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<p style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-size: large;"><b>SENS. KERRY AND GRAHAM JOIN FORCES TO
PROMOTE MORE NUKES, OIL AND COAL IN CLIMATE BILL</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-size: large;"><b><u>YOUR ACTIONS ARE VITAL</u></b></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-size: large;"><b>E-MAIL/FAX NOW; CALL-IN THIS THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 15</b></span></p>
<p>October 12, 2009</p>
<p>The New York Times yesterday published a
remarkable joint op-ed from Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Lindsay
Graham (R-SC). Remarkable not because Graham became the first
Republican to sign on to a climate bill, but because of the enormous
price Kerry paid for that support.</p>
<p><b>Their op-ed calls for vastly increased support
not only for new nuclear reactors but also coal and oil as well. </b>Indeed,
their proposal reads like nothing more than a wish list from the dirty
energy industry. If adopted, their proposal would make the climate bill
one in name only, and instead would provide a dirty energy bonanza that
would rival the worst excesses of the Bush administration.</p>
<p><b>We all must act now.</b></p>
<p>If you haven't yet sent an e-mail and/or fax to
your Senators in the past week (and most of you haven't!!!), <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DBnMKMtzGw7DOyxow0A2vLDsyCFy6s0V">please
do so now</a>.</p>
<p>And please prepare for National Don't Nuke the
Climate Call-In Day, this Thursday, October 15. By the way, a new
support group for the Call-In Day has just formed on the <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=mEkgDUb0CCfO4OxgvzyElbDsyCFy6s0V">GrassrootsNucleus
networking site</a>. We hope you'll use it.</p>
<p>Don't be shy about contacting your Senators!
Whether you've written them once this year or ten times, do so again.
Remember: nuclear and utility lobbyists are contacting your Senators<b>
<u>every</u> <u>single</u> <u>day</u>.</b></p>
<p>We in Washington don't have the resources to match
the industry's lobbying effort. <u>You</u> are the most important
lobbyists! <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Tvrper1vlwIV3k4GiDtsmbDsyCFy6s0V">So
please make sure your voice is heard.</a></p>
<p>Here is a brief excerpt from the Kerry/Graham
op-ed: <span style="font-style: italic;">"</span><i>Nuclear power
needs to be a core component of electricity generation if we are to
meet our emission reduction targets. We need to jettison cumbersome
regulations that have stalled the construction of nuclear plants in
favor of a streamlined permit system that maintains vigorous safeguards
while allowing utilities to secure financing for more plants."</i></p>
<p>You can read the entire op-ed <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=btdrz5hy0zXjXzAf%2B4FW%2FrDsyCFy6s0V">here</a>.</p>
<p>Note that the permit system has been repeatedly
streamlined over the past two decades, and even NRC chairman Greg
Jazcko admits the slow pace of NRC review of license applications is
due to the poor quality of applications and their reliance on
unapproved reactor designs. The only further streamlining would be an
end to public participation entirely!</p>
<p><b>Again, take action today. </b><a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BbvDlHGHVdilxHK14d%2B7GlNMBNs%2BpCtA"><b>Send
an e-mail and/or fax to your Senators now.</b></a> We'll pay for the
faxes, but if you can help with that, even better. <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uHIxx4qD6mBJQsvxxeoNarDsyCFy6s0V">You
can do so here, with our grateful appreciation</a>.</p>
<p>And make sure your friends and colleagues,
children and parents, co-workers and congregations, all have the
opportunity to make their voices heard too. Forward this Alert, or just
forward this url: <a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oRYyK0oZCvYxUGxfRRc1nbDsyCFy6s0V">http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5502/t/5846/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=2137</a>,
so everyone can take action.</p>
<p>It will take all of us, reaching out as far and
wide as we can, raising our voices as loudly and effectively as we can,
to beat back this effort to nuke the climate bill.</p>
<p>Thanks for all you do,</p>
<p>Michael Mariotte</p>
<p>Executive Director</p>
<p>Nuclear Information and Resource Service</p>
<p><a
href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=b%2FSizadPCuHshjZdxyMhuLDsyCFy6s0V">www.nirs.org</a></p>
<p><a href="mailto:nirsnet@nirs.org">nirsnet@nirs.org</a></p>
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