PRINTER'S NO. 3036
No. 360 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY BARD, ARGALL, HERMAN, READSHAW, FARGO, RUBLEY,
PIPPY, FICHTER, GEORGE, McNAUGHTON, BAKER, LESCOVITZ, JAMES,
THOMAS, DENT, CAPPABIANCA, BELARDI, ROSS, BROWN, HESS, FLICK,
McCALL, M. N. WRIGHT, HALUSKA, BROWNE, MASLAND, MUNDY,
MILLER, COWELL, GEIST, SERAFINI, LEVDANSKY, DONATUCCI, ZUG,
CORRIGAN, TRELLO, DeLUCA, TIGUE, COY, PLATTS, ORIE, CIVERA,
SATHER, M. COHEN, C. WILLIAMS, ADOLPH, TRUE, BELFANTI,
SCHULER, ROONEY, DRUCE, SAYLOR, CURRY, TRAVAGLIO, SANTONI,
SCHRODER, DERMODY, BATTISTO, BOSCOLA, WOJNAROSKI, MELIO,
HENNESSEY, GODSHALL, STURLA, ITKIN, CORPORA, BEBKO-JONES,
OLASZ, PESCI, MANDERINO, WALKO, MARSICO AND JOSEPHS,
MARCH 11, 1998
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 11, 1998
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating April 22, 1998, as "Earth Day--Pennsylvania."
2 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has been endowed with great natural
3 beauty, an abundance of wood, water and great resources both in
4 soil and within the soil; and
5 WHEREAS, The founder of our Commonwealth, William Penn,
6 praised the land greatly after he saw it for the first time in
7 1682, noting "The country itself, its soil, air, water, seasons
8 and produce, both natural and artificial, is not to be
9 despised"; and
10 WHEREAS, While the Pennsylvania House of Representatives has
11 been taking action to protect and preserve our natural
12 resources, passing such measures as the Conversation Bill of
1 Rights, the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste
2 Reduction Act, the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act, the Abandoned
3 Mine Subsidence Assistance Act, modernizations of The Clean
4 Streams Law and other measures aimed at halting air pollution,
5 the contamination of our water and the despoliation of our land;
6 and
7 WHEREAS, We are approaching the 28th Anniversary of the first
8 Earth Day, held in April of 1970, filled with resolve to protect
9 the natural resources of our Commonwealth for future
10 generations; therefore be it
11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate April
12 22, 1998, as "Earth Day--Pennsylvania"; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives dedicate itself
14 to the proposition that our natural environment must be
15 protected and preserved.
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