Bill Text: PA HR30 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urging the Governor to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and sign the Memorandum of Understanding, which will allow the Commonwealth to join its neighbors in addressing the challenge of climate change while increasing energy efficiency investments and stimulating emerging clean energy technology markets.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-30 - Referred to ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY [HR30 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR30-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 103
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 30 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY M. O'BRIEN, HARKINS, PETRI, McILVAINE SMITH, SIPTROTH, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GRUCELA, PRESTON, SAMUELSON, SANTONI AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 30, 2009
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY, JANUARY 30, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Urging the Governor to participate in the Regional Greenhouse
Gas Initiative and sign the Memorandum of Understanding,
which will allow the Commonwealth to join its neighbors in
addressing the challenge of climate change while increasing
energy efficiency investments and stimulating emerging clean
energy technology markets.
WHEREAS, On December 20, 2005, seven states announced an
agreement to implement the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative;
and
WHEREAS, This initiative was outlined in a Memorandum of
Understanding signed by the Governors of the participating
states; and
WHEREAS, The states which agreed to sign the Memorandum of
Understanding are Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York and Vermont; and
WHEREAS, The Memorandum of Understanding outlines the program
in detail, including the framework for a Model Rule; and
WHEREAS, The Model Rule will better address the challenge of
climate change while increasing energy efficiency investments
and stimulating emerging clean energy technology markets in this
Commonwealth; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives urge the Governor
to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and
sign the Memorandum of Understanding.
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