AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE

DEL. LOPEZ

1. After line 21, introduced

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WHEREAS, the proposed EPA guidelines state and the vast majority of scientists have concluded that “climate change caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases threatens public health,” and that “children, the elderly, and the poor are among the most vulnerable to these climate-related health effects”; and

DEL. LOPEZ [Ruled not germane]

2. Line 45, introduced, after FURTHER,

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That the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, accepts that recent climate change is largely caused by human activities and will have serious impacts on human societies and the natural world, and supports the Commonwealth working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on alternative measures to reduce carbon pollution; and, be it

RESOLVED FINALLY,