Ratepayers win victory in fight to recover money from failed SCE&G nuclear project

August 24, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 24 , 2021 240+ Organizations Sign Letter Opposing Subsidies for Nuclear Power in Infrastructure Bills WASHINGTON, D.C. // August 24, 2021// Over 240 organizations, including Friends of the Earth, Indigenous Environmental Network, Food & Water Watch, The League of Women Voters, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Public Citizen, Nuclear Information and Resource…

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July 26, 2021
For Immediate Release: July 26, 2021 MEDIA NOTE – NRC Licensing Decision Coming Soon Contacts: Karen Hadden, Executive Director, Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition, 512-797-8481 karendhadden@gmail.com Former State Rep. Lon Burnam, Public Citizen’s Texas Office, 817-721-5846, lonburnam@gmail.com The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) may complete a Safety Analysis and the Final Environmental Impact Statement…

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July 15, 2021
Economic Analysis Shows $10-50 Billion In Proposed Nuclear Subsidies Would Subvert Biden’s Infrastructure Plans; Best Investment for Jobs, Climate and the Economy is in Rapid Transition to Renewable Energy and Smart Electricity Grid, According to Expert WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report shows why the best infrastructure investment for U.S. jobs, the climate, and the economy is in a rapid transition to renewable energy…

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June 17, 2021
Janie Scott, Nuclear Harm Reduction and Climate Justice Manager, Georgia-WAND Tim Judson, Executive Director, NIRS This week we commemorate Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the struggle for Black liberation in the US. Yesterday, Congress and President Biden officially designated Juneteenth a federal holiday. It is so named for the date—June 19th, 1865—when word of their liberation…

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May 26, 2021
For Immediate Release: May 26, 2021 Contact: Tim Judson, NIRS 301-270-6477, timj@nirs.org Lukas Ross, Friends of the Earth (202) 222-0724, lross@foe.org Cardin backs $50 billion nuke bailout Production tax credit for merchant reactors would hurt electricity consumers and slow renewables WASHINGTON– Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) this morning filed a nuclear bailout amendment to the Clean Energy for America Act,…

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April 15, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 12 April 2021 Download at www.climatefalsesolutions.org Register for telepress conference featuring experts and book authors on 15 April at 2pm EDT here https://forms.gle/dVpDWmoXRWo6wzRBA NEW BOOK UNCOVERS CRITICAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY FLAWS AHEAD OF EARTH DAY At a time when governments are rolling out climate change policies around the world, activists…

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