Dear friends of clean nuclear energy,

You are kindly invited to the next ANNUAL MEETING of the ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY (EFN-INTERNATIONAL), which will take place this year:

Saturday 8^th December 2012 at 4:00 PM
after a meeting of the Board of Directors of EFN at 3:00 PM
at 55 rue Victor Hugo, 78800 Houilles, France

Click here for maps and instructions on how to come

Jean Laherrere will be in Houilles to meet EFN members participating in the ANNUAL MEETING, and will give us a 2 hour presentation on the current situation regarding peak oil, after the annual meeting of EFN.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Laherrère

His lecture will be fascinating.

As an oil-exploration geologist,  he is one of the co-founders of ASPO-international (Association for the study of peak oil and gas http://www.peakoil.net ) with Colin Campbell, father of the peak-oil theory, which appeared in the 1990's and is now becoming mainstream reality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Campbell_(geologist)

Jean Laherrere was the author with Colin Campbell of the famous historical article on peak oil titled "The End of Cheap Oil" published in March 1998 in the Scientific American.

Jean Laherrere then perfected the peak-oil theory, introducing the notion of "undulated plateau" instead of a unique peak. According to Jean Laherrere, the oil peak will not be a unique peak at a precise date, but a period running over several decades with an "undulated plateau" (ups and downs with several successive peaks and depressions) characterized by chaotic oil prices and availability, cycles of deeper and deeper economic recessions (phase which the world has now entered since several years, it seems). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_peak

Jean Laherrere and I first met in Canada 45 years ago, when he was working as a young oil-exploration geologist with my father (Olivier Comby) on the exploitation of Canadian oil. His family (Laherrere) and ours (Comby) were neighbours in Calgary (Alberta) where a French oil community then lived, gathering 100 or so French families working on the great adventure of Canadian oil exploration at the end of the 1960's (more precisely from 1966 to 1973). See Mike Byfield's article published in the Daily Oil Bulletin :  An Ecologist For Nuclear Power In The Oilsands

Jean Laherrere will give us his views on oil and gas resources, on the oil peak (the undulated plateau), the energy-roots and causes of the economic recession the world is now facing, and the forthcoming ups and downs of oil & gas prices and their future (un)availability.

He will expose to us his vision of the world's current energy situation and the energy mechanisms underlying our general economy.

Jean Laherrere, acclaimed international lecturer, is a fascinating person, without concessions, a highly competent oil geologist, international expert of oil & gas exploration as well as for the estimation of oil resources in the world. See. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Laherrère

The title of his presentation will be "Energy, nature and humans" (in French : "L'énergie, la nature et les hommes") from 6:00 to 8:00 PM after the annual meeting of EFN (from 4:00 to 6:00 PM ) and before the informal buffet which will follow (from 8:00 to 10:00 PM).

The Annual Meeting will take place in Houilles, which is located only 15 minutes from Paris by public transportation. It is possible to come from downtown Paris by train (St Lazare station) or rapid metro RER (line A, 15 minutes from Charles de Gaulle - Etoile).

All members and correspondents of EFN are kindly invited to participate in this Annual Meeting. All dues-paying members with a valid membership can take part in the votes or send a proxy for the decisions concerning the future of EFN.

To become a member or to update your membership:
http://www.ecolo.org/subscri/subscrien.htm

Only dues-paying members (that is: sympathizing, active and donating members) are allowed to vote. If they cannot be present in person, they have the possibility of sending a proxy to be represented, for votes and decisions, by another sympathizing, active or donating member of the organization.

The meeting will last until 6:00 PM, then the lecture until 8:00 PM will be followed by an informal buffet until 10:00 PM.

Annual meeting discussions will cover the following topics:

- Review of the year's activities and substantive report by the President of EFN.
- Membership statistics and growth of the organization: current number of members and supporters of EFN.
- Election of the Board of Directors of EFN
- The local correspondents of EFN.
- Financial report for the past year.
- The Communication Group (Gr COM) and lectures given by EFN.
- Mailing lists of EFN.
- EFN web site.
- EFN in the Media.
- EFN documents.
- EFN books.
- Subcommittees of EFN.
Branches of EFN in various countries :
- EFN-USA: EFN in the United States.
- EFN-CANADA: EFN in Canada.
- EFN-AUSTRALIA: EFN in Australia.
- EFN-POLSKA: EFN in Poland.
- EFN-UK: EFN in the UK.
- Orientations and priorities for the coming year.
- various questions.

This event is a great occasion to meet other members and correspondents, share your experience, ask questions, have a pleasant evening, discuss about EFN's activities, and prepare its orientations for the future.

The participation in the Annual Meeting, and the ecological buffet which follows are entirely GRATIS. The buffet will offer a variety of fresh fruits, salads, and healthy foods (including French wine). Participants are invited to bring an edible contribution to the buffet.

You should confirm your participation if you intend to participate in the Annual meeting and/or the lecture and buffet which will follow.

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Click here to send your proxy if you cannot attend the Annual Meeting, for dues-paying members (sympathizing, active and benefactor members).

If you are not a dues-paying member and if you want to participate in this Annual Meeting: you are cordially invited to join the meeting, but you will not be authorized to take part in the votes and decisions. You should at least sign up (gratis) as a supporting member (that is, to agree with EFN's goals). To take part in the votes, you should be at least a sympathizing member (or an active member or donating member).

If you are not a dues-paying member of EFN and you will not participate in this Annual Meeting: there is no need to confirm that you are not coming.

To the attention of the Board of Directors of EFN:
The ANNUAL MEETING will be preceded at 3:00 PM, by a meeting of the Board of Directors of EFN, to discuss: 1/ current actions of EFN, 2/ acceptance of new members since the last meeting of the Board of Directors, 3/ preparation of the ANNUAL MEETING which will follow immediately.

EFN has continued to grow rapidly this year, and our action is developing in an increasing number of countries. EFN is now 16 years old and gathers over 10 000 members and supporters in 60 countries.

Many thanks to the volunteers who help us accomplish our task of informing the public about energy and the environment, in various countries.

The ANNUAL MEETING will be held partly in English and in French.

To take part in the votes, do not forget to subscribe or to update your membership:

http://www.ecolo.org/subscri/subscrien.htm (for EFN)(dues and donation to EFN give a right to a tax credit in France amounting to 66% of the amount donated)
http://www.ecolo.org/subscri/subscrius.htm (for EFN-USA)(dues and donations to EFN-USA are 501(c)(3) tax deductible in the United States)

Photo : Bruno Comby (on the left, founder and President of EFN in France in 1996)
and Patrick Moore (on the right, cofounder of Greenpeace in Canada in 1971, who now supports EFN)

This year our good friend Patrick Moore (Honorary Chairman of the Canadian branch of EFN,  EFN-CANADA) visited our ecological dream-house in Houilles (headquarters of EFN international) in the close suburbs of Paris. His venue, why he supports clean nuclear power, and his thoughts about EFN's ecological dream-house (designed and built by Bruno Comby) are described in an article (in French) published in the Courrier des Yvelines.

On this occasion we have taped a filmed interview of Patrick which is just fantastic, in which he shares with us his enthusiasm in favor of protecting the environment, and of course in favor of clean nuclear energy. His enthusiasm is still intact after more than 40 years of action to protect the environment. He tells us about his life as an ecologist, his childhood in the forests of British Columbia, the creation of Greenpeace international which he cofounded with a few friends in 1971 in Vancouver, how he organized and directed Greenpeace international and Greenpeace-Canada during 15 years, protecting baby seals with Brigitte Bardot, developping Greenpeace, sailing on the seven seas on the Rainbow Warrior until the day it was sunk by the French secret services in 1985 (he was onboard on the day the ship was sunk), taking this young organization from being a small not-for-profit initially incorporated with a few friends to transform it into the influential international organization known as Greenpeace today. He then quit with Greenpeace in the mid 1980's, and now strongly supports clean and safe nuclear energy.

This fascinating biographical interview of Patrick Moore was video-taped in Houilles recently. We will of course, present it on-line ASAP on EFN's web site. This interview shows how and why France is the example to be followed by the rest of the world to develop civilian nuclear energy.

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EFN was created in 1996 as an international organization in France, and now has incorporated branches active in various countries including Canada EFN-CANADA, the United States EFN-USA, Australia EFN-AUSTRALIA and several other countries.

Nuclear energy is deploying actively in numerous countries in response to the energy crisis, and also as a result of EFN's work of informing the public and politicians in key-countries about the benefits of clean nuclear energy since 16 years.

EFN NEEDS YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT : to inform the public, journalists and politicians about the many environmental benefits of nuclear energy, we need volunteers, donations, and useful contacts to create new branches in as many regions and countries as possible.

Please let us know if you (or friends or colleagues around you) are willing to take an active part.

All contributions are welcome : you can help with the secretariate, web site, translations, newsletters, press-communication, for recruiting new members, distributing leaflets in your local area, organizing events, participating in public hearings, giving lectures in the name of EFN or other responsibilities.

Whether you would like to be just an ordinary volunteer or a member of the Board of Directors, please contact us:
To take an active role in the development of EFN-USA, email : efn-usa[at]ecolo.org
To take an active role in the development of EFN-CANADA, email : efn-canada[at]ecolo.org
To take an active role in the development of EFN-AUSTRALIA, email : efn-australia[at]ecolo.org
To take an active role in the development of EFN-UK, email : efn[at]ecolo.org
To take an active role in the development of EFN-SOUTH AFRICA, email : efn-za[at]ecolo.org

We will be glad to welcome you in Houilles on December 8th, on the occasion of our 16th ANNUAL MEETING and for this unique presentation on peak oil by Jean LAHERRERE.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING CLEAN NUCLEAR ENERGY, HOPING TO SEE YOU SOON !

Yours sincerely, 

Bruno Comby. President of EFN Environmentalists For Nuclear Energy (International)

Berol ROBINSON President of EFN-USA Environmentalists For Nuclear Energy, Inc.

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