BankTrack calls on banks to stop funding nuclear power
Posted on | May 26, 2010 | Comments Off
BankTrack, in cooperation with a number of working partners, today (26 May 2010) launches http://www.nuclearbanks.org, a new website mapping the involvement of 45 leading commercial banks in funding nuclear power projects and companies active in the nuclear sector. These banks include British-based Barclays, HSBC and RBS.
BankTrack considers nuclear energy a grave danger for people and planet. The renewed interest in nuclear energy also poses a severe obstacle to achieving a sustainable solution to the climate crisis.
See http://www.banktrack.org/show/news/banktrack_calls_on_banks_to_stop_funding_nuclear_power.
To coincide with this launch, London Mining Network has published a technical briefing on the health and environmental hazards of uranium. See http://londonminingnetwork.org/2010/05/briefing-on-the-health-and-environmental-hazards-of-uranium-mining/.
Tags: Banktrack > Barclays > HSBC > nuclear energy > Royal Bank of Scotland > uranium
