.electronicsilentspring.com 26 days after the NIH’s National Toxicology Program reported that cell phone radiation definitively causes cancer, FCC Chair Tom Wheeler announced the Spectrum Frontiers Proceeding. On June 20, Wheeler … Continue reading
An Electronic Silent Spring May, 2016 Newsletter from Katie Singer www.electronicsilentspring.com Cell Phones & Towers ** According to Microwave News’ Louis Slesin: “The cell phone cancer controversy will never be the same again” because a study conducted by the National … Continue reading
May 19, 2016 Occupy/EMFHarm teleconference … Continue reading
An Electronic Silent Spring April, 2016 Newsletter from Katie Singer www.electronicsilentspring.com I end with good news. –Katie Children & Schools The Environmental Health Trust has compiled a spectacular, international list of schools, unions and PTAs that have taken steps to … Continue reading
“SMART” METER UPDATE from Citizens Alliance for Utility Safety (CAUS) PNM has asked the NM Public Regulatory Commission (PRC) for permission to install electric “smart” meters in the areas it serves. A “smart” meter is a digital, wireless, transmitting … Continue reading
An Electronic Silent Spring March, 2016 Newsletter from Katie Singer www.electronicsilentspring.com E-Invisibles Since posting Mark Mills’ amazing report about how much electricity the Internet requires, “The Cloud Begins with Coal,” https://www.ourwebofinconvenienttruths.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Cloud_Begins_With_Coal.pdf, I’ve learned about * The University of Melbourne’s Centre … Continue reading
Brian Thiesen has posted a new video about “smart” meters. … Continue reading
A Talk By Katie Singer March 4, 2016 The University of Oregon/Eugene Environmental Law Conference Transcript: Would everyone kindly turn their mobile device to airplane mode? This talk is dedicated to the memory of Doug Tompkins, founder of the North … Continue reading
List of school union and PTA actions that have removed Wi-fi by EH Trust. This list is also available on the EH Trust website here: http://ehtrust.org/policy/schools-unions-and-pta-actions/ Schools, Unions and PTA Actions Schools, teachers and parents are taking action … Continue reading
See more Radiant Times cartoons here: https://www.ourwebofinconvenienttruths.com/radiant-times/ From a reader: THANK YOU for Electronic Silent Spring and for your cartoons. The least we can do, or perhaps the most, is laugh a little and bring up the vibration… I … Continue reading
An Electronic Silent Spring February, 2016 Newsletter from Katie Singer www.electronicsilentspring.com ** Check out “The Cloud Begins with Coal” by Mark Mills, CEO of the Digital Power Group, a spectacular report (from August, 2013) about how much energy electronics … Continue reading
See more Radiant Times cartoons here: https://www.ourwebofinconvenienttruths.com/radiant-times/ Notes from readers: Katie, Excellent. But airplane mode won’t protect him. A cell phone that is brought within several feet of me affects my heart immediately, even if it is in airplane mode, … Continue reading