Archives: Environmental Stewardship / Model Policies
Archives: Environmental Stewardship / Model Policies
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A Resolution Supporting Utah v. United States Supreme Court Docket No. 220160
WHEREAS, after decades of legal analysis and attempts to seek relief through other means, the State of Utah filed a landmark public lands lawsuit on August 20, 2024 asking the…
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Resolution in Support of Recycling
WHEREAS, sustainable management and circularity of materials are critical to safeguarding both environmental health and national security by ensuring that essential resources are available for future generations and reducing the…
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Act to Define Clean Energy
Title: An act recognizing nuclear as clean energy. Description: This bill modifies provisions relating to clean energy. Highlight: Provides for the promotion and development of clean energy resources for declared…
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An Act Relating to the Creation of an Environmental Restoration Accelerator
Section 1. Intent The legislature finds that taxpayers want effective environmental restoration projects to improve habitat, reduce pollution, and protect wildlife. Funding for environmental restoration should not be wasted on…
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The Affordable, Reliable and Clean Energy Security Act
Section 1. Energy Security Domestic Production: The fuel source must be primarily produced domestically within the United States. Infrastructure Security: The infrastructure necessary to deliver energy to the customer should…
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Resolution Urging States to Not Allow the Use of IRIS Assessments to Inform its Rulemakings
WHEREAS, many state agencies are required to use IRIS assessments, including determinations on key hazards and toxicity values, in regulatory, permitting, enforcement, or clean-up decisions; and WHEREAS, the policy decision…
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Natural Asset Company Prohibition Act
Sec. 1. Definition; (1) For purposes of the Natural Asset Company Prohibition Act, natural asset company has the same meaning set forth in the rules and regulations issued…
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Act to Prohibit State Procurement of Electric Vehicles with Forced Labor Components
AN ACT relating to government procurement of electric vehicles; prohibiting government contracts procuring electric vehicles that may have been made through forced labor; setting remedies and penalties for manufacturers; and…
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Resolution Urging Removal of Governmental Barriers to Active Forest Management, to Reduce Catastrophic Wildfires
Whereas, catastrophic wildfire threatens life and property directly, placing communities and homes at risk of destruction, destroying wildlife habitat, impacting water quality, and emitting large quantities of greenhouse gas emissions;…
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Resolution Opposing Securities and Exchange Commission and White House Mandates and Other Forms of Coercion on Climate-Related Financial Matters
Model Resolution WHEREAS, in March 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sought “public input . . . from investors, registrants, and other market participants on climate change disclosure” and explored imposition of new rules…
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Establishing a Public-Private Partnership (P3) Office Act
Model Policy {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Title} This Act may be cited as the “Establishing a Public-Private Partnership (P3) Office Act.” Section 2. {Definitions} The following…
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Safeguarding Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Authority Act
Model Policy A bill to be entitled An act relating to greenhouse gas emissions; providing a definition; prohibiting the adoption and enforcement of certain state and regional…
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Resolution Supporting Reliable and Affordable Energy
Model Resolution WHEREAS, affordable and abundant energy is a strategic resource that is essential to modern life and America’s economic competitiveness; and WHEREAS, the imposition of burdensome, government-mandated carbon dioxide restrictions and…
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Resolution on Environmental and Economic Stewardship
Model Resolution WHEREAS, [state] has a tradition of supporting good stewardship of our land, air, and water; WHEREAS, [state] is a leader in technological innovation, ingenuity in problem-solving, and working…
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Hurricane Mitigation Promotion Act
{Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. {Designation.} The period from May 25th to May 31st of each year is “Hurricane Mitigation Week.” Section 2. {Proclamation.} The Governor is requested to issue each year, a proclamation…
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Resolution in Support of The PRIME Act
WHEREAS, the COVID19 pandemic has shown the importance of a robust food supply; WHEREAS, four major processors handle over 90% of the nation’s meat production; WHEREAS, consumer preference for locally…
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Resolution Concerning the EPA’s Underground Injection Control Class VI Rule
WHEREAS, coal and natural gas power plants and other industrial facilities electing to undertake carbon capture projects for the purposes of geologic sequestration are required to receive approval under the…
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Resolution on Wildfire Policy
WHEREAS, there is a growing number of large, catastrophic wildfires that are impacting communities and their citizens across the West, creating adverse health impacts, destroying billions of dollars in public…
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Resolution in Opposition to a Carbon Tax
WHEREAS, affordable and abundant electricity is a strategic resource that is essential to modern life, America’s economic competitiveness. WHEREAS, the application of a carbon tax to gasoline and other transportation…
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Resolution Urging the President and Congress to Abide by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to Establish a Permanent Geologic Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel and Defense-Related High-Level Radioactive Waste
WHEREAS, America’s 99 commercial nuclear plants generate 20 percent of the Nation’s electricity with remarkably high levels of efficiency and reliability while producing zero emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases;…