house resolution no.308

Reps. Hood, Aiyash, Hope, Glanville, Rogers, Stone, LaGrand, Tate, Steckloff, Sowerby, Brixie, Kuppa, Neeley, Weiss, Cavanagh, Morse, Rabhi, Cynthia Johnson and Brabec offered the following resolution:

A resolution to affirm our support of Governor Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate Plan.

Whereas, Climate change is threatening the environmental, economic, and social well-being of the people of our nation and the world. Current scientific projections suggest that without intervention to aggressively reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the negative impacts of climate change will become more challenging, dangerous, and expensive for Michigan residents; and

Whereas, In September 2020, Governor Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2020-10, which committed Michigan to achieving economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050 and charged the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) Council on Climate Solutions with developing the MI Healthy Climate Plan; and 

Whereas, In April 2022, EGLE released the MI Healthy Climate Plan, which lays out a broad vision for fulfilling Governor Whitmer’s commitment for Michigan to reduce GHG emissions and achieve economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050. The plan proposes climate action that would create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, spur economic development and innovation, lower energy and transportation costs for Michigan’s residents, mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, improve public health, and protect natural resources and wildlife; and

Whereas, The MI Healthy Climate Plan positions the state of Michigan as a leader in tackling the climate crisis. We commend the Governor for her leadership in completing this important step toward addressing the threats of climate change. With the effects of climate change becoming more visible and more threatening, actions to combat the crisis are becoming increasingly important; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we affirm our support of Governor Whitmer’s MI Healthy Climate Plan; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Governor of the State of Michigan, the Director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, and the members of the Council on Climate Solutions.