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As the nation and the world struggles to reduce green house gas emissions in an effort to slow climate change, and to find alternatives to fossil fuel energy sources, nuclear power is back on the table as a viable energy option. In fact, just a few weeks ago, NRG Energy, a New Jersey company only recently emerged from bankruptcy, applied for a license to build two nuclear power plants in Bay City Texas, the first formal application for such a license in 30 years. However, nuclear power remains a dangerous and flawed solution. From the mining of uranium to storage of spent fuel, it creates an unacceptable chain of destruction and risk. After the tragedies of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, those risks were deemed unacceptable by the American public, activists have worked tirelessly to close the nation’s existing nuclear plants. Sadly, the allure of nuclear power could prevent the U.S. from heading down the path of energy efficiency and clean, renewable energy technologies that could power our future sustainably and peacefully.

This year, eligible nominees for the JBL Awards include safe energy advocates who are engaged in any aspect of anti-nuclear work: those who are organizing to halt nuclear energy production and to call attention to its abuses and dangers; those who are providing grassroots and/or indigenous communities and activists with the information and analysis they need to wage effective campaigns; and those who are reframing public perception of the issue.

Please submit your completed nomination forms
to jblawards(at)tides.org by Wednesday, November 21, 2007.

E-mail submissions are preferred, but submissions can also be sent to:

The Jane Bagley Lehman Awards for Public Advocacy
Tides Foundation
P.O. Box 29903
San Francisco, CA 94129-0903
Phone: (415) 561-6346    
Fax: (415) 561-6401

Self-nominations will not be accepted.