SJR62: Joint Resolution Text

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

2015 Senate JOINT RESOLUTION 62

October 15, 2015 - Introduced by Senators C. Larson, Vinehout, Miller and Wirch, cosponsored by Representatives Sargent, Brostoff, Goyke, Considine, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Pope, Berceau, C. Taylor and Subeck. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.

SJR62,1,4 Relating to: renewing Wisconsin's land ethic and reviving our heritage as a leader and pioneer in environmental policy and sustainability, with a focus on taking action to integrate solutions to carbon pollution and climate change into the activities and businesses of our fellow citizens.

SJR62,1,9 Whereas, faith leaders around the world are publicly recognizing that destructive climate change is happening, that climate change is caused by human action, that the value of a healthy planet cannot and should not be measured strictly monetarily, and that it is the responsibility and moral obligation of all of us to help save the planet we are carelessly and systematically destroying; and

SJR62,1,13 Whereas, Pope Francis acknowledges that climate change is "one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day" and in order to reduce carbon pollution and save our planet, "it is we human beings above all who need to change"; and

SJR62,2,3 Whereas, leaders of Christian denominations and churches across the nation and globe echo and strengthen the call that we have a moral obligation to act on climate change; and

SJR62,2,8 Whereas, the Dalai Lama recognizes that "climate change and the global economy now affect us all" and urges his followers to take action, and additional leaders of the Buddhist faith declare that "we must `de-carbonize' our energy systems as quickly as feasible by replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources that are limitless"; and

SJR62,2,12 Whereas, leaders of the Jewish faith have publicly proclaimed that "great Carbon Corporations not only make their enormous profits from wounding the Earth, but then use these profits to purchase elections and to fund fake science to prevent the public from acting to heal the wounds"; and

SJR62,2,15 Whereas, Islamic faith leaders have declared that "Human activity is putting such a strain on the natural functions of the earth that the ability of the planet's ecosystems to sustain future generations can no longer be taken for granted"; and

SJR62,2,19 Whereas, the science and faith communities are overwhelmingly united that we can and must take substantial action to reduce carbon pollution to preserve the health and quality of life of people across the globe, and to reverse the ecological damage to our land and waters; now, therefore, be it

SJR62,2,24 Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the Wisconsin state legislature renews Wisconsin's land ethic and revives our heritage as a leader and pioneer in environmental policy and sustainability, with a focus on taking action to integrate solutions to carbon pollution and climate change into the activities and businesses of our fellow citizens.

SJR62,2,25 (End)