Capitol Report New Mexico - Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) has scored some points from opposite ends of the policial spectrum this week by coming out in favor of including nuclear power as part of “clean energy technologies. Bingaman, who is chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said in a speech Monday (Jan. 31) that he supports President Obama’s call for the US to produce 80 of its electricity from sources such as wind, solar, “clean” coal and nuclear energy by 2035. That’s welcome news to the White House and led to Bingaman meeting personally with the president Wednesday (Feb. 2) but Bingaman’s announcement has also been applauded by Republican members of the New Mexico statehouse delegation, who have long called for expanding nuclear energy technology.
The speech, which was made at the Washington DC left-of-center think tank NDN, drew attention because in the past, Bingaman had said he didn’t consider nuclear power to be part of a renewable energy standard for generating electricity. Many environmentalists say that due to concern over what to do with waste from spent fuel, the nuclear industry should not be considered a “clean” technology. Here’s part of what Bingaman said Monday: Read full story here:
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