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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate the Illinois Environmental Council (IEC) and its | ||||||
| 4 | more than 130 affiliate members on the organization's 50th | ||||||
| 5 | anniversary; and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, IEC was established in 1975 and has operated | ||||||
| 7 | continuously to advance equitable public policies that ensure | ||||||
| 8 | a healthy environment across Illinois over the last five | ||||||
| 9 | decades; and | ||||||
| 10 | WHEREAS, Every Illinoisan has benefited greatly from the | ||||||
| 11 | environmental protections that IEC, its members, and | ||||||
| 12 | volunteers have secured; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, IEC, its members, and its volunteers have | ||||||
| 14 | generously shared with the members of this body policy and | ||||||
| 15 | scientific expertise on a vast array of important | ||||||
| 16 | environmental issues, including clean water, clean energy, | ||||||
| 17 | conservation, sustainable agriculture, clean transportation, | ||||||
| 18 | waste reduction, and environmental justice; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, IEC has been the key stakeholder in the formation | ||||||
| 20 | and convening of the Illinois Legislative Green Caucus and the | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois Legislative Outdoor Caucus; and | ||||||
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| 1 | WHEREAS, IEC has organized annual opportunities at the | ||||||
| 2 | State Capitol during each regular legislative session for | ||||||
| 3 | legislators to connect with their constituents and learn about | ||||||
| 4 | the environmental issues most important to them; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, The importance of IEC's ongoing work only grows | ||||||
| 6 | as scientists predict serious global and local impacts of our | ||||||
| 7 | changing climate and increasingly extreme weather events; | ||||||
| 8 | therefore, be it | ||||||
| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the | ||||||
| 11 | Illinois Environmental Council and its more than 130 affiliate | ||||||
| 12 | members on the organization's 50th anniversary; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, That we thank IEC affiliate members, staff, and | ||||||
| 15 | volunteers over the years for their collective efforts to | ||||||
| 16 | safeguard Illinois, its people, its plants and animals, and | ||||||
| 17 | the natural systems on which all life depends by building | ||||||
| 18 | power for people and the environment; and be it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Executive Director Jennifer Walling, board | ||||||
| 21 | presidents Rev. Brian Sauder and Delmar Gillus, and IEC as an | ||||||
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| 1 | expression of our esteem and respect. | ||||||