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Global Warming Response Act
Our Position: support
Bill Number: HB5254
Sponsor: Elaine Nekritz
Legislative Session: 95th General Assembly 2008
The world's scientists have formed a near unanimous chorus, warning
that pollution primarily caused by burning fossil fuels are causing the
temperatures of the earth to rise. Warning signs of global warming are
being discovered and reported throughout the world. Illinois is the 7th largest contributor of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) pollution in the U.S.
and the largest in the Midwest. Recently, IL has signed the Midwestern
Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord along with several other
Midwestern states and Manitoba to reduce our global warming emissions
as a region. The strategies to reduce GHG emissions outlined in SB
2220 are necessary to achieve the broad goals established for the
region, which requires that we achieve 1990 GHG emission levels by
2020, but they will also put Illinois businesses in a prime position to
take advantage of the shift in the world economy to low carbon energy
technologies.
Status
Action Needed
Contact your representative and tell them to cosponsor
More information
Please read our fact sheet on the bill.
For specific information on the impacts of global warming on the Great Lakes please visit our partner organization Union of Concerned Scientists.
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