William Bryan: “the Sierra Club is another preeminent environmental organization in the country. The Sierra Club has indicated that the…”

“the Sierra Club is another preeminent environmental organization in the country. The Sierra Club has indicated that the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996, S. 1271, which is now S. 1936--a bill that threatens the health and safety of hundreds of communities nationwide--will soon come to the Senate floor. "On behalf of the Sierra Club's half-million members nationwide, I urge you to oppose it." And then the Sierra Club goes on to observe: "There is no technical basis for choosing the Nevada Test Site for an interim storage facility for high-level nuclear waste." Another organization that has strongly opposed this is Public Citizen: The Senate may soon vote on S. 1271, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996. On behalf of our Nationwide membership, I urge you to oppose this misguided bill and to support the filibusters by Senator Bryan and Senator Reid against the measure. U.S. Public Interest Research Group: We are writing to urge your opposition to S. 1271, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996. S. 1271 is an environmental disaster and should be rejected. S. 1271 would roll back environmental protections, including most of the National Environmental Policy Act, forbidding EPA from setting radiation release standards-- It goes on to observe, "preempting all State and Federal environmental protection laws." Friends of the Earth expresses its opposition to S. 1936: On behalf of the thousands of Friends of the Earth members nationwide, I urge you to oppose 1271.”