Bill Text: MO HCR58 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates March 27, 2010, at 8:30 pm as "Earth Hour" in Missouri and encourages Missourians to participate by turning off their lights for one hour at that time
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-24 - Referred: Tourism (H) [HCR58 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2010-HCR58-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 58
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES OXFORD (Sponsor), KRATKY, ATKINS, CHAPPELLE-NADAL, YAEGER, SCHOEMEHL, PACE, SCHUPP, HOLSMAN AND LAMPE (Co-sponsors).
Whereas, climate change is happening all around us and its pace is accelerating; and
Whereas, from melting ice caps to increasingly intense weather patterns, climate change is already impacting life on earth; and
Whereas, in a bold statement of collective concern for our planet, millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour - on March 27, 2010, at 8:30 p.m. local time; and
Whereas, Earth Hour is the largest event of its kind in the world. In 2009, nearly one billion people from 4100 cities in 87 countries participated, as well as international landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, and Great Pyramids, and the city skylines of Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and Tel Aviv; and
Whereas, Earth Hour reminds us that by working together we can make a difference in solving one of the most critical issues of our time; and
Whereas, Earth Hour also provides an excellent forum for citizens to hold meaningful conversations about the ways in which all of us can act to be a part of the solution; and
Whereas, participating in Earth Hour will help send a powerful message to the world that Missouri and the United States are leaders in the movement to address climate change:
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-fifth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby designate March 27, 2010, at 8:30 p.m. local time as "Earth Hour" in Missouri and encourage all citizens of the State of Missouri to observe Earth Hour by turning off their lights from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on that day and to participate in other activities and conversations regarding solutions to the climate change issue affecting our world.
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