90-028
RESOLUTION NO. 28-90
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A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 22, 1990
AS EARTH DAY 1990
WHEREAS, almost twenty years ago, more than twenty million
Americans joined together on Earth Day in a demonstration of concern
for the environment, and their collective action resulted in the
passage of sweeping new laws to protect our air, water, and land;
WHEREAS, in the nineteen years since the first Earth Day,
despite environmental improvements, the environmental health of the
planet is increasingly endangered, threatened by Global Climate Change.
Ozone Depletion, Growing World Population, Tropical Deforestation,
Ocean Pollution, Toxic Wastes, Desertification, and Nuclear Waste
requiring action by all sectors of society;
WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 is a national and international call
for all citizens to join in a global effort to save the planet;
WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 activities and events will educate
all citizens on the importance of acting in an environmentally sen-
sative fashion by recycling, conserving energy and water, using
efficient transportation, and adopting more ecologically sound life-
styles;
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~~EREAS, Earth Day 1990 will educate all citizens on the
importance of buying and using those products least harmful to the
environment;
WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 will educate all citizens on the
importance of doing business with companies that are environmentally
sensative and responsible;
WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 will educate all citizens on the
importance of voting for those candidates who demonstrate an abiding
concern for the environment;
WHEREAS, Earth Day 1990 will educate all citizens on the
importance of supporting the passage of legislation that will help
protect the environment;
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Shorewood designate and proclaim
April 22, 1990 as Earth Day 1990, and that that day shall be set
aside for public activities promoting preservation of the global
environment and launching the "Decade of the Environment".
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I, Jan Haugen, Mayor of the City of Shorewood, do hereby proclaim
the week of April 22-28, 1990, as
EARTH DAY 1990
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal of the City of Shorewood to be affixed this 26th day of
February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
ninety. (~
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Laurence E. Whittaker
Administrator/Clerk
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