Number: 1980-05
WHEREAS, the National Wildlife Federation and other conservation organizations have worked for decades to establish the framework of sound environmental and natural resource laws and regulations which are protecting and improving the quality of our lives, and;
WHEREAS, the Federation is convinced that this nation can produce the energy it requires and still practice wise resource management and preserve the quality of the environment, and;
WHEREAS, the Energy Mobilization Board being established by the Federal government is being given broad authority to override and circumvent federal, state and local environmental and resource management laws, regulations and procedures designed to protect the public interest, and;
WHEREAS, the specific safeguards of this public interest written into the law establishing the Energy Mobilization Board are insufficient, and;
WHEREAS, within the constraints of law, the EMB has wide latitude in setting regulations and procedures to carry out the intent of Congress;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the National Wildlife Federation in annual meeting assembled March 20-23, 1980 in Miami Beach, Fla., that the President be urged to ensure, through executive order or other means, the Energy Mobilization Board be made as open, as responsible to the broad public interest, and as accountable as possible within the constraints of law.