| Resolution Number: | 2000-A048 |
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| Title: | Consider the Environment When Choosing Electric Energy Supplier |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 73rd General Convention encourage all members, congregations, dioceses, and other church institutions, in choosing electric energy suppliers, to examine the choices of energy generation, and to use environmentally safe and sustainable energy sources, especially those deriving from sun and wind; and be it further
Resolved, That the church at every level seek out expertise in selecting an energy provider through such resources as Episcopal Power and Light.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Denver, 2000 (New York: General Convention, 2001), p. 329. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Executive Council: Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation Episcopal Ecological Network |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Stewardship and Development |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A048)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 73rd General Convention encourage all members, congregations, dioceses, and other church institutions, in choosing electric energy suppliers, to examine the choices of energy generation, and to use environmentally safe and sustainable energy sources, especially those deriving from sun and wind; and be it further
Resolved, That the church at every level seek out expertise in selecting an energy provider through such resources as Episcopal Power and Light.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #26)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Stewardship and Development presented its Report #6 on HD Message #26 on Resolution A048 (Consider Environment When Choosing Electric Energy Supplier) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #241)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 13.
| Report Reference: | Executive Council: Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation Episcopal Ecological Network, Reports to the 73rd General Convention, 2000, pp. 119-182. |
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| Abstract: | The 73rd General Convention encourages consideration of the environment when choosing electric energy suppliers. |