Dear Friends - Please note that the Vermont Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Energy Partnership are members of Patrick Moore's phony clean energy group, which is entirely funded by the Nuclear Energy Institute. See below for full expose. The Vermont Energy Partnership is a front group of VY nuclear supporters spreading the NEI SPIN and pro nuclear dogma.Expose of Patrick Moore’s group:
Clean and Safe Energy Coalition
From SourceWatch (Project Center for Media & Democracy) December 22, 2006 update
The Clean and Safe Energy Coaltion is a public relations campaign for new reactors launched April 24, 2006, funded by the trade association, the Nuclear Energy Institute, and headed by former Bush Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Christine Todd Whitman and Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore, who left that group in 1986. [1]
Contents
Mission Statement
According to the group's website, "The Clean and Safe Energy Coalition (CASEnergy Coalition) supports the increased use of nuclear energy to ensure an environmentally clean, safe, affordable and reliable supply of electricity. Nuclear power enhances America's energy security and economic growth, helps attain cleaner air and improves the quality of life, health and economic well-being for all Americans." [2]
Members
Organizations
As of May 5, the website listed the following organizations as members [3]:
According to the group's website, "The Clean and Safe Energy Coalition (CASEnergy Coalition) supports the increased use of nuclear energy to ensure an environmentally clean, safe, affordable and reliable supply of electricity. Nuclear power enhances America's energy security and economic growth, helps attain cleaner air and improves the quality of life, health and economic well-being for all Americans." [2]
Members
Organizations
As of May 5, the website listed the following organizations as members [3]:
- ABB [4]
- AFL-CIO, Building & Construction Trades Department
- African American Environmentalist Association
- Alliance for Sound Nuclear Policy
- AmerenUE
- American Boiler Manufacturers Association
- American Energy Independence
- American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance
- American Iron and Steel Institute
- American Nuclear Insurers
- AREVA, Inc.
- Associated Equipment Distributors
- B&D Consulting
- Bechtel Power Corporation
- Blackledge Furniture
- CMS Energy
- Conference of Minority Transportation Officials
- Constellation Energy
- Consumers First, Inc.
- ConverDyn
- Cornell University
- Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.
- Dominion
- DTE Energy
- Duke Power Company
- Edison Electric Institute
- Electric Consumers' Alliance
- Entergy Corporation
- Exelon Corporation
- FirstEnergy Corp.
- Florida Power & Light
- GE Energy
- General Atomics
- Greenspirit Strategies Ltd.
- H.O.P.I. Consulting
- Illinois Energy Association
- International Access Corporation
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- International Paper
- iNuclear
- Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Maracor Software & Engineering, Inc.
- NAC International
- National Association of Manufacturers
- National Enrichment Facility
- New England Energy Alliance
- North American Young Generation in Nuclear
- North Carolina State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering
- Nuclear Energy Institute
- Nuclear is Our Future
- The Outlaw Group
- PG&E Corporation
- PNM Resources
- Progress Energy
- Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG)
- RWE Nukem, Inc.
- Sandia National Laboratorie s
- Scientech, LLC
- 60 Plus Association
- Sheet Metal Workers' International Association
- Southern Company
- Sterling Heights Area Chamber of Commerce
- Talisman International, LLC
- Thorenco, LLC
- University of Florida, Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
- University of Missouri-Columbia, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute
- University of Tennessee, Nuclear Engineering Department
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- USEC, Inc.
- Vermont Chamber of Commerce
- Vermont Energy Partnership
- Westinghouse Electric Company
- WOLFCO, Inc.
Individuals
The group listed the following "sampling of individuals" as of May 5, 2006 [5]:- Iowa State Representative Philip Wise
- New Hampshire State Representatives Caitlin A. Daniuk and Michael Rollo
- Michigan State Senator Buzz Thomas
- Reverend Willie Toone - North End Church of God and Christ, Michigan
- Reverend Charles Williams - Michigan
- Greg Fedon - Warren Jaycees - Michigan
- Barney Bishop, President, Associated Industries of Florida
- Brownstone, Michigan Town Supervisor Arthur Wright
- Denis Beller, Professor, University of Las Vegas
- Mike Hamby - Former Executive Director of the Florida Democratic Party
- Keith Bullen - Volt Technical Services
- Jim Scaratino - Coalition for New Mexico Wilderness
- Berol Robinson - Environmentalists for Nuclear Energy
- Christopher Yeaw - United States Naval War College
In April 2006 a spokesman for the NEI told New York Times reporter, Matthew L. Ward,
that it was providing all the funding for the group but refused to state what the budget was. [6]
External Links
- Coalition's website
- Ward, Matthew L., "Ex-Environmental Leaders Tout Nuclear Energy", New York Times , April 25, 2006.
- Coalition's mission statement on its website accessed May 5, 2006
- "False Fronts: Why to look behind the label", Editorial, Columbia Journalism Review, May/June 2006.
- " Press Rapped for Coverage of Nuke Front Group", O'Dwyers PR Daily (sub req'd), July 12, 2006.
- Ben Lando, " Analysis: Democrats, greens nuclear fans?," United Press International, October 20, 2006.
- Scott Peterson, "Power Failure", Columbia Journalism Review, Letter to the Editor, , November/December 2006, page 6. (Not available online). (Peterson is Vice-President of the Nuclear Energy Institute).
- Frank Mankiewicz, "Power Failure", Letter to the Editor, Columbia Journalism Review, November/December 2006, page 6. (Not available online). (Mankiewicz is Vice-Chairman of Hill and Knowlton, which works for the NEI).
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Clean_and_Safe_Energy_Coalition
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