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For Immediate Release: 5/25/06
Lay and Skilling Guilty Verdicts Should Chasten Corporate Executives; Corruption of Business and Government Follows the Money
Statement of Joan Claybrook, President, Public Citizen

For Immediate Release: 5/24/06
President Bush’s Speech Today Ignores the Reality of Nuclear Power: It Is Dangerous, Uneconomical and Polluting
President Bush’s speech today at the Limerick Generating Station in Pennsylvania advocating the building of new nuclear power plants completely neglects the dangers and unresolved problems associated with nuclear power.

For Immediate Release: 5/22/06
FTC Finding on Oil Company Price-Gouging Defies Belief
Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program

For Immediate Release: 4/27/06
Public Citizen Urges Congress, President to Repeal Oil Company Tax Breaks, Close Royalty Loopholes and Enact a Windfall Profits Tax
As Congress debates the more than $90 billion supplemental appropriations bill to finance new spending for Iraq and Katrina relief, Public Citizen urges lawmakers to amend the supplemental appropriations bill to repeal tax breaks enjoyed by oil companies and enact a windfall profits tax to finance alternative energy for America’s future.

For Immediate Release: 4/25/06
The Four Pitfalls: Public Citizen Rebuts Bush’s Weak Energy Policy Proposals
President Bush today outlined a four-point plan to deal with high energy prices, but his prescription is totally ineffective.

For Immediate Release: 4/24/06
Chernobyl Anniversary Serves as Reminder of Dangers of Nuclear Power
Statement of Michele Boyd, Legislative Director of Public Citizen’s Energy Program

For Immediate Release: 4/13/06
Public Citizen Condemns Bush Administration Attempts to Weaken Public Health and Safety Laws for Yucca Mountain
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel Bodman will visit Yucca Mountain in Nevada today to support new legislation from the Bush administration that would undermine public health and safety to accelerate the licensing and operation of a nuclear waste dump there.

For Immediate Release: 4/7/06
The Southeast Needs a Rapid Investment in Renewable Energy Technologies, Not New Nuclear Power Plants
Statement of Melissa Kemp, Policy Analyst of Public Citizen’s Energy Program

For Immediate Release: 3/17/06
Duke Energy Should Be Denied Taxpayer Subsidies to Build New Nuclear Reactors; Better Alternatives Exist
Duke Energy’s plan to apply for a construction and operation license to build two new nuclear reactors at a site owned by Southern Co. in Cherokee County, S.C., should not be permitted to come to fruition, Public Citizen said today.

For Immediate Release: 3/13/06
As Oil Company CEOs Prepare to Testify, Congress Should Pursue Windfall Profits Tax
Statement of Tyson Slocum, Acting Director of Public Citizen’s Critical Mass Energy Program

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