Follow Up from 11/19!

Published: Mon, 11/22/21

Hi ,

Happy Monday! We're following up on the Friday, November 19th National Call for Safe Technology with tons of great info and some action items.

First, here is a replay of the call: https://youtu.be/oVWXWJpvOXk

Second, some very helpful follow up information from Paul G.'s presentation...

The Powerpoint slides Paul used on Friday are being updated with the following latest profitable strategies:

Friday the 13th in August, 2021 — the day the Wireless World Irrevocably Changed --> https://youtu.be/26OlmfP0qcU
NEPA complaints for any Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (WTFs) with application dates between Aug 9, 2019 and May 2, 20021 --> https://ourtownourchoice.org/nepa
Requiring $x-million per WTF bonds to be placed in escrow with the permittee for Big Wireless-backed self-insurance to supplement General Liability Insurance that has pollution exclusions for claims of injury, illness or death from RF Microwave Radiation (which applies in every case) https://wireamerica.org/thisworks/
WE-WANT-IT: Written Evidence — Wireless Antenna Need Test — In Telecommunications --> https://ourtownourchoice.org/wewantit
Parcel-based strategies for challenging so-called "small" Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (sWTFs) in public rights-of-way

When the slides are completed, there will be a link to a pdf version of them at https://wireamerica.org/slides, but in the meantime you can use these online slides provided by Paul -- > https://mystreetmychoice.com/thisworks

Here are final versions of letters to Tucson city officials regarding the validity of WTF permits in the wake of the August 13th ruling: https://wireamerica.org/az/tucson.

With the appropriate changes, these can used as templates for your city!

Finally, there is a working group putting together a response to HR-3684 that will include a script for calls and letters to our representatives requesting fiber to the premises as part of the bill. Their next meeting will be on Monday, Nov 29 at 2:00pm ET, and will be hosted by Cheryl Scheurer. If you'd like to take part, email Paul@wireamerica.org.

We urge you to read the federal infrastructure bill H.R. 3684, more specifically part F regarding broadband: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684/text

A couple other things shared during the call we want to pass along:

Lisa Smith with Safe Tech Tucson shared a great post about what they're going through trying to keep a tower out. You can read "The 5G cell tower at 5th and Longfellow: Our story of protest, permit violations, police and politics" here: https://www.safetechtucson.com/peter-howell

Mary Bauer with Virginians for Safe Technology shared that EPA Public comments are due by November 30^th /Dec 1st on a new proposed EPA rule to reduce methane and other harmful pollution from the oil and natural gas industry, including green house gases (GHG). Mary suggested this is a great time to submit public comment to ask for the same reduction requirement for RFR pollution from the telecom industry since they've been shown to use 3.5 times more power for their 5G basestations than 4G, are one of the largest contributors of CO2, and may be polluting just as much (maybe even more!) greenhouse gasses than the oil business.

You can read more of Mary's thoughts in the attached document (as well as two additional actions) and submit a comment to the EPA here: https://www.epa.gov/controlling-air-pollution-oil-and-natural-gas-industry/epa-proposes-new-source-performance

That's it for follow up from the 11/19 call. If you don't hear from us before Thursday, we hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,

Jenny DeMarco

Virginians for Safe Technology

VirginiansforSafeTech@protonmail.com

www.VirginiansforSafeTech.org

Odette Wilkens

Wired Broadband, Inc.