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ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 130
Introduced by Hunt, 8.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, FIRST SESSION:
1. That we hereby reaffirm our solemn oaths of office by expressing a firm resolution to maintain and defend the viability of our planet and its natural resources from the urgent existential threat of climate change and to support legislation that will move Nebraska toward a clean energy economy.
2. That we are greatly alarmed that a faction of state and federal legislative leaders have failed to acknowledge the established science of
climate change, higher frequency of extreme weather events, and growing effects of climate change on the economy of the United States. Further, this failure by
state and federal legislative leaders is a betrayal of the United States Declaration of Independence, which declares a right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", which is contingent upon a habitable planet and a natural environment capable of sustaining human, animal, and plant life.
3. That we express distress at the Donald J. Trump presidential administration's actions to abandon protections for public lands and roll back Environmental Protection Agency rules.
4. That we are grateful for President Joseph R. Biden's leadership in
swiftly and decisively taking action to revoke the permit for the dangerous proposed Keystone XL Pipeline construction project, which would threaten to
wreak environmental havoc on its path through Nebraska and his directives issued to protect air and water quality and public lands across the nation.
5. That the Legislature requests cooperation from the Governor of
Nebraska, the Nebraska Attorney General, the President of the United States,
the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, the Secretary of the
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United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of
Representatives, the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several states in taking decisive action to minimize the impacts of climate change we are already facing and to prevent further damage to our planet and ecosystems.
6. That the Clerk of the Legislature shall transmit copies of this resolution to the Governor of Nebraska, the Nebraska Attorney General, the President of the United States, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives,
and to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several states.
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