Number: 1981-11
WHEREAS, the National Wildlife Federation has adopted a number of resolutions over the past several decades relating to air, land, and water pollution; hazardous waste dumping; and toxic waste disposal, including chemical and radioactive materials; and
WHEREAS, the federal, state, and local governments have passed numerous laws, acts, and ordinances related to hazardous and toxic chemical and nuclear wastes; and
WHEREAS, many of these presently still are disposed of in a manner which jeopardizes the health and welfare of the people and wildlife of the United States of America;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation in annual meeting assembled March 26-29, 1981, in Norfolk, Virginia, respectfully calls upon the executive and legislative branches of Federal, state, and local governments to work more strongly to develop meaningful and effective approaches to implement and to enforce hazardous and nuclear waste management and transportation techniques; and to work in concert with the spirit, intent, and meaning of all of the National Wildlife Federal resolutions, covering these matters, which have been adopted at its meetings assembled during the past two decades.