Issue Position: Energy and Enviorment

Issue Position

Nevada is blessed with a beautiful natural environment that must be protected and preserved. I support keeping public lands in public hands as a means of ensuring that Nevadans and visitors from around the world are able to enjoy our state's natural resources. As a member of the Sparks City Council, I have helped expand residential recycling and urban agriculture and promoted animal welfare. Land use planning will continue to be one of Nevada's priority environmental issues and my experience on a local City Council will help me hit the ground running on this complex issue.
Nevada's natural environment also provides us with a massive economic development opportunity with clean, renewable energy. I fully support an increase in our renewable energy portfolio standard. I believe we need to promote both large scale solar projects and the rooftop solar industry by finding consensus on a fair net-metering rate structure. I also believe we must continue to look at other forms of renewable energy, including geothermal, as a means of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and creating jobs.

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