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Nashville, TN Recognizing Wireless Safety Week

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 5/16/00
Source file: http://www.nashville.gov/mc/resolutions/prev/rs2000_218.htm
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. RS2000-218
A resolution proclaiming May 22-28, 2000, as Wireless Safety Week in Nashville.
WHEREAS, the week of May 22-28, 2000, will be recognized nationally as Wireless Safety Week which encourages wireless telephone companies operating within The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County to continue to educate their customers on the responsible use of wireless telephones while operating a motor vehicle; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Metropolitan County Council to ensure that operators of motor vehicles on the streets, roads, and highways within The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County are as safe as possible; and
WHEREAS, there are an increasing number of distractions presenting themselves to operators of motor vehicles, including eating, drinking, manipulating audio devices, using wireless telephones, attending to passengers, and the like; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Metropolitan County Council that operators of motor vehicles be reminded that their first priority while operating a motor vehicle is concentration on the act of driving itself; and
WHEREAS, every day the use of wireless phones in emergency situations saves lives, and wireless telephones benefit not only the customers of wireless telecommunication but also the general public and emergency personnel.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The Metropolitan Council hereby goes on record as proclaiming May 22-28, 2000, as Wireless Telephone Safety Week in Nashville.
SECTION 2. The Metropolitan County Council hereby goes on record as encouraging providers of wireless telephone service to continue to educate customers on the safe and responsible use of wireless phones while driving. Providers of wireless telephone products and services should continue to educate customers about the safe and responsible use of wireless phones while operating a motor vehicle, including providing information to new customers, periodic reminders to existing customers, and general reminders in advertising and promotional materials. Providers of wireless telephone products and services should educate customers on their options for using their wireless phone while operating a motor vehicle.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Category:City-County Governments
Category:Communications
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Category:Tennessee
Nashville, TN Requesting Grant Funds for Programs to Increase Awareness of Poverty Issues

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 11/20/07
Source File: http://www.nashville.gov/mc/resolutions/rs2007_49.html
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. RS2007-49
A resolution to appropriate grant funds from the State of Tennessee to the Metropolitan Action Commission for programs to increase awareness of poverty issues and to assist low income families.
WHEREAS, the Tennessee Department of Human Services has awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00 to the Metropolitan Action Commission for programs to increase awareness of poverty issues and to assist low income families; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Action Commission has accepted this grant pursuant to its authority under M.C.L. 2.108.050; and,
WHEREAS, it is to benefit the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that these funds be appropriated to the Metropolitan Action Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the funds from a grant by and between the Tennessee Department of Human Services, in an amount not to exceed $25,000, to the Metropolitan Action Commission, for programs to increase awareness of poverty issues and to assist low income families, a copy of which grant is attached hereto and incorporated herein, be appropriated to the Metropolitan Action Commission.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Category:City-County Governments
Category:Economics
Category:Nashville
Category:Resolutions
Category:Tennessee
Nashville, TN Requesting That TVA Not Pass Clean-Up Costs on to Ratepayers

Type: Resolution
Status: Introduced on 1/20/09
Source File: http://www.nashville.gov/mc/resolutions/term_2007_2011/rs2009_622.htm
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. RS2009-622
A resolution requesting the Tennessee Valley Authority not to pass the cost of cleanup for the Kingston Fossil Plant ash spill on to the ratepayers of Nashville and Davidson County.
WHEREAS, on December 22, 2008, a dike broke at the Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing over a billion gallons of toxic sludge covering approximately 300 acres of a rural residential neighborhood in up to nine feet of wet ash; and
WHEREAS, the cleanup costs associated with this disaster are sure to be staggering as a result of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s unwillingness to spend $25 million on the front end to prevent such a disaster; and
WHEREAS, TVA Chairman Bill Sansom recently stated that the utility’s nine million customers will be responsible for bearing the cost of the cleanup through increased electricity rates; and
WHEREAS, this ash spill comes less than three months after a twenty percent rate hike by TVA, which has been devastating for many low income households in Nashville; and
WHEREAS, increasing electricity rates to cover the costs of cleanup punishes the ratepayers for the negligent actions of TVA; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the citizens of Nashville and Davidson County that TVA find an alternative funding source for the ash spill cleanup costs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Metropolitan County Council hereby goes on record as requesting the Tennessee Valley Authority not to pass the cost of cleanup for the Kingston Fossil Plant ash spill on to the ratepayers of Nashville and Davidson County.
Section 2. The Metropolitan Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Resolution to TVA Chairman William B. Sansom, to each member of the Tennessee Valley Authority, to each member of the Tennessee Congressional Delegation, to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and to Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell.
Section 3. That this Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Category:City-County Governments
Category:Economics
Category:Nashville
Category:Resolutions
Category:Tennessee
Nashville, TN Resolution Regarding a Moratorium on Capital Punishment

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 3/19/02
Source File: http://www.nashville.gov/mc/resolutions/prev/srs2002_948.htm
Text:
A substitute resolution requesting the Davidson County Delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly to ask Governor Don Sundquist to issue a moratorium on capital punishment.
WHEREAS, proposing a moratorium on executions will eliminate the risk where innocent persons may be executed; and
WHEREAS, studies show that the vast majority of persons facing capital punishment cannot afford their own attorney; and
WHEREAS, the American Bar Association has called for a moratorium on executions, having concluded that the death penalty is administered in a haphazard way and lacks consistency; and
WHEREAS, some 62 city and county legislative bodies across the United States have called a moratorium on executions; and
WHEREAS, a study at Columbia University has concluded that approximately 76% of reversals in death penalty cases are as a result of incompetent defense lawyers, police or prosecution misconduct, and misinformed and biased judges or juries, which study was based upon research of death penalty appeal cases from 1973 to 1995 involving more than 5,400 cases; and
WHEREAS, a moratorium on executions can allow sufficient time to evaluate the appropriateness of the death penalty as a punishment for crime, its detrimental effect, and assuring that due process of law is being provided to all persons.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
SECTION 1. That the Metropolitan County Council hereby goes on record as requesting the Davidson County Delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly to request Governor Don Sundquist to issue a moratorium on capital punishment.
SECTION 2. That the Metropolitan Clerk is directed to send a certified copy of this Resolution to each member of the Davidson County Delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly.
SECTION 3. That this Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Category:Capital Punishment
Category:City-County Governments
Category:Nashville
Category:Resolutions
Category:Tennessee
Nashville, TN Resolution on Regulation of Sidewalk Obstructions

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 5/18/99
Source File: http://www.nashville.gov/mc/resolutions/prev/r99_1549.htm
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. R99-1549
A resolution expanding scope of the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Traffic Calming Advisory Committee to include the study of and recommendation for the regulation of all sidewalk obstructions.
Whereas, newspapers, magazines, ads and pamphlet racks, utility poles, fire hydrants, signal control boxes and any other obstructions in the public sidewalks in Davidson county are proliferating and are frequently positioned in a manner that impedes the flow of pedestrian traffic; and
Whereas, the flow of traffic on streets and sidewalks in Davidson County is a vital concern to the Metropolitan Council; and
Whereas it is fitting and proper that the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Traffic Calming Advisory Committee ("Advisory Committee") study obstructions in the public right-of-way and recommend to the Metropolitan Council regulations to be adopted by the Metropolitan Council.
Now therefore, be it resolved by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County:
Section 1. The Metropolitan Council hereby requests that the Advisory Committee undertake a study of the Metropolitan Code relative to pedestrian traffic and the placement of newspapers, magazines, ads and pamphlet racks, utility poles, fire hydrants, signal control boxes, and other obstructions in the public right of way. As part of this study, the Advisory Committee shall request input from all interested groups including groups on behalf of pedestrians, cyclists, newspapers, and advertisers, downtown business owners and persons in the newspaper, magazine, pamphlet and other publications businesses. The Advisory Committee shall also request input from Public Works, Nashville Electric Service, Metropolitan Water and Sewer, Planning Commission, Department of Law, Traffic and Parking Commission and Nashville Gas. The Advisory Committee shall review the Metropolitan Code and the information submitted by the various groups and departments.
Section 2. After the review is complete the Advisory Committee may present the Metropolitan Council with several options drafted in the form of legislation. The legislation may recommend a plan that accommodates the placement of certain items in the public right of way in a manner that permits the efficient and safe flow of bicycle and pedestrian traffic.
Section 3. This resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Category:City-County Governments
Category:Foot-Powered Transportation
Category:Nashville
Category:Resolutions
Category:Tennessee
Nashville, TN Resolution to Require Big Box Retailers to Pay Prevailing Wages

Type: Resolution
Status: Not Adopted
Source File: http://www.nashville.gov/mc/resolutions/rs2006_1515.htm
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. RS2006-1515
A resolution requesting the Davidson County Delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly to introduce and enact the necessary legislation requiring all big box retailers to pay their workers a prevailing wage.
WHEREAS, big box discount retailers often pay their employees low wages and offer limited benefits; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chicago recently enacted an ordinance requiring retailers with 90,000 square feet of interior space or more to pay employees at least $10 an hour in salary, along with a benefits package of at least $3 an hour; and
WHEREAS, According to a recent study published in Social Science Quarterly, an estimated 20,000 families have fallen below the official poverty line as a result of Wal-Mart's expansion alone; and
WHEREAS, the growing suburban areas of Nashville have caused a number of big box retailers to build new stores in the area or expand existing stores; and
WHEREAS, Chicago's home rule provisions under Illinois law are much broader than the Metropolitan Government's authority under Tennessee law; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that the State of Tennessee require all big box retailers to pay a prevailing wage to their employees to allow the workers to improve their economic condition and standard of living.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the Metropolitan County Council hereby goes on record as requesting the Davidson County Delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly to introduce and enact the necessary legislation requiring all big box retailers to pay their workers a prevailing wage.
Section 2. The Metropolitan Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Resolution to each member of the Davidson County Delegation to the Tennessee General Assembly.
Section 3. That this Resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
Category:Big-Box Retail
Category:City-County Governments
Category:Nashville
Category:Resolutions
Category:Tennessee
Native Village of Gakona, AK Urging Congress and the President to Address Climate Change

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 6/13/06
Source File: http://www.narf.org/nill/triballaw/climate/gk.pdf
Text:
CLIMATE CHANGE RESOLUTION No. 06-07
 
WHEREAS, The Native Village of Gakona, is a federally recognized Tribe with all powers and
responsibilities inherent in a sovereign government; and
WHEREAS, scientific consensus has developed that carbon. dioxide (C02) and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere have a profound effect on the earth's climate; and
WHEREAS, in 2001, at the request of the Administration, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reviewed and declared global warming a real problem caused in part by human activities; and
WHEREAS, the 2001 Third Assessment Report from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCE) and the 2000 U.S, Global Change Research Program's (USGCRP) First National Assessment indicate that global warming has begun; and
WHEREAS, 162 countries, including the U.S., have pledged under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, Alaska natives have developed unique cultures based on the prevailing regional climate and change is likely to have significant impacts on the availability of subsistence food sources such as salmon, herring, whales, caribou, moose, seabirds and waterfowl, and present serious challenges to subsistence ways of life in Alaska and other regions; and
WHEREAS, climate-related changes to the weather, food sources, and local landscapes undermine the social identity and cultural survival of Alaska Natives; and
WHEREAS, changes in climate will create new challenges for community health systems, rural infrastructure and economies; and
WHEREAS, unpredictable weather, snow, and ice conditions make travel and traditional hunting and fishing practices more hazardous and endangers lives; and
WHEREAS, actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency provide multiple local benefits by decreasing air pollution, creating jobs, reducing energy use, an
saving money; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Native Village of Gakona urges the United States Congress and the President of the United States to move forward on a national, mandatory program to reduce climate change pollution and promote the development and adoption of renewable energy within a time frame that prevents irreversible harm to public health, the economy and the environment.
Category:Alaska
Category:Climate Policy
Category:Resolutions
Category:Tribal Governing Bodies
Natural Rights

The 'Enlightenment' & Natural Rights ... Recalling 'The History of Ideas' 
:* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Natural_Rights
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – U.S. Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776
:The idea of natural rights is the concept used in philosophy and legal studies that a person has certain rights from birth and which, because they were not awarded by a particular state or legal authority, cannot be removed, that is, they are inalienable. Such rights may include the right to life, liberty, equality, property, justice, and happiness. 
:* https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2375/natural-rights--the-enlightenment/
:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment
:* https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/colonial-america/colonial-north-america/a/the-enlightenment
:* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_rights_and_legal_rights
Natural and legal rights are two types of rights
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_and_legal_rights 
Legal rights are those bestowed onto a person by a given legal system. Natural rights are those not contingent upon the laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government, and therefore universal and inalienable (i.e., rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws)...
The idea of human rights is also closely related to that of natural rights: some acknowledge no difference between the two, regarding them as synonymous, while others choose to keep the terms separate to eliminate association with some features traditionally associated with natural rights. Natural rights, in particular, are considered beyond the authority of any government or international body to dismiss. 
The 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an important legal instrument enshrining one conception of natural rights into international soft law.
1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
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Category:Natural Rights
Natural resources

Environmental Protection, Planet Citizen Action, Natural Resources 
* http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Natural_Resources
The Commons e.g. Look at how thin our atmosphere is
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security
Planet Citizen Action
Time to take stock, "Stocktake", and act...
"One could see the call for system transformations as a recognition that, while we still can, we should take our destiny in our own hands," said Dr Richard Klein from the Stockholm Environment Institute, who was involved in the initial stages of the stocktake.
* https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/what-is-worlds-first-global-stocktake-climate-change-2023-09-08/
This means that every aspect of our societies needs to change to rein in rising temperatures...
This includes the way we make energy, the way we travel, work and produce food. Experts say this type of change needs governments to take the initiative and make sure that their climate actions aren't immediately nullified by other policies and investments.
"Either we transform society in a way that avoids the worst of climate change, or climate change will transform society for us..."
* https://news.yahoo.com/un-global-stocktake-climate-change-191618644.html
* https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/what-is-the-un-global-stocktake-and-how-will-it-help-countries-limit-global-warming/ar-AA1gjMxo
* https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-un-global-stocktake/
* https://indianexpress.com/article/india/as-g20-drags-feet-uns-global-climate-stocktake-flags-large-deficits-8931143/
* https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0909/1404345-world-leaders-gather-in-new-delhi-as-g20-summit-begins/
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Nauru

The world's smallest republic
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauru
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nauru
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* https://www.lonelyplanet.com/nauru
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Nauru First NDC (2016 - Archived)
Nauru First NDC (2021 - Updated Submission)
Nauru NDC Letter (2016 - Archived)
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Nauru's INDC plan - PDF
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Nelson, British Columbia Zero Waste Action Plan

Type: Policy
Status: Published on 12/23/03
Source File: http://www.city.nelson.bc.ca/pdf/zero_waste.pdf
Description:
The entire plan encompasses 44 pages, so only the introductory sections are shown below. Please refer to the source file to access the document in its entirety.
Category:British Columbia
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Policies
Category:Zero Waste