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Tell Congress: Heed the public and END the nuclear loan program
March 11, 2011
In light of the Japanese earthquake and ongoing concerns of a potentially catastrophic nuclear accident, it is more important than ever to take this action now. We hope you will. The letter to Congressmembers has been revised to reflect this new situation.
In this era of Congressional budget-slashing, with programs that actually benefit real people on the chopping block, we think it's time to go on the offensive:
Tell Congress not only must it oppose new taxpayer subsidies for new reactor construction, Congress must end the nuclear reactor loan program entirely! Send your letter below.
The good news is that the American people agree! According to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News public opinion poll, cutting subsidies for new reactors is the single most popular possible budget cut, with 57% finding such cuts either completely or mostly acceptable.
The existing Department of Energy loan "guarantee" program has $10.2 Billion in unspent money for new reactor construction and another $2 Billion for uranium enrichment plants. Why should Congress be cutting programs like Planned Parenthood, legal services for the poor, public broadcasting, college loans, and dozens of other programs when that money is sitting there and should never be used anyway?
That's why we're asking you--and everyone you know--to act now. The American people are with us, so we need the biggest possible outpouring and outreach right now. Please use the handy icons above to post this page on Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites and e-mail it to your lists, your friends, your colleagues.
Let's tell Congress now: no new taxpayer subsidies for nuclear reactors and cut all of the existing subsidies once and for all. We will not be the nuclear industry's bank. We won't accept massive budget cuts in programs that help people in order to lend our money to wealthy nuclear utilities and foreign reactor manufacturers.
Thank you for taking action, and helping spread the word. If you value the information we provide you and the actions we enable you to take, we hope you'll support us after you take action. We're on a shoestring budget during the best times, but we're getting dangerously low right now; your support really matters. And, really, if we weren't there to give you the information, where would you get it? Fox News?
Research shows that personalized e-mails are the most effective means of communicating with Congress (other than personally handing a large check to your Congressmember, of course). We encourage you to add your own thoughts to the sample letter. For example, bring up a specific program slated for cuts that cutting the nuclear loan program could help keep funded, or talk about a specific reactor project or nuclear problem in your region.
Note to our friends outside the U.S.: like all actions aimed at the U.S. Congress, you must have a U.S. address to participate.
Click here to vote:
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5848
Tell Congress: Heed the public and END the nuclear loan program
March 11, 2011
In light of the Japanese earthquake and ongoing concerns of a potentially catastrophic nuclear accident, it is more important than ever to take this action now. We hope you will. The letter to Congressmembers has been revised to reflect this new situation.
In this era of Congressional budget-slashing, with programs that actually benefit real people on the chopping block, we think it's time to go on the offensive:
Tell Congress not only must it oppose new taxpayer subsidies for new reactor construction, Congress must end the nuclear reactor loan program entirely! Send your letter below.
The good news is that the American people agree! According to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News public opinion poll, cutting subsidies for new reactors is the single most popular possible budget cut, with 57% finding such cuts either completely or mostly acceptable.
The existing Department of Energy loan "guarantee" program has $10.2 Billion in unspent money for new reactor construction and another $2 Billion for uranium enrichment plants. Why should Congress be cutting programs like Planned Parenthood, legal services for the poor, public broadcasting, college loans, and dozens of other programs when that money is sitting there and should never be used anyway?
That's why we're asking you--and everyone you know--to act now. The American people are with us, so we need the biggest possible outpouring and outreach right now. Please use the handy icons above to post this page on Facebook, Twitter and other networking sites and e-mail it to your lists, your friends, your colleagues.
Let's tell Congress now: no new taxpayer subsidies for nuclear reactors and cut all of the existing subsidies once and for all. We will not be the nuclear industry's bank. We won't accept massive budget cuts in programs that help people in order to lend our money to wealthy nuclear utilities and foreign reactor manufacturers.
Thank you for taking action, and helping spread the word. If you value the information we provide you and the actions we enable you to take, we hope you'll support us after you take action. We're on a shoestring budget during the best times, but we're getting dangerously low right now; your support really matters. And, really, if we weren't there to give you the information, where would you get it? Fox News?
Research shows that personalized e-mails are the most effective means of communicating with Congress (other than personally handing a large check to your Congressmember, of course). We encourage you to add your own thoughts to the sample letter. For example, bring up a specific program slated for cuts that cutting the nuclear loan program could help keep funded, or talk about a specific reactor project or nuclear problem in your region.
Note to our friends outside the U.S.: like all actions aimed at the U.S. Congress, you must have a U.S. address to participate.
Click here to vote:
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=5848
