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RESOLUTION NO.. <br />BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA <br />RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO ENACT A <br />REVENUE -NEUTRAL TAX ON CARBON -BASED FOSSIL FUELS <br />RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of <br />California, that <br />WHEREAS, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities, including <br />the burning of fossil fuels, are causing rising global temperatures; and <br />WHEREAS, the average surface temperature on Earth has been increasing <br />steadily, with the sixteen hottest years ever recorded all occurring since 1998, and the <br />hottest of all years to date being 2016; and <br />WHEREAS, the global atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) <br />exceeded 410 parts per million (ppm) in April 2017, the highest level in three million <br />years; and <br />WHEREAS, the average global temperature by the year 2100 is predicted to be <br />2 degrees Fahrenheit to 11.5 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the current average global <br />temperature, depending on the level of GHG emissions trapped in the atmosphere; and <br />WHEREAS, scientific evidence indicates that it is necessary to reduce the <br />global atmospheric concentration of CO2 from the current concentration of more than <br />400 ppm to 350 ppm or less in order to slow or stop the rise in global temperature; and <br />WHEREAS, global warming is already leading to large-scale problems <br />including ocean acidification and rising sea levels; more frequent, extreme, and <br />damaging weather events such as heat waves, storms, heavy rainfall and flooding, and <br />