PRINTER'S NO. 1766
No. 100 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY ZWIKL, BITTLE, FEE, LETTERMAN AND
TELEK, JUNE 14, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL-STATE RELATIONS,
JUNE 15, 1979
In the House of Representatives, June 14, 1979
1 The fossil fuel of this Nation dwindles while the per capita
2 consumption of it and the exploitation of our natural resources
3 increases.
4 We recognize the critical importance of restoring and
5 maintaining environmental quality for the overall welfare and
6 development of society not only of this generation, but of those
7 generations yet unborn; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
9 (1) Require its elementary and secondary school systems
10 to offer a broader scope of environmental studies.
11 (2) Request that educational, advisory and consultative
12 services related to the treatment or prevention of all forms
13 of pollution.
14 (3) Promote opportunities for educating the public to
15 conserve, maintain, protect and restore the soil, forest, air
16 and other natural resources.
17 (4) Promote the enjoyment and wholesome utilization of
1 natural resources and to provide for clean and pure drinking
2 water.
3 (5) Promote the enjoyment and wholesome utilization of
4 those resources.
5 (6) Continue to support, review and revise environmental
6 legislation.
7 (7) Encourage public awareness of local, State and
8 Federal programs and laws concerning environmental quality;
9 and be it further
10 RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
11 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania memorialize the Congress of
12 the United States to recognize that the future is now and that
13 it give the Nation a new confidence and consciousness of a
14 better way of life from this day to and through the turn of the
15 century by designating 1980 as "The Year of the Environment";
16 and be it further
17 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
18 the presiding officers of each House of the Congress of the
19 United States and to each Senator and Representative from
20 Pennsylvania in the Congress of the United States.
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