Comments on: Campus Sustainability Act Introduced! http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/09/campus-sustainability-act/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jim Elder http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/09/campus-sustainability-act/#comment-58262 Jim Elder Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:56:57 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/10/09/campus-sustainability-act/#comment-58262 With great pleasure, I am writing to let you know that the Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 (S. 2444) was introduced this morning in the Senate by Senator Patty Murray. HESA is co-sponsored by Senators Bingaman, Dodd, Kennedy, and Kerry. Such a powerful list of Democratic co-sponsors puts HESA in an excellent position. We are continuing to look for a Republican co-sponsor to keep HESA (and sustainability education) as bi-partisan as possible. The House is expected to vote in mid-January on the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137) that reauthorizes the Higher Education Act and also includes HESA. If it passes, then the conference between the House and Senate (which has already passed their new Higher Education act) should occur shortly thereafter. This conference will decide which of the 30+ new programs including HESA make it into the final bill. So we may be getting close to the finish line. Please be sure to get your campus to endorse HESA and reach out to your Congressional delegation, if you haven’t already. Jim Elder, Campaign for Environmental Literacy With great pleasure, I am writing to let you know that the Higher Education Sustainability Act of 2007 (S. 2444) was introduced this morning in the Senate by Senator Patty Murray. HESA is co-sponsored by Senators Bingaman, Dodd, Kennedy, and Kerry. Such a powerful list of Democratic co-sponsors puts HESA in an excellent position. We are continuing to look for a Republican co-sponsor to keep HESA (and sustainability education) as bi-partisan as possible.

The House is expected to vote in mid-January on the College Opportunity and Affordability Act (HR 4137) that reauthorizes the Higher Education Act and also includes HESA. If it passes, then the conference between the House and Senate (which has already passed their new Higher Education act) should occur shortly thereafter. This conference will decide which of the 30+ new programs including HESA make it into the final bill.

So we may be getting close to the finish line. Please be sure to get your campus to endorse HESA and reach out to your Congressional delegation, if you haven’t already.

Jim Elder, Campaign for Environmental Literacy

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