[Sustain] [SFGP-A] Pelosi goes nuclear; Pelosi's in HP 4/14

Tue Apr 10 13:31:51 PDT 2007

Pelosi will be w Gavin Newsom April 14th: Invited special guest, T-Third line grand opening celebration, Bayview Hunter's Point, San Francisco, California
http://www.pelosiwatch.org/article.php?id=2930 
This might be a place to launch a presence with a few signs; it is after all "Step It Up" Day http://stepitup2007.org/ and http://www.nowarnowarming.org/

They could say: Nancy Nuclear Power is not Clean Energy
Solar, Wind & Tidal Power Not Nuclear
Nancy Take Nuclear Power off the Table
etc.

Jim

Ann Garrison <anniegarrison at mac.com> wrote: Re Al Gore, and the revival of the nuclear power industry, which I  
personally believe to be the main thing the Kyoto Protocol has  
accomplished, besides the rise of mighty Nuclear Japan, which nobody  
talks about, see Counterpunch:  "How Global Warming And Al Gore May  
Rescue the Nuclear Power Industry":

http://www.counterpunch.org/nukes.html

On Apr 10, 2007, at 12:15 PM, nancy lewis wrote:

> Dear Jim,
>
>    I too read the article that all of the front
> runners, Give them Hell Hilary, Senator Obama and John
> Edwards and Speaker Pelosi, supports Nuclear Power
> plants as a way forward here, to help solve our energy
> crisis. This is the height of hypocrisy for these
> individuals who will not take any options of the table
> with regard to Iran and its generation of power from
> nuclear power plants to then turn around and want more
> nuclear power plants here.  Nuclear power isn't
> "Green" technology.  The Sierra club locally and our
> local peace groups need to get involved and visit
> Speaker Pelosi on this latest issue.  B. Boxer isn't
> endorsing this and I'm not sure what A. Gore is
> saying.
>
>     One of the many reasons I remain a Green is this
> issue.  Nuclear power isn't a solution to the energy
> crisis anymore than continuing the occupation of Iraq
> will provide security to the Middle east by the US.
> Greens need to be educating the public locally about
> this extremely deadly, dangerous idea.
> Nancy Lewis
> lcuretiam2000 at yahoo.com
>
> --- Jim Dorenkott  wrote:
>
>> Thanks for posting this. The pro-nuclear power
>> people are pushing hard. There is legislation in the
>> CA hopper to eliminate the 30+ year old ban on new
>> nuclear power plants. KGO talk host Dr. Bill
>> Wattenburg was ranting and organizing on behalf of
>> it Sunday night. Too many callers agreed with him. I
>> don't hear the correlative on our progressive
>> airwaves.
>>
>> We need an overarching coalition or network of
>> organizations who can begin responding. Locally here
>> we should form a working group or sub-working group
>> to connect with Sierra Club and other anti-nuclear
>> power forces to coalesce. Part of their strategy
>> should be visible visits to Pelosi's office to let
>> her know how out of step she is with her
>> constitutency on this.
>>
>> I think we need to respond quickly to this.
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> pamndave at speakeasy.net wrote: Just in case you were
>> wavering in your views of Nancy Pelosi:
>>
>> Now nuclear power is "on the table."  Of course,
>> impeaching our war crimal president is "off the
>> table."
>>
>> (From the CommonDreams.org website)
>> Published on Monday, April 9, 2007 by Los Angeles
>> Times
>> Pelosi, Clinton, Obama Favor More Nuclear Plants
>> by Richard Simon
>>
>> WASHINGTON - The renewed push for legislation to cut
>> greenhouse gas emissions could falter over an old
>> debate: whether nuclear power should play a role in
>> any federal attack on climate change.Congress, with
>> added impetus from a Supreme Court ruling last week,
>> appears more likely to pass comprehensive energy
>> legislation. But nuclear power sharply divides
>> lawmakers who agree on mandatory caps on carbon
>> dioxide emissions. And it has pitted some on Capitol
>> Hill against their usual allies, environmentalists,
>> who largely oppose any expansion of nuclear power.
>>
>> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Barbara Boxer -
>> Bay Area Democrats with similar political views -
>> are on opposite sides.
>>
>> Pelosi used to be an ardent foe of nuclear power but
>> now holds a different view. ?I think it has to be on
>> the table,? she said.
>>
>> Boxer, head of the Senate committee that will take
>> the lead in writing global warming legislation, said
>> that turning from fossil fuels to nuclear power was
>> ?trading one problem for another.?
>>
>> Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Barack Obama (D-Ill.)
>> and Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) - all
>> presidential candidates - support legislation that
>> would cap greenhouse gas emissions and provide
>> incentives to power companies to build more nuclear
>> plants.
>>
>> Opponents of nuclear power say that because a
>> terrorist attack on a plant could be catastrophic,
>> it makes no sense to build more potential targets.
>> And radioactive waste still has no permanent burial
>> site, they say, despite officials? three decades of
>> trying to find one.
>>
>> But attitudes toward nuclear power may be shifting
>> as a consensus emerges that greenhouse gases are
>> causing the world to heat up.
>>
>> The Supreme Court added its voice, criticizing the
>> Bush administration for not acting to control
>> greenhouse gases.
>>
>> Max Schulz, a former Energy Department staff member
>> who is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a
>> conservative think tank, said the ruling could help
>> ?spur the revival of nuclear power.?
>>
>> And congressional Democratic leaders have made
>> passage of global warming legislation a priority.
>>
>> ?I?ve never been a fan of nuclear energy,? said Sen.
>> Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who has called it
>> expensive and risky. ?But reducing emissions from
>> the electricity sector presents a major challenge.
>> And if we can be assured that new technologies help
>> to produce nuclear energy safely and cleanly, then I
>> think we have to take a look at it.?
>>
>> The public?s attitude toward nuclear power is more
>> favorable when such energy is seen as part of an
>> effort to fight climate change. Polls over the years
>> have shown that a slim majority backs nuclear power,
>> but a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey last summer
>> found that a larger majority, 61%, supported the
>> increased use of nuclear energy ?to prevent global
>> warming.?
>>
>> Legislation introduced recently in California seeks
>> to repeal a 1976 ban on new nuclear plants in the
>> state.
>>
>> ?There?s no question that the attention to climate
>> change over the last several years has materially
>> changed the public discussion of nuclear power,?
>> said Jason Grumet, executive director of the
>> National Commission on Energy Policy, a bipartisan
>> group of energy experts. Given the threat of global
>> warming, he said, ?it?s hard to ignore the principal
>> source of noncarbon power generation in the country
>> today.?
>>
>> One environmental group has tried to keep an open
>> mind. ?We don?t think any options should be taken
>> off the table when dealing with global warming,?
>> said Environmental Defense spokesman Charlie Miller.
>>
>> The nuclear power industry in the U.S. has been at a
>> virtual standstill because of high construction
>> costs, regulatory uncertainties and public
>> apprehension after a 1979 accident at Pennsylvania?s
>> Three Mile Island.
>>
>> A number of plants ordered before the accident went
>> into operation. But many more were canceled after
>> one of the Three Mile Island reactors suffered a
>> partial meltdown and small amounts of radiation were
>> released into the atmosphere.
>>
>> Reviving the industry has been a priority for
>> President Bush, who sees nuclear power as crucial to
>> meeting a growing demand for electricity.
>>
>> The Nuclear Regulatory Commission expects to receive
>> applications for about two dozen new plants in the
>> next few years - in part because of provisions in a
>> 2005 energy bill designed to promote nuclear power.
>>
>> Currently, 103 nuclear plants - including Diablo
>> Canyon near San Luis Obispo and San Onofre in
>> northern San Diego County - generate about 20% of
>> the nation?s electricity.
>>
>> The amount of congressional support for nuclear
>> power is unclear.
>>
>> When McCain and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) added
>> subsidies for nuclear power to their 2005 bill to
>> cut greenhouse gas emissions, they lost support from
>> environmentalists and votes in Congress, including
>> Boxer?s.
>>
>> McCain said he had no idea whether he would be more
>> successful this time. But he said there was ?no way
>> that you could ever seriously attack the issue of
>> greenhouse gas emissions without nuclear power, and
>> anybody who tells you differently is not telling the
>> truth.?
>>
>> On Capitol Hill last month, former Vice President Al
>> Gore, who has become a leading advocate for swift
>> action on climate change, said he saw nuclear plants
>> as a ?small part? of the strategy.
>>
>> ?They?re so expensive, and they take so long to
>> build, and at present they only come in one size:
>> extra large,? he said.
>>
>> ?And people don?t want to make that kind of
>> investment in an uncertain market for energy
>> demand.?
>>
>> The McCain-Lieberman bill, which seeks to reduce
>> greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to a third of 2000
>> levels, would provide federal loans or guarantees to
>> subsidize as many as three advanced reactor
>> projects.
>>
>> The U.S. Public Interest Research Group and Public
>> Citizen said the bill would authorize more than $3.7
>> billion in subsidies for new nuclear plants.
>>
>> Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.), a cosponsor of the
>> McCain-Lieberman legislation, thinks support for
>> nuclear power could bring more votes.
>>
>> ?Three or four years ago, if you included nuclear,
>> you lost more than you gained,? he said. ?Today ?
>> you pick up more than you lose.?
>>
>> But nuclear power faces huge political and economic
>> obstacles.
>>
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