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Selling out Nevada

Selling out Nevada Las vegas Sun 25 Jan 09

Gibbons plans to cut fight against Yucca Mountain, and some in GOP want blood money  Gov. Jim Gibbons. proposed budget guts the state’s Agency for Nuclear Projects, which is responsible for pressing Nevada’s case. He cut the staff from seven to two. He also slashed funding for the state’s legal challenges.

………………..Nevada is at a critical juncture in its fight. The Energy Department last year asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for permission to build the dump 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, and Nevada needs to put on a strong case to the commission. Nevada also has a series of legal challenges against the Energy Department and has put the department on its heels. Nevada has continually shown the department’s work to support the project is shoddy and incomplete. The momentum has turned against a dump at Yucca Mountain.

President Barack Obama has said he is against the project, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has led the congressional delegation’s effort to stop a Yucca Mountain repository, is preparing for a knockout.

Gibbons is undermining that, and some of his Republican colleagues, particularly state party Chairwoman Sue Lowden, say Nevada should negotiate a deal to drop its opposition in exchange for money……………………..Disgraceful. They should be ashamed. The Legislature should reject Gibbons’ plan.

Selling out Nevada – Las Vegas Sun

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