Letter to congressional colleague urging opposition to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (S. 885)

Title

Letter to congressional colleague urging opposition to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (S. 885)

Description

A letter to a congressional colleague by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin regarding the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (S. 885). In his letter, Congressman AuCoin urged opposition to S. 885. He expressed his concerns with the bill encouraging the construction of nuclear power plants in place of less expensive energy resources. He also described his issue with S. 885 encouraging the building of nuclear power plants without stating any guidelines for radioactive nuclear waste. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Creator

AuCoin, Les

Date: Display

November 17, 1980

Identifier

PUA_MS147_437

Subject

United States. Congress. House.
Legislators--United States
Bills, Legislative
Energy policy
Nuclear energy

Place

United States
Oregon
Washington

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/

Source

Les AuCoin Papers, Pacific University Archives

Type

Text