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Written by Gerald Rudolph   
Friday, 07 December 2007

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.

 

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