Members of Chico 350, the local chapter of the national climate advocacy group 350.org, drafted the declaration proposal last month.
The White House has considered a "declaration for declaration" proposal, in which the United States would agree to formally end the war in exchange for Pyongyang producing a detailed inventory of nuclear equipment and arsenal that U.N. inspectors could then verify.
Nearly 12 hours later, they came away with no clear leaders and 250 declarations, proposals and demands — everything from more podcasts to a trial for President Felipe Calderón to the creation of an official #YoSoy132 newspaper to increases in funding for science.
Sunday is the 60th anniversary of the Schuman Declaration, the proposal by France's foreign minister, Robert Schuman, to create a supranational organization of states in war-ravaged Europe.
But a few days later -- I cannot now state the time precisely -- it was reported that, in a speech I believe, by the British Foreign Minister Halifax in the House of Commons or in some other British declaration, this proposal had been turned down by London.
One never hears of the Cochabamba Declaration, Herman Daly's proposals for a steady state economy, or the demands of social movement organizations for "System Change, not Climate Change" in the dominant media outlets.
Among the more notable features are an intention to review the controversial concept of "impact" in research, and a welcome declaration that grant proposal decisions should not be based on research projects' potential economic impact.
He actually got some rousing applause for his declaration that "the proposal by some respected leaders in Congress to ban completely the use of civilian courts in prosecutions of terrorism-related activity obscures some basic facts and allows campaign slogans to overtake legal reality".
With its declaration that the proposal is a massive new government program--not a modification of the current private-sector system of providing health care, as Clinton and his allies portrayed it--the CBO has delivered a serious blow to the biggest domestic initiative of this presidency.
Mr. Schweitzer is a Democrat in a state where the Republican-controlled Legislature is considering, among a raft of antifederal proposals, a declaration that would require the F.B.I. to get the local sheriff's permission before making any arrests.
