CA SCR99

Proclaims July 17, 2025, as Eunice Newton Foote Day in California, honoring the 206th anniversary of her birth

Recognizes Foote as the founder of modern climate science for her 1856 paper "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays," which was the first published work identifying that increased carbon dioxide causes climatic warming

Acknowledges Foote as a key figure in the women's rights movement who signed the Declaration of Sentiments at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention

Notes her 1856 paper was the first physics publication by an American woman outside astronomy to appear in a scientific journal, predating John Tyndall's commonly credited climate work by years

Highlights how Foote's contributions were overlooked during her lifetime, with her scientific papers presented by men and many inventions patented under her husband's name