This resolution was posted on the website Dead River Journal by David Restaino, Chair of the Bernards Township Democratic Committee, on January 26, 2010.
Bernards Township Democratic Committee Resolution No. 2010-01
A RESOLUTION urging Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation to phase out the use of all fossil fuels by 2040, and urging the President of the United States to declare 2010 a year for national dialog on this program.
WHEREAS, the Bernards Township Democratic Committee is a duly organized local political committee under the laws of the State of New Jersey;
WHEREAS, at a duly organized meeting of the Bernards Township Democratic Committee on Monday, February 1, 2010, a discussion was held regarding the phasing out the use of all fossil fuels in the United States; and
WHEREAS, the within Resolution was called to a vote and was approved by the Bernards Township Democratic Committee.
Be It Resolved by the Bernards Township Democratic Committee:
(1) The United States must work to phase out all fossil fuels by 2040. (We call the program “Off Fossil Fuels by 2040? or simply “OFF by 2040.”)
(2) We respectfully ask President Barack Obama to declare 2010 to be a year for national dialog, in which people in public and private groups across the nation discuss the pros and cons of this program and the means for carrying it out.
(3) We respectfully ask the Congress to enact enabling legislation for the program in 2011 and the President to take all necessary and appropriate actions to initiate and carry out the program.
This resolution was duly adopted by the Bernards Township Democratic Committee at its meeting on the 1st of February, 2010.
ATTEST:
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(This resolution will be put forth by Bill Allen at the February 1 meeting of the Bernards Township Democratic Committee, at the public library in Basking Ridge – meeting starts at 6:30 p.m.)
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