Legislation Details

Reference No. CR-027-2017    Draft No. 1
Type: Resolution Status: Failed
Meeting Body County Council
Meeting Date 5/2/2017
Introduced Date 5/2/2017 Public Hearing Date
Effective date:    
Title: A RESOLUTION CONCERNING SUPPORT FOR THE CLEAN POWER PLAN AND FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT for the purpose of opposing President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, and directing county agencies to build on environmental leadership in Prince George’s County through the development of a plan to divest the County’s pension and investment holdings from fossil fuels by 2025, in a manner consistent with the fiduciary responsibilities of the County Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees.
Proposers/Sponsors: Mary A. Lehman
Attachments: 1. R2017027, 2. CR-27-2017 AIS
Contact: Kathleen H. Canning, Legislative Officer

Title

A RESOLUTION CONCERNING SUPPORT FOR THE CLEAN POWER PLAN AND FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT for the purpose of opposing President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order to dismantle the Clean Power Plan, and directing county agencies to build on environmental leadership in Prince George’s County through the development of a plan to divest the County’s pension and investment holdings from fossil fuels by 2025, in a manner consistent with the fiduciary responsibilities of the County Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees.

 

Background

This bill opposes President Trump’s Executive Order to dismantle the Clean Power Plan.  This bill requires the County to develop a plan to divest the County’s pension and investment holdings from fossil fuels by 2025, in a manner consistent with the fiduciary responsibilities of the County Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees.

 

THIS COUNCIL RESOLUTION WAS NOT ADOPTED