Senate Majority Caucus

Senators voted to pass Senate Resolution 24 this morning.

The state Senate passed a resolution today that recognizes Hawaii’s overwhelming vulnerability to global climate change and asks the federal government to take steps in preventing it. Senate Resolution 24 urges President Bush to agree to an economy-wide reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and to commit the U.S. to a binding international treaty that would significantly reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentration.

The resolution comes at the same time as an international summit occurring today and tomorrow at UH Manoa’s East-West Center. Senate Resolution 24 will be issued to the president, Vice President Cheney and Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The “Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change” includes representatives from 16 countries that represent approximately 80 percent of greenhouse gas pollution, as well as representatives from the European Union and the United Nations.

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