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House approves measure designating nuclear energy as clean energy after heated debate
Summary
House Bill 10-40, which reclassifies nuclear energy as a clean-energy source in state law, passed on second reading after a contentious floor debate that included arguments about safety, waste disposal and economic development.
House members passed House Bill 10-40 on second reading after a lengthy and strongly worded floor debate about whether nuclear energy should be classified as a clean energy source in Colorado law.
Representative Valdez (sponsor) and Representative Winter (co-sponsor) presented the bill and an amendment (L012) that, according to sponsors, removed a previous committee study requirement. Valdez said the bill ‘‘does not bring nuclear energy to Colorado’’ but ‘‘just redesignates it in its own…
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