Bonnie Raitt Joins Others for No Nukes

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Bonnie Raitt, who once had a hit song called ‘Something to Talk About, gave Washington D.C. something to talk about October 23 when she, Graham Nash and Jackson Browne went to Washington D.C. to dissuade Congress from approving some $50 billion in federal loan guarantees for nuclear power plants.

Raitt, Nash and Browne were behind the No Nukes concert series in 1979 and spoke out against nuclear power plants then and are speaking out now calling the money a ‘blank check from taxpayers’, which is a part of a larger energy bill (that no one knows about because Cheney isn’t saying) currently making its way though the Hill.

The trio took with them a petition with 120,000 signatures and is supported by the likes of other rockers such as R.E.M., Maroon 5 and Pearl Jam as well as numerous environmental groups who are concerned with clean energy and believe that nuclear power is not as safe as the government wants everyone to believe.

It was Three Mile Island, considered the worse nuclear mistake ever, according to E Online, until Chernobyl seven years later that inspired Raitt, Browne and Nash to organize the ‘No Nukes’ concert series in Madison Square Garden in New York City and founded the Musicians United for Safe Energy, which included then Orleans guitarist Congressman from New York, John Hall.

On October 22, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Graham Nash were joined onstage by Hall during a private concert on Capital Hill for a number of Hill members who may consider X-ing out that part of the bill.

Bonnie Raitt said she and the group have not ruled out staging another series of musical events to rally for the cause.

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