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ISSUE UPDATE
December 4, 2007
As a follow-up to EESI's October 30 briefing, "Loan Guarantee Provisions in the 2007 Energy Bills: Does Nuclear Power Pose Significant Taxpayer Risk and Liability?", we wanted to make you aware of the following news articles and Op-Eds that discuss loan guarantees for the nuclear industry: Don't saddle taxpayers with nuclear bailouts Industry Could Get Guarantees under Sen. Domenici's Proposal By Jon Block November 30, 2007 (San Jose Mercury News) http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_7598141 Will Congress make taxpayers fund terror-target nuke reactors? By Harvey Wasserman November 29, 2007 http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/7/2007/1616 Hooked on Subsidies By Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren November 26, 2007 (Forbes) http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8792 Despite high energy prices, Democrats find energy legislation vexing Nov 28, 2007 (McClatchy Newspapers - McClatchy-Tribune News Service) http://news.tradingcharts.com/futures/6/5/101543556.html Industry Pushes Nuclear Loan Guarantees November 28, 2007 (Associated Press) http://www.fool.com/news/associated-press/2007/11/28/industry-pushes-nuc... Jurassic Park: Marketplace dinosaur seeks more public financing By Mark Haim November 20, 2007 http://showmenews.com/2007/Nov/20071120Comm008.asp Nuclear advocates try to clear obstacles By Jim Snyder November 08, 2007 (The Hill) http://thehill.com/business--lobby/nuclear-advocates-try-to-clear-obstac... No government subsidies for new nuclear plants By Bonnie Raitt and Harvey Wasserman November 7, 2007 (Baltimore Sun) www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.nonukes07nov07,0,1391528.s... U.S. to guarantee loans for nuclear plants By Alan Zibel October 5, 2007 (Associated Press) http://preview.contracostatimes.com/green/ci_7091695 Money Matters in Reactor Project Debate By Dan Morse September 5, 2007 (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/04/AR200709... Glow Job August 22, 2007 (Detroit: Metro Times) http://www.metrotimes.com/%5Ceditorial%5Cstory.asp?id=11421 Domenici Receives Assurances from Nussle on Loan Guarantees August 2, 2007 http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detai... Energy Bill Aids the Expansion Plans of Atomic Power Plants By Edmund L. Andrews and Matthew L. Wald July 31, 2007 (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/washington/31nuclear.html Whoops: an expensive, valuable history lesson By John A. Baden, Ph.D. and Eric H. Espenhorst April 12, 1995 (Seattle Times) http://www.free-eco.org/articleDisplay.php?id=274
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