San Francisco, CA Resolution Urging Nationwide Mobilization of Renewable Energy Resources
Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 6/12/01
Source File: http://www.ecobridge.org/content/mobilize.html#orleans
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. 490-01
Resolution urging nationwide mobilization of renewable energy resources, beyond the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol, to stabilize atmospheric conditions and to mitigate the ecological and economic damage and injury to human life caused by global warming.
WHEREAS, Global climate change is destroying ecosystems all over the world and poses a grave threat to human life; and
WHEREAS, Carbon dioxide, one of the most prevalent of these greenhouse gases, stays in the atmosphere for more than a century and greatly contributes to global warming; and
WHEREAS, Requirements set forth in the Kyoto Protocol, which call for industrial countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 5% below the 1990 levels in the commitment period 2008 to 2012, are woefully inadequate to slow the accelerating pace of carbon dioxide emissions; and
RESOLVED, that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors urges a nationwide mobilization of renewable energy resources, beyond requirements of the Kyoto Protocol, to mitigate the ecological and economic damage and injury to human life caused by global warming; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors promote the goals established in President Bill Clinton’s 1996 “Car Talk” commission, namely an increase over a 10-year period in CAFE standards from the present 27.5 miles per gallon to 45 mpg for cars and from the present 20.7 to 34 mpg for light trucks; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors cooperate with other cities in establishing an ad hoc or permanent association of coastal cities, whose purpose is to advocate any city, state or federal legislation protective of coast cities against global warming or any other environmental threat; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Board forward a copy of this resolution to members of the State Legislature and of the United States Congress representing San Francisco.