48 Groups Refute US President's Claim That Nuclear Energy Is " A Renewable Source of Energy"
by SEC staffer
In a short letter sent today to the White House, nearly 50 environmental, business, anti-nuclear, sustainable energy, and energy policy organizations disputed a recent statement by President Bush that nuclear power is a "renewable source of energy." The groups said simply that nuclear power, and "for that matter, oil, coal, and natural gas," are not renewable sources of energy but instead are "environmentally polluting and non-renewable." They added that the primary forms of renewable energy are "biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind." The full text of the letter and list of signing organizations follows. January 26, 2005 President George W. Bush Dear Mr. President: In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, you were quoted as saying that nuclear power "is a renewable source of energy." Please be advised that nuclear power is not a renewable source of energy. For that matter, oil, coal, and natural gas are also not renewable sources of energy. Nuclear power and fossil fuels are environmentally polluting and non-renewable sources of energy. The primary renewable sources of energy are biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind. Sincerely, 3EStrategies Alliance for Affordable Energy Arizona Solar Center, Inc. Arizona Solar Energy Association Bob Lawrence & Associations Burlington Electric Department Chesapeake Climate Action Network Citizen Power Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin Clean Air Council Colorado Energy Group Colorado Renewable Energy Society Donald Aitken Associates EORenew (Eastern Oregon Renewable Energies Non-profit) (Jennifer Barker) info@solwest.org Eco Living Fellowship, Inc. Energy Innovation Environmental Resources Trust Friends of the Earth Global Green U.S.A. Global Possibilities Greenpeace Hawaii Solar Energy Association (HSEA) Local Government Commission Local 103 I.B.E.W. Maine Solar Energy Association Mainstay Energy MD-DC-VA Solar Energy Industries Association Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships Northwest Energy Coalition Nuclear Information & Resource Service Quality Solar Redwood Alliance Renewable Energy Long Island (RELI) RENEW Wisconsin San Luis Sustainability Group Architects Solar Energy International (SEI) The Stella Group, Ltd. SustainableBusiness.com, Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition (Karen Hadden, Executive Director) karen@seedcoalition.org Vermont Energy Investment Corporation Voices Opposed To Environmental Racism The Vote Solar Initiative Windustry Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation Wisconsin Green Building Alliance Women in Sustainable Energy (WISE) Editorial NotesThe SECs claim that ""biofuels, biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, and wind" are renewable is questionable, of course hinging upon their definition of 'renewable'. Original article available here |
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