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Senate narrowly rejects amendment to add nuclear power to renewable-energy resolution
Summary
Senators debated whether to add 'nuclear' to a nonbinding resolution encouraging local wind, solar and geothermal ordinances. An amendment to include nuclear failed after extended debate; the original renewable-energy resolution then passed 27–1.
Senator Jones, sponsor of the first substitute to Senate Joint Resolution 1, told the Senate the nonbinding measure urges local governments to consult the state energy program to develop model ordinances for wind, geothermal and solar to spur renewable energy development and economic opportunity.
The floor erupted into a substantive debate after Senator Butters offered Amendment 1 to add 'nuclear' to the resolution’s list. "I believe it is renewable when you talk about an energy source that could last 100,000 years on this Earth," Butters said in support of the amendment,…
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