In only five days (including Christmas!), 100+ renewable and safe energy organizations sign letter urging new Congress to shift energy funding from nuclear/fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency. December 27, 2006.

Congress passes energy bill. NIRS Alert. August 1, 2005.

Final Energy Bill Vote Could Occur Friday! NIRS Alert. July 28, 2005.

Letter from environmental groups to Congressional energy bill conferees urging no nuclear subsidies in energy bill. July 20, 2005

McCain May Add Nuke Subsidies to Climate Change Bill! Act Now to Prevent More Nuclear Pork and To Keep the Climate Bill Relevant! NIRS alert. May 18. 2005

House Passes Energy Bill! Time to take action in Senate! NIRS alert. April 22, 2005

The Energy Bill is Back! Contact Your Representative and Tell Him/Her You Oppose it! NIRS alert. April 15, 2005

NIRS fact sheet on budget-busting nuclear provisions in energy bill, February 9, 2004

"Thank and Spank" your Senators for their energy bill vote. NIRS Alert, November 24, 2003

Press Release, November 17, 2003: Energy Bill includes $7.5 Billion in tax incentives for new reactors

Analysis of energy bill's nuclear provisions, November 17, 2003, by Dan Hirsch

Misguided Senate Passes Misguided Energy Bill, 8/1/2003 (includes vote list)

Sample letter to the Senate, download (), add your name and address and return to NIRS, we'll deliver it to your Senators.

Comparison of House and Senate energy bills, from Public Citizen (takes you to Public Citizen website)

Power Politics: new Friends of the Earth publication linking Congress, campaign contributions and energy policy:
Volume 1 (July 15, 2003) looks at energy industry subsidies. This link takes you to FoE website
Letter from FoE, NIRS and others to Senate opposing tax breaks to polluting industries in Senate energy bill (7/25/03).

The Senate Energy Bill, S 14, is Expected to Return to the Senate Floor Call Your Senator Now! NIRS Alert, June 4, 2003

Wyden/Sununu effort to cut nuclear funding in S. 14 fails in Senate, 50-48. What to do now (Defeat the Energy Bill!) and vote list.
Background info on Wyden/Sununu amendment.

View NIRS' ad in the June 23, 2003 Nation opposing the energy bill.

Letter from 50+ national/grassroots organizations supporting Wyden/Sununu amendment.
Letter from national organizations supporting Wyden/Sununu amendment.
Letter from national organizations supporting Bingaman amendment.
(note: two last links will take you to Public Citizen website)

May 1, 2002-  S. 517 (Senate energy bill) Passes 88-11--We Can Still Win but We Must Keep Fighting. On Thursday, April 25 the Senate passed the Senate Energy “Reform” Bill (S 517) by a vote of 88-11, disregarding public wishes.

May 1, 2002- Updated Sample Op. Ed.- Nationalizing Nuclear Power is a Bad Idea!

April 8, 2002- S. 517 is Fatally Flawed-Provisions Threaten to Nationalize Nuclear Power!- An Overview of the Senate Energy Bill's Shortcomings

Alert and Update-New Senate Energy Bill - S. 517 - Includes Price-Anderson, Nuclear Subsidies Abound! March, 2002

March 18, 2002- S. 517 Packes With More Taxpayer Handouts to Nuclear Industry!

Sample letter to the editor on Price-Anderson. Sample letter to Congress. Basic Price-Anderson Fact Sheet

Price Anderson Act: The Billion Dollar Taxpayer Subsidy for Nuclear Power, (Public Citizen's Critical Mass, August 3, 2001)

 H.R. 4 (the SAFE Act of 2001) passes in the House. Click here and type HR 4 to read the whole bill (August 1, 2001)

Alert! House Passes Price-Anderson Act; Help Stop it in Senate!; July 12, 2001.

Four Congressional briefing summaries that offer a variety of solutions for the nation’s energy challenges that can be implemented in the short and long term (Environmental and Energy Study Institute, June 2001).

Senate Energy Bills seek more nukes! Article, from Jan/Feb Nuclear Monitor. Text of Murkowski bill (500+k, ), introduced February 26, 2001. Summary of bill (prepared by Senate Energy Committee).

Text of Domenici pro-nuclear bill (S. 472).