Stop Nuclear Subsidies in Climate Change Bill-Call Senators December 11-12.

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SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL DON'T NUKE THE CLIMATE CAMPAIGN!

DECEMBER 11-12 CALL-IN AND ACTION DAYS

November 23, 2009

Dear Friend of NIRS,

 

The behind-the-scenes maneuvering on the Senate climate bill is reaching a

fever pitch, especially the efforts to add tens--or even hundreds--of

billions of dollars in new taxpayer-backed support for the nuclear power

industry.

 

Sens. Kerry (D-MA), Graham (R-SC) and Lieberman (I-CT) are actively

shopping around potential benefits for the nuclear industry in a misguided

means

of garnering support for the climate bill. Sens. Webb (D-VA) and Alexander

(R-TN) released an absurd bill last week calling for $100 billion in new

taxpayer loan guarantees for new reactors, as well as billions more for

breeder reactors, small reactors, and reprocessing. Sens. Udall (D-CO),

Bingaman (D-NM) and Murkowski (R-AK) have introduced new legislation to

jumpstart

a 10-year program to develop new " small, modular " nuclear reactors.

 

The good news is that none of this is set in stone, none of it need be

enacted--there is still time for us all to act and stop the folly of wasting

our taxpayer dollars on dangerous and dirty nuclear reactors and direct our

resources to the safer, cleaner and cheaper energy technologies that will

power our future.

 

The December Copenhagen climate negotiations offer a terrific opportunity

to send a message that nuclear power is neither an effective nor acceptable

means of addressing the climate crisis. Our colleagues at WISE,

Greenpeace, Sortir du Nucleaire, Friends of the Earth, International Forum on

Globalization and others will be in Copenhagen with a strong Don't Nuke the

Climate message.

 

On Saturday, December 12, they've called for an international day of

action to support their efforts in Copenhagen. In solidarity, NIRS is calling

for National Don't Nuke the Climate Call-In and Action Days to take place on

December 11-12 across the US.

 

Here is what you can do:

 

*First: support the international movement by signing the Don't Nuke the

Climate statement prepared by the French organization Sortir du Nucleaire.

_You can do so (in English) here_

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individual signers are all welcome and encouraged. Note: take a few minutes to

look

around this website! You can also post a photo of yourself and join more

than 2600 others in the photo gallery, watch the great film Climate of Hope,

and more.

 

*Second, prepare now for the national call-in days. On December 11-12,

let's all call the Senate and tell every Senator loudly and clearly: no nukes

in the climate bill!

 

*Third, don't stop there! Make these call-in days and support actions for

Copenhagen special. Stage a small protest outside your Senators' district

offices: bring cellphones and ask people walking by to call their Senators

right there and then. Set up a meeting in a coffeeshop, student union, in

front of a food-co-op or other public gathering place, and ask everyone who

comes to call their senators. We call on every grassroots group to support

our colleagues in Copenhagen with demonstrations at local proposed reactor

sites, existing reactors, Federal Buildings or anywhere else you can think

of. Or make up your own action!

 

Help get the most people involved as possible, and the most people calling

in to the Senate as possible.

 

NIRS will help you organize in any way we can; for example, we can tell

other people in your area about your event. We also will be providing talking

points for phone calls, and for your outreach work and contacts with the

media in your area.

 

After Thanksgiving, we'll also be providing you a new letter to send to

your Senators, bringing the facts to them about the continuing dangers of

nuclear power, the daily radiation releases, the deficient designs, the

growing piles of lethal radioactive waste.... Sometimes it seems our

legislators

have forgotten that nuclear power presents risks to our health and

environment no sane society need accept. We will ask you to circulate that

letter

as widely as possible.

 

Finally, just like most small retail outlets, we receive nearly 50% of our

annual revenue during the holiday season from November through January.

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the outreach and actions necessary to change the tenor of debate in

Washington throughout 2010. We're up to the job, if we have the resources. But

we can't do it without you.

 

 

Thank you so much for all you do,

Michael Mariotte

Executive Director

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