VICTORY! YOU DID IT!

[irishbobcat]

VICTORY! YOU DID IT!

Late last night, we got word that the $50 Billion in taxpayer loan
guarantees for new nuclear reactors and "clean coal" plants has been
stripped from the final economic stimulus bill!

Your actions made a huge difference.


The final bill should be voted on in the House later today, and in
the Senate probably tomorrow. The final bill almost certainly will
pass, and there will be no amendments on this final bill, so the
taxpayer money for the dirty and dangerous nuclear/coal industry
will stay out of the bill.

Take a moment to celebrate today!

But make no mistake: the nuclear industry and its Congressional
backers will try again, and sooner rather than later. Two days ago,
for example, they began a new push to have nuclear power declared
a "renewable" energy source in Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff
Bingaman's (D-NM) upcoming Renewable Portfolio Standard bill, which
is intended to increase renewable energy production in the U.S.
(although first indications are that the bill is much weaker than it
should be). This is likely to become a major issue in March.

And there will be new efforts to set up a federal "clean energy
bank" to finance nuclear reactors with taxpayer dollars in the
coming weeks and months.

In other words, we'll have to stay vigilant and active, and continue
growing this movement if we are to attain the safe, clean, nuclear-
free, carbon-free energy future our nation and planet needs.



And from all of us at NIRS: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!!!

Michael Mariotte

Executive Director

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

nirsnet@...

www.nirs.org