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 A catastrophe like Chernobyl could happen here. It's the radioactive core of the second biggest lie in US industrial history.

The atomic pushers say such a disaster is “impossible” at a US reactor. But Chernobyl's explosion spewed radiation all over the world. And Sunday’s tragic 23rd anniversary reminds us that any reactor on this planet can kill innumerable people anywhere, at any time, by terror, error and more.

It further clarifies why yet another grab at billions of taxpayer dollars for new reactor construction must be stopped NOW!

The BIGGEST lie in US industrial history is that “nobody died at Three Mile Island.” Just before last month’s thirtieth anniversary of the central Pennsylvania melt down, critical new evidence was completely ignored by the corporate media.

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Friends of the Earth

“The question is not whether climate change is happening or not but whether, in the face of this emergency, we ourselves can change fast enough.”

--Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, November 2006

There is a clear scientific consensus that we must halve global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050 or suffer changes to the global climate with catastrophic consequences. Avoiding the most severe impacts of climate change requires governments, individuals and businesses world-wide to take immediate action.

Some US $7 trillion are projected to be invested in new electricity generation capacity between now and 2030.2 The energy investment decisions taken today will determine whether or not the world achieves the necessary CO2 emission cuts in time.

The nuclear industry, which has been in decline in the US and Europe, has seized upon the climate crisis as a revival opportunity, claiming to offer a carbon-free contribution to our future energy mix.

Nuclear power is an expensive and dangerous distraction from the real solutions to climate change. Greenhouse gas reduction targets can only be met through using the proven alternatives of renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency. Every dollar spent on nuclear power is a dollar stolen from the real solutions to climate change.

The following document is a briefing by Greenpeace on how nuclear power has been undermining action on climate change.

2007 Briefing on Nuclear Power

Supporters of taxpayer subsidies of new nuclear power through almost unlimited loan guarantees, failed to get the bailout of nuclear power into the U.S. House of Representatives' Energy Bill. It was passed without the subsidies. Now Pete Domenici (R-NM) is trying to include $25 billion of taxpayer loan guarantees into the 2008 appropriations bill.

Please call your Congressmembers, even if you have done so before, and tell them not to accept any federal loan guarantees for nuclear power for FY 2008. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121. Your calls and actions have played the pivotal role in stopping the loan guarantees in the energy bill—but now we all need to act again.

The Energy Bill Passed the U.S. House of Representatives without the Bailout of Nuclear Power. The battle to stop taxpayer loan guarantees of new nuclear power is now in the Senate. Please urge your senators to vote for an energy bill that instead of loan guarantees for nuclear power, includes a requirement that at least 15 percent of the electricity generated in this country comes from renewable energy and that the fuel economy standard for cars and light trucks must be increased to 35 miles per gallon by 2020. Our senators oppose the bill that supports renewable energy instead of nuclear power. Call Senators DeMint and Graham at 202-224-3121 and tell them that an energy bill with nuclear loan guarantees is unacceptable! You might also want to indicate your support for renewable energy!