Delaware Chapter of the Sierra club has compiled a list of the most important environmental legislation. Please get out and vote on November 4th. Visit the website for the full text of the bills and the various amendments offered.
Delaware Chapter of the Sierra club has compiled a list of the most important environmental legislation. Please get out and vote on November 4th. Visit the website for the full text of the bills and the various amendments offered.
Delaware Chapter of the Sierra club has compiled a list of the most important environmental legislation. Please get out and vote on November 4th. Visit the website for the full text of the bills and the various amendments offered.
Delaware Chapter Sierra Club 144th General Assembly Environmental Voter's Scorecard
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PS=Primary Sponsor CS= Co-Sponsor AS=Additional Sponsor HCR 38 (died in Senate HS1 for HB146 HB159 w/HAs 1,3,5 1 Bill # Executive Committee) SS1 SB18 HB31 (defeated by House) (defeated by Senate) SB228 SB263 HCR 38 urged that the Creates a Sustainable Allows counties to Statewide recycling Statewide recycling Amends Sustainable Regional Greenhouse Gas Controller General, Energy Utility establish impact fees Energy Utility Bill representing the HB 146 would have HB 159 would have General Assembly, vote SS 1 for SB 18 created SB 31 removes the mandated a statewide established a framework SB 228 amends several SB 263 grants legal authority We urge you to look at to approve the Power the Delaware prohibition against recycling program, for statewide residential provisions of the for Delaware to participate in this list of the most Purchase Agreement Sustainable Energy county governments funded by a $3 per ton curbside recycling, Sustainable Energy the Regional Greenhouse Gas important environmental between Bluewater Utility (SEU) promote establishing impact fees assessment on all solid including an opportunity for Utility (“SEU”) law. It Initiative (RGGI) CO2 cap and Wind and Delmarva the sustainable use of in certain areas of the waste (excluding local communities, provides that the SEU trade program and requires legislation, see how your Power. energy including small county. Kent County recyclables) collected municipalities, counties will be a nonprofit entity, that all proceeds from the sale legislators voted, and ask scale generation and government has passed and/or disposed of in and private sector entities allows the SEU of RGGI CO2 allowances be them for more details conservation. an ordinance to create Delaware. It would have to participate. The source Contract Administrator used for public benefit about their positions. an impact fee to support established recycling of funding would have to be a for-profit entity. purposes and directs revenues Visit the emergency medical goals for both been a $3 per ton Most importantly, it to the Delaware Sustainable http://legis.delaware.gov/ services for all areas of residential and assessment on all solid creates a new Board of Energy Utility (SEU), to website for the full text of the county but awaits commercial solid waste. waste. It would have Directors, serving at the programs designed to help low the bills and the various repeal of this prohibition House: 15 YES / 21 established recycling goals pleasure of the income ratepayers, to a amendments offered. before the fee can be NO / 4 NOT VOTING / 1 for both residential and Governor, to replace the Greenhouse Gas Reduction enacted. ABSENT commercial solid waste. existing SEU Oversight Program and to DNREC for Most importantly – please Board. administration of the program. get out and vote on November 4th! 2 3 Senator District 4 Harris B. McDowell 1 Yes PS Yes Yes CS Yes PS Yes PS 5 Margaret Rose Henry 2 Yes Yes CS Yes CS Yes Yes 6 Robert I. Marshall 3 Yes Yes No Yes No 7 Charles L. Copeland 4 Yes CS No CS Yes CS Yes AS Yes CS 8 Catherine L. Cloutier 5 AS Yes AS Yes CS NV No Yes 9 Liane M. Sorenson 6 AS Yes AS Yes CS Yes CS No Yes 10 Patricia M. Blevins 7 Yes CS Yes CS NV Yes CS Yes 11 David P. Sokola 8 AS Yes AS Yes Yes CS No No 12 Karen E. Peterson 9 AS Yes Yes CS NV No No 13 Steven H. Amick 10 Yes Yes No Yes A 14 Anthony J. DeLuca 11 Yes Yes A Yes Yes 15 Dorinda A. "Dori" Connor 12 Yes Yes CS Yes CS No Yes 16 David B. McBride 13 Yes Yes Yes AS Yes Yes 17 Bruce C. Ennis 14 AS Yes Yes No Yes Yes 18 Nancy W. Cook 15 Yes Yes NV Yes Yes 19 Colin R. J. Bonini 16 AS Yes Yes No A No 20 John C. Still 17 Yes Yes CS NV No Yes 21 F. Gary Simpson 18 AS Yes CS Yes No Yes CS Yes CS 22 Thurman Adams 19 Yes Yes No Yes Yes 23 George H. Bunting 20 AS Yes AS Yes NV Yes No CS 25 Vaughn A A AS 26 27 Representative District 28 Dennis P. Williams 1 Yes AS A Yes Yes Yes A 29 Hazel D. Plant 2 A AS Yes AS Yes CS Yes A Yes 30 Helene M. Keeley 3 Yes Yes AS Yes Yes Yes Yes 31 Gerald L. Brady 4 Yes Yes Yes CS Yes Yes 32 Melanie George Marshall 5 NV Yes Yes CS Yes Yes 33 Diana M. McWilliams 6 Yes Yes AS Yes CS CS Yes Yes CS 34 Bryon H. Short 7 Yes AS Yes Yes CS No Yes 35 Bethany A. Hall-Long 8 Yes Yes CS Yes CS A CS Yes AS Yes 36 Richard C. Cathcart 9 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes 37 Robert J. Valihura 10 Yes PS Yes AS Yes CS PS Yes Yes 38 Gregory F. Lavelle 11 Yes A Yes No Yes Yes 39 Deborah Hudson 12 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 40 John L. Mitchell 13 Yes AS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 41 Peter C. Schwartzkopf 14 Yes AS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 42 Valerie Longhurst 15 A Yes Yes CS Yes Yes 43 James Johnson 16 Yes AS Yes Yes CS Yes Yes 44 Michael P. Mulrooney 17 Yes AS A Yes CS CS Yes Yes 45 Terry R. Spence 18 Yes AS Yes AS Yes Yes Yes Yes 46 Robert F. Gilligan 19 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 47 Nick T. Manolakos 20 Yes AS Yes Yes CS Yes Yes Yes 48 Pamela S. Maier 21 No A Yes PS A Yes Yes 49 Joseph E. Miro 22 Yes AS Yes Yes CS No Yes Yes 50 Teresa Schooley 23 Yes Yes CS Yes CS CS Yes CS Yes 51 William A. Oberle 24 Yes AS Yes Yes CS NV Yes 52 John A. Kowalko 25 Yes AS Yes CS Yes CS CS No No 53 John J. Viola 26 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 54 Vincent A. Lofink 27 Yes AS Yes CS Yes CS Yes Yes 55 William J. Carson 28 Yes AS Yes Yes No Yes Yes 56 Pamela J. Thornburg 29 No Yes CS Yes CS No Yes AS Yes AS 57 William R. Outten 30 NV Yes Yes CS No Yes Yes 58 Nancy H. Wagner 31 NV Yes Yes CS Yes Yes Yes 59 Donna D. Stone 32 No Yes Yes Yes A Yes 60 Robert E. Walls 33 No AS Yes Yes CS No Yes Yes 61 Donald A. Blakey 34 Yes AS Yes Yes CS No Yes Yes 62 J. Benjamin Ewing 35 No AS Yes A CS No Yes Yes 63 V. George Carey 36 No AS Yes Yes No Yes Yes 64 Joseph W. Booth 37 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes 65 Gerald W. Hocker 38 No Yes Yes CS No Yes Yes CS 66 Daniel B. Short 39 No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 67 Clifford G. “Biff” Lee 40 No Yes Yes No Yes Yes 69 Bruce C. Ennis CS 70