Title: Energy

Summary: Urges Congress to stop increases in federal loan guarantee program for new nuclear reactors & rescind remaining funds, eliminate funding for mixed oxide plutonium fuel plants, support energy efficiency & renewable sources of energy, fund nuclear waste immobilization, increase funding for environmental cleanup programs, & direct U.S. Department of Energy to comply with all cleanup agreements & legacy management requirements.

Full Text:
WHEREAS, taxpayer dollars are being spent to fund the construction of mixed oxide plutonium fuel plants which will only exacerbate the environmental degradation of the areas surrounding the sites, and WHEREAS, investing in cheaper, faster, cleaner, and safer renewable energy alternatives other than nuclear power and immobilizing nuclear waste should be our foremost eco nomic and national security priority, and WHEREAS, sufficient funding for environmental cleanup is necessary to ensure compliance with cleanup agreements and legacy management requirements, and WHEREAS, the United States Department of Energy has failed to adequately ensure that our environmental cleanup obligations are met and has fallen short on achieving the promise of renewable energy, NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida: That the Congress of the United Stat es is urged to stop increases in the federal loan guarantee program for new nuclear reactors and rescind any remaining funds, eliminate funding for mixed oxide plutonium fuel plants, support energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy, fund nuclear waste immobilization, increase funding for environmental cleanup programs, and direct the United States Department of Energy to comply with all cleanup agreements and legacy management requirements. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be dispatched to the President of the United States, to the President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and to each member of the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.