Call in for Carbon Free, Nuclear Free!

Dozens of people from around the state joined us in Madison, for Carbon Free, Nuclear Free Wisconsin lobby day on Tuesday, Feb 23!  Photos here.

The next few weeks are crucial to our campaign. Please take five minutes to call your state Senator and Representative today, with the message below.

You can look up your legislators and their direct office 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.

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Make two calls today!

Our message to legislators is simple: nuclear reactors don't make "clean" energy, they make radioactive nuclear waste. The "Clean Energy" Jobs Act should not contain pro-nuclear provisions that put Wisconsin communities at risk!

Please call your state legislators and ask them two questions:

• Will you support removing the nuclear provisions from the Clean Energy Jobs Act, leaving the state's current safeguards on new nuclear reactors intact?
• If not, will you support adding language to the bill, to ensure that Wisconsin communities are protected from the dangers of radioactive nuclear waste?

In consultation with energy and policy experts, we developed the following language:

"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."

While we believe the nuclear provisions should be removed from the bill, the next best solution is to add new safety conditions to protect Wisconsin communities. If your legislator won't support removing the nuclear provisions, please share this language with them and urge them to add it to the Clean Energy Jobs Act.

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.

Thanks for all that you do, to ensure that Wisconsin's energy future is truly green and clean!  farsettad@gmail.com  608-250-9240