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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14 – Fossil fuel dependence, reduction

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14

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HCR014................................by ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY
FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENCE - Stating findings of the Legislature and urging
support of the enactment of policies and programs to reduce Idaho's
dependence on fossil fuels, accelerate the development of clean, economical
energy resources and fuel-efficient technologies; and to support efforts of
our local communities to exercise property stewardship and to take action
aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 14
                                                                        
                      BY ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                               A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
  2    STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND SUPPORTING THE ENACTMENT  OF  POLICIES
  3        AND  PROGRAMS TO REDUCE IDAHO'S DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS, ACCELERATE THE
  4        DEVELOPMENT OF  CLEAN,  ECONOMICAL  ENERGY  RESOURCES  AND  FUEL-EFFICIENT
  5        TECHNOLOGIES, AND TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO EXER-
  6        CISE  PROPER  STEWARDSHIP  AND TO TAKE ACTION AIMED AT REDUCING GREENHOUSE
  7        GASES.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        WHEREAS, according to the Idaho Energy Policy Survey  conducted  by  Boise
 10    State  University,  released  in  January  2007,  seventy  percent of Idahoans
 11    believe that humans contribute to climate change; and
 12        WHEREAS, recent well-documented impacts of climate change, including  ris-
 13    ing sea levels, declining ancient Arctic sea ice thickness, and rapidly rising
 14    global  average temperatures and the impacts of global climate change, as well
 15    as climate disruption of a magnitude now predicted by many in  the  scientific
 16    community,  have  the  potential  of  causing  long-term drought, famine, mass
 17    migration, and abrupt climatic shifts, posing a serious threat to the economy,
 18    public health, environment and worldwide security; and
 19        WHEREAS, Idahoans hold an enduring property  right  to  natural  resources
 20    such  as air, water, soils, snowpack, fisheries and wildlife and the state, as
 21    sovereign trustee of those resources, has a duty to protect them for the bene-
 22    fit of present and future generations; and
 23        WHEREAS, reducing greenhouse gas emissions  to  the  levels  necessary  to
 24    avoid  serious  climatic  disruption  requires  the introduction of new energy
 25    technologies and other climate-friendly technologies, the use of which results
 26    in low or no emissions of greenhouse gases or in the capture  and  storage  of
 27    greenhouse  gases while at the same time presenting economic opportunities for
 28    workers and businesses in the United States; and
 29        WHEREAS, climate-friendly technologies can improve air quality by reducing
 30    harmful pollutants from stationary and mobile sources, and can enhance  energy
 31    security  by  reducing  reliance on imported oil, diversifying energy sources,
 32    and reducing the vulnerability of energy delivery infrastructure; and
 33        WHEREAS, numerous cities,  including  three  Idaho  cities,  and  numerous
 34    states have adopted resolutions to take actions to reduce greenhouse gases and
 35    communities  throughout  the nation are reducing greenhouse gases through pro-
 36    grams that provide economic and quality  of  life  benefits  such  as  reduced
 37    energy  bills,  agricultural  land  preservation,  air  quality  improvements,
 38    reduced  traffic  congestion,  improved  transportation  choices, and economic
 39    development and job  creation  through  energy  conservation  and  new  energy
 40    technologies.
 41        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
 42    of  the  Fifty-ninth  Idaho  Legislature, the House of Representatives and the
 43    Senate concurring therein, that we support the enactment of policies and  pro-
 44    grams to reduce Idaho's dependence on fossil fuels and accelerate the develop-
                                                                        
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  1    ment  of  clean,  economical  energy resources and fuel-efficient technologies
  2    such as conservation, methane recovery for energy generation, waste to energy,
  3    wind and solar energy, geothermal energy, fuel cells,  efficient  motor  vehi-
  4    cles,  hydro energy, second generation nuclear once technology is developed to
  5    neutralize radioactive waste, woody biomass and biofuels.
  6        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we support efforts of our local communities to
  7    exercise proper stewardship and to take action aimed  at  reducing  greenhouse
  8    gases  through  the  adoption and enforcement of land use policies that reduce
  9    sprawl, preserve open space, promote transportation options, increase the  use
 10    of  clean  alternative energy, make energy efficiency a priority, practice and
 11    promote sustainable building practices,  increase  recycling  rates,  maintain
 12    healthy forests and educate the public about reducing greenhouse gases.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16978

This resolution recognizes that Idaho's citizens hold an enduring
property right to Idaho's natural resources and that the state of
Idaho has a duty to protect these resources for the benefit of
present and future citizens.  Therefore, the Legislature of the
State of Idaho supports the development of and education about
policies and programs that reduce Idaho's greenhouse gas
emissions and encourage the development of clean, economical
energy resources and fuel-efficient technologies.            


                           FISCAL NOTE                      

There is no impact to the General Fund.



Contact
Name: Rep Jaquet 
Phone: 322-1000
      Rep Chew
      Rep Block


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        HCR 14