KRS 157.900: Statement of legislative purpose.

The General Assembly hereby declares that maintaining a clean and healthy environment

is a state priority and is the individual and collective responsibility of all citizens of

Kentucky. It is therefore in the public interest that a comprehensive environme ntal

education initiative be undertaken to promote an informed and knowledgeable citizenry

with the skills and attributes necessary to effectively and constructively solve existing

environmental problems, prevent new ones, and maintain a balanced and econo mically

healthy environment for future generations.