Tell Black nukes aren't green!

We're hearing that the pro-nuclear provisions in the Clean Energy Jobs Act (Senate Bill 450 / Assembly Bill 649) are still in flux, but that's not going to be true for long.

Can you take action today?

You can make a difference with just three calls -- to your state Senator, Representative and Rep. Spencer Black.

Even if he's not your legislator, Rep. Black needs to hear from you.

Rep. Black co-chairs the Assembly committee on the climate bill and is an environmentalist, yet somehow thinks the bill's pro-nuclear provisions aren't a big deal.

You can reach Rep. Black's office at 608-266-7521. Please tell him -- and your legislators -- that you want the state's current safeguards on new nuclear reactors to be kept intact! That means removing the pro-nuclear provisions from the Clean Energy Jobs Act.

You can look up your legislators and their direct numbers online, here. Or, if you already know your legislators' names, you can call the Capitol switchboard at 1-800-362-9472 and ask to be connected with their offices.

If legislators won't support removing the nuclear provisions, please ask if they will support adding the following language to the bill, to ensure that Wisconsin communities are at least protected from the dangers of radioactive nuclear waste:

Spent fuel, when moved from storage pools, will be stored in facilities that are sufficiently secure that foreseeable terrorist attacks would not cause severe economic disruption and casualties outside the perimeter of the nuclear power plant.

We're up against the utilities and nuclear industry, so we need lots of organized citizens to counter their lobbyists.

Thank you for taking action!

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Wisconsin law has placed important safeguards on nuclear reactors for decades. The Clean Energy Jobs Act would weaken these safeguards, completely removing the most important one: that no new reactors can be built in Wisconsin until there is a federal repository for the high-level radioactive waste. Removing that would leave communities across the state vulnerable to radioactive waste stockpiles.

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