PRINTER'S NO. 1772
No. 101 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY BROWN, HASAY, LYNCH, REED, LETTERMAN,
HARPER, PISTELLA, COHEN, GIAMMARCO, KUKOVICH AND
CALTAGIRONE, JUNE 18, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS,
JUNE 18, 1979
In the House of Representatives, June 18, 1979
1 WHEREAS, The recent incident at Three Mile Island nuclear
2 power plant shows clearly the dangers inherent in using nuclear
3 energy including the yet unsolved problem of adequately
4 disposing of nuclear wastes; and
5 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania alone has enough coal to meet America's
6 energy requirements for the next 300 years; and
7 WHEREAS, The Federal Government must provide the direct
8 assistance or provide the financial climate to develop ways of
9 using coal without harming the environment; and
10 WHEREAS, The Federal Government must also consider the use of
11 solar energy where feasible as well as the many other
12 alternative sources of energy; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
14 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Federal
15 Government to turn away from dependence on nuclear power and to
16 consider alternative sources of energy for America's needs; and
1 be it further
2 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to every
3 member of the United States Congress from Pennsylvania and to
4 President Carter.
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