• Nuclear power is not sustainable and is not the solution to global climate change; energy efficiency and sustainable energy are.
• Any further subsidy to the nuclear industry will damage our efforts to address global climate change with more efficient and environmentally friendly technologies like renewable energy and energy efficiency.
• Nuclear power must be explicitly excluded from the CDM (clean development mechanism) of the Kyoto international climate agreement and given no credits

• Circulate and sign the WISE/NIRS petition if you haven’t done so. (deadline: October 31, 2000) Petition is on NIRS web site: www.nirs.org or call us for copies.
• Write an op-ed to a local paper. Sample op-ed available on NIRS web site
• NIRS will be releasing our sign-on letter October 5, so please sign it. Contact Cindy at NIRS, 202-328-0002 if you need a copy

The nuclear power industry is trying to gain access to yet another subsidy and the U.S. is poised to support them in upcoming international negotiations. By falsely claiming that nuclear power is needed to address global climate change, the industry hopes to construct and operate new reactors all over the world. The industry wants to use a pollution trading credit scheme in the current Kyoto climate change agreement to offset nuclear energy’s oppressive construction costs. A climate change meeting, called Conference of the Parties (COP) 6, will be held Nov. 13-24, in The Hague, Netherlands. During this meeting, a decision could be made to include nuclear power in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Climate Agreement—something we must not allow to happen. Unfortunately, the Clinton/Gore Administration is not only willing to include nuclear power, but to allow it equal status and credits with renewable energy. Including nuclear in the CDM would bring new money and legitimacy to an industry that has proven itself unworthy and we could see a world-wide resurgence of nuclear power at the expense of sustainable alternatives.