House kills 'Yucca Mountain Johnny'

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2007/jun/20/062010086.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House killed "Yucca Mountain Johnny" on Wednesday.

A measure by Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., to cut off funding for the Energy Department's Yucca Mountain Youth Zone Web site that's home to the hard-hat-wearing cartoon character was approved by lawmakers by a voice vote and without debate.

On the Web site, Yucca Mountain Johnny invites kids to learn about radioactive waste and the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump project in Nevada.

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In a letter to colleagues asking for support for her amendment, Berkley complained that the Web site "uses games and activities for children to promote a one-sided, unbalanced point of view regarding the disposal of nuclear waste."

"Regardless of how you feel about Yucca Mountain, we should all agree that the Department of Energy's use of a Joe Camel look-alike to influence children is an inappropriate use of taxpayer money," she wrote.

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1. one-sided, meaning

it didn't talk about how GOD was going to come down and take all the waste to heaven. :eyes: