Committee on Environmental Protection

Name: Committee on Environmental Protection
Start: 2014-09-04T00:00:00
Location: Council Chambers - City Hall

Thursday, September 4, 2014 · 1:00 PM

Council Chambers - City Hall

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Oversight Filed Committee on Environmental Protection

Oversight – The September People’s Climate March and the United Nations Climate Summit: Can Unity between People and Policymakers promote global agreement on Climate Change in 2015?

Introduced: Sep 4, 2014

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• Filed, by Committee

• Hearing Held by Committee

Resolution Adopted Committee on Environmental Protection

Resolution recognizing the dangers of climate change to human health and the environment and endorsing the People’s Climate March NYC scheduled to precede the United Nations Summit on Climate Change that will take place on September 23, 2014, in New York City, which is “aimed at catalyzing action by governments, business, finance, industry, and civil society in areas for new commitments and substantial, scalable and replicable contributions to the Summit that will help the world shift toward a low-carbon economy.”

Primary Donovan J. Richards Co-sponsor Margaret S. Chin Co-sponsor Costa G. Constantinides Co-sponsor Corey D. Johnson Co-sponsor Peter A. Koo Co-sponsor Mark Levine Co-sponsor Rosie Mendez Co-sponsor Antonio Reynoso Co-sponsor Ritchie J. Torres Co-sponsor Ydanis A. Rodriguez Co-sponsor Helen K. Rosenthal Co-sponsor Brad S. Lander Co-sponsor Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. Co-sponsor Stephen T. Levin Co-sponsor Carlos Menchaca Co-sponsor Rory I. Lancman Co-sponsor Andrew Cohen Co-sponsor Daniel R. Garodnick

Introduced: Jul 24, 2014 Council Vote: Sep 10, 2014