Nuclear Energy - Action Needed in the US

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This is an issue that directly affects the stability of medicinal herb and

aromatic crops (especially organic), not to mention food crops. In a larger

sense, radioactive waste is directly connected to myriad health issues in

addition to the contamination of crops, by contamination of groundwater,

rivers and streams.

 

It's time to make our most visible statement yet to stop some $50 Billion in

taxpayer loan guarantees for construction of new atomic reactors-loans that

even the Congressional Budget Office says will have a 50% failure rate.

This is a waste of our tax dollars that could be better spent on developing

alternative sources of clean energy for the future.

 

The industry wants these subsidies because after fifty years, atomic power

has been rejected by the marketplace. In fact, Wall Street will not

independently invest in more of them, and still no private insurance company

will underwrite the possibility of a major reactor disaster. This is not

surprising given the industry's dubious safety record, high economic costs

and overruns, and inability to solve the problem of radioactive waste

disposal.

 

Here's a good organization researching and providing information about the

dangers of Nuclear energy. http://www.nirs.org/

 

And here is the site where you can add your voice to protest the Energy bill

in Congress that will use your tax money to subsidize this dangerous

industry. Urge your Congressional representatives and Senators to fund

alternative energy for the future instead. http://www.nukefree.org/

 

 

Marcia Elston/Samara Botane/Nature Intelligence

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