New Nuke Plants Can Be Stopped

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From: "RootsAction, David Swanson" <info@rootsaction.org>
Date: Apr 10, 2012 9:14 AM
Subject: New Nuke Plants Can Be Stopped
To: <aquarianm@gmail.com>

Let's Stop New Nukes and End U.S. Nuclear Power Share this action on Facebook Share this action on Twitter Dear Daniel, Nuclear power plants barely re-produce the energy required to create and run them, yet they burden us with horrible risks. Nuclear plants don't have public support and they can't make it in the "free market" because nobody other than the government (meaning, we the taxpayers) will guarantee loans or subsidize their insurance. Help stop the only two new nuclear plants in line for construction. Georgia's double-reactor Vogtle project has been sold thanks to federal loan guarantees. Even though President Obama wants to lavish $8.33 billion in financing on Southern Company, the company is balking at the terms imposed by the White House Office of Management and Budget. So are Georgia ratepayers, already facing higher payments that Southern Company gets to keep whether or not it ever builds anything. This is corporate welfare at its worst. Tell the Office of Management and Budget not to lower its standards, and in fact to raise them. Let's make this the last time new, taxpayer-subsidized nuclear construction is considered in this country! Please forward this email widely to like-minded friends. Onward, David, Aimee, Sarah and the RootsAction Team PS: Our small staff is supported by contributions from people like you; your donations are greatly appreciated. PPS: RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, and many others. Resources: Harvey Wasserman: America's Two New Nukes Are on the Brink of Death Gar Smith: Nuclear Roulette, The Case Against a Nuclear Renaissance (PDF) Click here to unsubscribe and stop ALL email from RootsAction. To modify your email communication preferences or update your personal profile, visit your subscription management page at: http://hq-salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/profile/