Number: 2009-12   WHEREAS, the Gulf of Maine and its abundant biological diversity are vital to human health and the region’s economy and millions of people depend on the Gulf of Maine for food, recreation, and transportation; and WHEREAS, it is a unique ecosystem, whose beauty and bounty enrich the lives of all who live, work and visit there; and WHEREAS, each day, the Gulf of Maine watershe ...[Read More]

Number: 2009-01   WHEREAS, global warming creates an unprecedented environmental threat not only to wildlife and its habitat, but also to the health, security, safety and prosperity of people worldwide; and WHEREAS, the United States must reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20% of current levels by 2020 and by at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 in order to avert the most serious c ...[Read More]

Number: 2009-10   WHEREAS, the Neches River, located in the Texas Forest Country, is a river of great scenic beauty; and WHEREAS, the Neches River corridor contains the longest contiguous stretch of forested, riparian wildlife habitat left in Texas; and WHEREAS, the Neches River and its bottomland forests, located in the heart of the North American Central Flyway, provide crucial habitat for ...[Read More]

Number: 2009-03   WHEREAS, America faces numerous, profound environmental challenges and U.S. elementary and secondary schools will be called upon to prepare students to become effective stewards of the environment and to participate in a new, clean energy economy that is built upon environmental sustainability; and WHEREAS, the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) in Denmark, a non-g ...[Read More]

Number: 2009-02   WHEREAS, Americans today are less connected to the outdoors than any time in human history, as evidenced by recent surveys that show children today spend half as much time outdoors as they did just twenty years ago, and as evidenced by decreasing visitation at National Parks and National Forests, as well as declining state revenues from hunting and fishing licenses; and WHER ...[Read More]

Number: 2009-05   WHEREAS, climate change is a serious threat to forests, wildlife and habitat, and local economies that depend on natural resources; and WHEREAS, energy conservation helps reduce the pollution that contributes to climate change; and WHEREAS, buildings are responsible for more than 45 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change; and WHEREAS, the ...[Read More]

Number: 2009-06   WHEREAS, to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, scientists say that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced as swiftly as possible; and WHEREAS, climate change could have catastrophic consequences for people, wildlife and the natural resources on which we depend if pollution that contributes to climate change is not dramatically cut; and WHEREAS, coal use, primaril ...[Read More]

Number: 2009-08   WHEREAS, oil shale production is dramatically more CO2 intensive than conventional hydrocarbon production and even the best emerging technologies would result in 20-45% more global warming pollution per gallon of fuel produced compared to conventional gasoline; and WHEREAS, the vast majority of oil shale is located in arid states with limited water resources and oil shale pr ...[Read More]

Number: 2009-11   WHEREAS, Congress has recently passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 economic stimulus legislation, including funding for a wide variety of water resources, energy and transportation and other public works developments and programs; and WHEREAS, in cases of allocation of stimulus monies for public works projects, the potential exists that poorly directed ...[Read More]

Number: 2008-07   WHEREAS, healthy ecosystems function as a unit; and WHEREAS, groundwater is an integral part of the aquatic interface among surface waters, wetlands and streams; and WHEREAS clean, ample groundwater supplies are essential to both human and ecological health, vital to the nation’s economy, drinking water supplies, recreation industries and a vital part of the “commons,” which ...[Read More]