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Resolutions Adopted at the
67th Annual Conference of Mayors
New Orleans, Louisiana
June 11-15, 1999 |
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ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
IN SUPPORT OF A NEW RESOURCE CONSERVATION
STRATEGY FOR THE NEXT DECADE
WHEREAS, recycling was the environmental success story of this generation, and
recycling has become a part of the environmental ethic in American households and
businesses across the country; and
WHEREAS, we must build upon the success of the nation’s recycling efforts,
and explore new ways to build upon these successes to address the next generation of
environmental and societal challenges; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for a more concerted effort to examine further how to
extend the recycling ethic to new approaches to conserving energy, natural resources,
materials and other resource conservation goals; and
WHEREAS, as we look to the future, we must adopt new measures and pursue
policies to increase resource conservation actions which fully tap the substantial support
among American businesses and households for such efforts; and
WHEREAS, mayors are uniquely situated to provide leadership, ideas and
agenda-setting actions that advance resource conservation as the environmental ethic of
the next couple of decades;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that The U.S. Conference of Mayors supports a
broad agenda to ensure that resource conservation becomes a priority for the nation and
calls upon mayors to advance this agenda in their cities and within the Conference; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Conference calls upon the Administration,
including its Departments and agencies, as well as the Congress to support this objective
and help ensure that resource conservation is a part of the national agenda.
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