Spending Bill Includes $24 Billion Loan Guarantees for Nuclear Industry

Democracy Now by Harvey Wasserman, Amy Goodman | Dec. 17, 2007 (News Report)

The House is set to vote Tuesday on the $500 billion 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. Hidden in the bill is a major energy package that would boost government financing for the nuclear industry. It would provide loan guarantees of up to $25 billion for new nuclear reactors. We speak with Harvey Wasserman, editor of nukefree.org. Full Story »

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by Al Espenschied - Oct. 1, 2008

Too bad there isn't time to really source this story and provide a bit more depth since its only a current news interview. It does give some background into back room manipulations from lobbyists - a short history of energy lobbying would have been helpful. However, I'm very interested in what is keeping us from moving forward on energy., and this story provides a much needed start. We need more news orgs to deal with this topic.