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This resolution memorializes Governor Kathy Hochul to officially proclaim June 5, 2025, as World Environment Day in New York State, recognizing the United Nations' annual global platform for environmental awareness that has been celebrated since 1974. The resolution highlights World Environment Day as a significant occasion that encourages individual and collective actions to protect the environment, emphasizing that participants can engage in environmental efforts at local, national, or global levels. It underscores the growing global focus on ecological restoration, including efforts by scientists, organizations, businesses, and governments to address environmental challenges such as reforestation, soil conservation, wildlife population restoration, and ocean plastic reduction. The resolution stresses the importance of increasing public awareness about environmental issues and promoting activities that can help restore biodiversity, clean water, and air while rebalancing ecological systems. Ultimately, the legislative body is formally requesting that Governor Hochul recognize and promote World Environment Day in New York, symbolically supporting global environmental protection efforts.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/J110