11:30am

Even among students climate change is a touchy subject. During the business plenary of the 60th National Student Congress members introduced a resolution creating a Study Group on Climate Change to devise the position of the organization.  Not too controversially perhaps?   Wrong!  “The resolution FAILS!  26 [for]-59 [against] 14 [abstains]” says the guest chairperson.

As a second term Board Member of USSA, its perplexing that the member colleges would come to this understanding, regardless to the “capacity to absorb work” defense Ryan Klute of Portland State University, used who lead the charge to defeat the measure.

As small recap of history:
During the May 2007 Board of Directors meeting held on the UC Santa Cruz  campus, the members formally established a formal relationship with the Energy Action Coalition.  Additionally, the august body agreed to support the current efforts surrounding the planning of PowerShift2007 and the Campus Climate Challenge.

 

Update:
12:15 pm: Ad Hoc committee formed to salvage resolution.

1:30pm:  Ryan Klute brings motion to reconsider AR 24 (Climate Change Study Group) back to the floor.

1:34pm: Motion passes: 44-37-5