A Simple Statement On Nuclear Power and Climate Change - NIRS
We're getting a little tired hearing nuclear industry lobbyists and pro-nuclear politicians allege that environmentalists are now supporting nuclear power as a means of addressing the climate crisis. We know that's not true, and we're sure you do too. In fact, using nuclear power would be counterproductive at reducing carbon emissions. As Amory Lovins of Rocky Mountain Institute points out, "every dollar invested in nuclear expansion will worsen climate change by buying less solution per dollar...
More than 11,000 people already have signed the NIRS statement on nuclear power and climate. It's endorsed by 675 organizations so far, from 48 states and Washington, DC and from every corner of the globe. NIRS is going to take this list of organizations and hand-deliver it to every Senator at the end of September, along with the thousands of postcards they've been collecting. And they want the list to be as complete as possible.
The statement itself is simple but in the context of the upcoming climate bill in the Senate, hard-hitting: "We do not support construction of new nuclear reactors as a means of addressing the climate crisis. Available renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies are faster, cheaper, safer and cleaner strategies for reducing greenhouse emissions than nuclear power."
If you have not signed this petition, please do so now, and send invitations to your friends to sign it as well. Nuclear power is not renewable energy, nor is it clean. This greenwashing needs to stop, and only you can stop the movement toward this expensive and counterproductive measure to develop more nuclear power plants.
