Motion Passed: Advocating for Safe, Renewable Energy
- Jennifer Hrachovec
- May 6
- 1 min read
Revision Date: 5/6/2026 (v5)
At the February 19, 2026 V-MCC meeting, Kevin Jones introduced a motion to reject public supports for nuclear energy in Washington State. The motion passed at the April 16, 2026 Council Meeting.
The following letter was sent:
Dear Bob Ferguson, Emily Alvarado, Brianna Thomas, Joe Fitzgibbon and Teresa Mosqueda,
Please take note of the motion passed by Vashon - Maury Community Council on April 16, 2026 advocating for safe, renewable energy.
The Vashon- Maury Community Council calls on you to actively support achieving the legislative outcomes identified by the motion. If you have questions please contact sponsor Kevin Jones (kevinjonvash@gmail.com)
Your attention to and support of the approved V-MCC motion is appreciated.
Thank you,
Jessica Anakar
V-MCC Corresponding Secretary
Advocating for Safe, Renewable Energy
Vashon-Maury islanders want safe, affordable, timely, non-emitting, reliable and sustainable energy.
The permitting / build time delays, affordability failures and the health risks from physical plant failures and dangerous radioactive waste leave nuclear energy systems failing to deliver on all but the “non-emitting” of those aspirations.
The preferred safe, affordable, timely, non-emitting, reliable, and sustainable energy generation systems are the same renewable energy systems available and proven today – like wind, solar and geothermal energy.
Therefore, the Vashon-Maury Community Council, through this motion passed by a majority of Councilmembers assembled, calls upon our King County council, our elected state and federal legislators and our Governor to reject any and all tax preferences, subsidies, policies and legislation which expand the nuclear energy industry in Washington State.
Contact: Kevin Jones (kevinjonvash@gmail.com)
Death rates from accidents and air pollution from energy production by terawatt-hour (TWh): brown coal 33, coal 25, oil 18, biomass 5, gas 3, nuclear 0.07, wind 0.04, hydropower 0.02, solar 0.02. https://earth.org/nuclear-which-is-the-safest-energy-source/#:~:text=But%20this%20dramatisation%20can%20be,projections%20have%20been%20more%20accurate.
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