Dear Friend,
Do you live near a nuclear power plant? You may not today, but if the nuclear power industry has their way, a lot more of us could have those radioactive smokestacks as neighbors.
Please join musicians Jackson Browne, Graham Nash, Bonnie Raitt as well as a growing list of concerned citizens in signing a petition to Congress that will stop a pending bailout of the nuclear power industry.
Earmarked in the Congressional Appropriations Bill passed at the end of 2007 were some $18.5 billion in loan guarantees for backers of new nuclear reactors. We also face the possibility that still more guarantees and subsidies will be proposed in additional Congressional legislation.
Besides the fact that reactors are vulnerable to terrorist attacks, human error in operation, and earthquakes, there is also no solution to the problem of safely storing or transporting nuclear waste. Why would we want more nuclear power facilities built if the safety of those already in operation is in question?
Tell Congress that nuclear power is not a “clean alternative” and has no place in a nation that must expand the role of truly safe and reliable renewable energy from wind, solar, bio-fuels, geothermal and other green technologies if we are to survive and thrive.
Please sign this petition and call your Senators and Congresspersons and urge them to "REMOVE ALL NUCLEAR INDUSTRY LOAN GUARANTEES AND SUBSIDIES FROM ALL CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS AND LEGISLATION."
Thank you for taking action, please forward to your friends and ask them to do the same. Together we can make a difference, but time is of the essence!
~ No Nukes
