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Thank
you for standing with us and raising your voice
to demand that leaders in Washington take action
towards a just transition to a 100% renewable
energy future—carbon-free
and nuclear-free. We know we’ve been
asking a lot of you and we wanted to give you a
status update on how far we’ve come in demanding
real climate action instead of the false
promises of nuclear power that only enrich
corrupt corporations while leaving frontline
communities behind.
If
you’ve been following all of the news, know
this: the reason the huge spending bills
haven’t passed is that environmental and climate
justice activists are turning the tide.
We have prevented corporations and the
forces of compromise and obstruction from
throwing away our best chance for a
nuclear-free, carbon-free energy future—and
we are winning the debate!
When
the White House first announced in March that it
wanted its Build Back Better agenda to include a
massive “clean energy” tax credit for dirty,
dangerous, old nuclear power plants, we knew we
had to act. We knew a national nuclear
bailout would be a major mistake and
would block renewable energy and
divert billions of dollars from real
climate solutions, ultimately deepening the
climate crisis.
You
showed up, took action, and joined a groundswell
of grassroots activists to demand better.
Together,
we’ve sent 105,000 messages to President Biden
and Congress, including all 100 Senators and 413
members (95%) of the House. You’ve also joined
us in protests at Congressional offices and
Capitol Hill, including last week’s historic
People vs. Fossil Fuels week of action, in which
a total of 655 people were arrested in acts of
civil disobedience, demanding that President
Biden uphold his commitments to climate action
and environmental justice.
Together,
we have accomplished so much. And the good news
is that we’ve been winning! Over the last six
months, the nuclear bailout proposal has been
cut back from as much as $200 billion to about
$35 billion.
Now,
we have to get it cut completely.
It
has never been a more important time for you to
tell your elected leaders to cut wasteful,
corrupt nuclear bailouts in the Build Back
Better Act.
Stick
with us as we continue to mobilize grassroots
voices to protect our future and demand a just
transition to a clean, renewable energy
future.
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