The current Energy Bill could give unlimited authority to the Department of Energy (with no further congressional oversight) to award federal guarantees to commercial banks that finance both new nuclear and also coal to liquid construction projects. A broad alliance of groups have produced fact sheets that you can use for background in letters to the editor, calls to congress and educating your friends: Controversial Loan Guarantees in Current Energy Bill Why Wall Street Wants American Taxpayers to Finance Nuclear Power Foreign Companies to Benefit from U.S. Taxpayer Loan Guarantees Energy Bill Provisions Undermine Constitutional Safeguards on Taxpayer Purse Nuclear Power Loan Assistance Will Gobble Up Money For Innovative Technologies
