City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0270R

• File #: 07-0270R
• Version: 0
• Name: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 409/House Bill 890 - Global Warming Solutions - Reduction In Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 3/12/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/12/2007
• Title: In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 409/House Bill 890 - Global Warming Solutions - Reduction In Greenhouse Gas Emissions FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would establish limits on emissions of greenhouse gases, require the Department of the Environment to determine the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level from 1990 and establish a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit based on that level, require the Department to prepare a plan that identifies and recommends specified measures after consulting with other State agencies, establish the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Fund and create the Office of Climate Change within the Department and specifying its duties; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Economic Matters and Environmental Matters Committee, and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2007 Mar...
• Sponsors: James B. Kraft, President Young, Helen L. Holton, Robert Curran, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger, Sharon Green Middleton, Agnes Welch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/12/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
3/12/2007	0	City Council	Adopted

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Kraft


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
In Support of State Legislation - Senate Bill 409/House Bill 890 - Global Warming Solutions - Reduction In Greenhouse Gas Emissions

FOR the purpose of supporting this legislation that would establish limits on emissions of greenhouse gases, require the Department of the Environment to determine the statewide greenhouse gas emissions level from 1990 and establish a statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit based on that level, require the Department to prepare a plan that identifies and recommends specified measures after consulting with other State agencies, establish the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Fund and create the Office of Climate Change within the Department and specifying its duties; urging the Honorable Chair and Members of the Senate Education Health and Environmental Affairs Committee, the Honorable Chair and Members of the House Economic Matters and Environmental Matters Committee, and the Honorable Chair and Members of the Baltimore City Delegation to the 2007 Maryland General Assembly to support passage of the legislation; and petitioning the Governor to sign the measure into law.
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Global warming pollution threatens to endanger the public health and welfare of the people of Maryland. The most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that human activity is the p...