[BoulderCouncilHotline] FW: Join national elected letter?

[Jones, Suzanne]

Dear Council colleagues—

Per our study session last night, I wanted to invite you to join me as individual councilmembers in signing on this national letter calling for large-scale mobilization to address the climate crisis.

Cheers,
Zan

Suzanne Jones
Mayor, City of Boulder
(720) 633-7388
joness at bouldercolorado.gov

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From: Joseline Peña-Melnyk <staff at protectingamerica.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2019 1:31:32 PM
To: Jones, Suzanne
Subject: Join national elected letter?


Dear Mayor Jones,

I am writing to let you know that today the House and Senate introduced a resolution declaring a national climate emergency. As first reported by The Guardian<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/NOHGC73VqJhmPM7pu2Pxil?domain=protectingamerica.nationbuilder.com>, the resolution calls for a large-scale mobilization to address the crisis.

Now, more than 450 state and local elected officials from 40 states have joined a letter calling for a comprehensive plan to address the climate emergency by powering America with 100% clean energy, phasing out fossil fuels, and investing in workers and impacted communities.

The letter and signers are here: https://protectingamerica.net/letter<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/MeR3C82KrYijJ34vUE7XOG?domain=protectingamerica.nationbuilder.com>. Can we add your name?  If so, simply reply on this form<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/bzN4C9rYvXimZn73uQhAQ-?domain=protectingamerica.nationbuilder.com> or email to us (your contact information will be kept private).

Amid devastating fires, superstorms, floods, heat waves, and drought, we need elected officials across America to stand together at this critical moment and protect our communities by addressing the scale of the crisis. We hope you will join us.


To join the letter, click here<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/5u68C0RDj3H2EvPoipJWQL?domain=protectingamerica.nationbuilder.com>

If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.

Thank you for your leadership.

Sincerely,
Joseline Peña-Melnyk
State Delegate, District 21
Maryland House of Delegates
Steering Committee, Elected Officials to Protect America


Meghan Sahli-Wells
Mayor
Culver City, California
Co-Chair, Elected Officials to Protect California
Steering Committee, Elected Officials to Protect America



Sign on the national climate justice letter<https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/2f1XCgJMWXClg6Q0sxDey0?domain=protectingamerica.nationbuilder.com>

Dear Governors, members of Congress, and elected officials throughout America,

We, the undersigned elected officials from across the United States, are deeply concerned about the devastating impacts of climate change and pollution caused by the extraction, processing, and burning of fossil fuels on the communities we represent.

Record droughts, heat waves, wildfires, coastal flooding, ocean acidification, and storms are costing lives and hundreds of billions of dollars in damages in our communities. Our nation’s mightiest cities have been flooded by unprecedented superstorms including Sandy, Katrina, Harvey, and Maria. Scientists warn that the impacts will continue to worsen, the federal government’s National Climate Assessment predicts economic losses will exceed the GDP of many states, and our military is responding to climate change as a key threat to national security.

Fossil fuel production and burning, the primary driver of climate change, causes serious local impacts and harm to public health from air pollution, water contamination, leaks, explosions and other dangers. Like climate change, the impacts from oil, gas, and coal disproportionately harm low-income communities and communities of color, and exacerbate social inequalities.

Fossil fuel companies knew about the damage their product causes for half a century, yet spent billions of dollars to hamstring society’s response. Decades of denial, misinformation, and lobbying from the fossil fuel industry has delayed critical action to transition our society from its current dependence on fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy and has cost people’s lives.

As leaders responsible for America’s present and future prosperity, we must significantly raise the bar for climate leadership and set our nation on a new path. We join with states, cities, businesses, and institutions that are already taking bold action to protect public health and creating hundreds of thousands of jobs in energy efficiency and clean energy like wind and solar. Honoring the role of workers in building the America of today, we need to ensure our workers are supported in building the clean energy economy of tomorrow, reducing pollution while expanding opportunity.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recent report, preventing catastrophic worst-case scenarios of climate change requires “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.” Recognizing that we are in a climate emergency, the tremendous costs of climate change and fossil fuels to our communities, and the grave public health and environmental justice consequences of fossil fuel production, we urge jurisdictions throughout America to commit to:

  1.  Producing 100% clean, renewable energy, starting with significant investments in disadvantaged communities and places most affected by pollution and currently dependent on fossil fuel jobs.

  2.  End permitting of new oil, gas, and coal projects and infrastructure, and begin a swift, managed decline of fossil fuel production, starting with phasing out production within a 2,500-foot public health buffer zone of occupied buildings and vulnerable areas, where the greatest harms occur.

  3.  End public subsidization of fossil fuels, divest from fossil fuel companies, and shift public investments to accelerate the transition to 100% clean energy and help pay for the harm fossil fuels cause our states and municipalities; for example, a modest fee on fossil fuel production would generate billions of dollars to support workers and communities in the transition to 100% clean energy, creating good, family-sustaining jobs and stimulating our economies.

This is the bold climate leadership we need to protect our public health, communities, and economies and lead us forward. By taking these actions and investing significantly more in energy efficiency, clean vehicles and buildings, public transportation, renewable energy, and other innovative solutions in a comprehensive national plan such as a Green New Deal, we will create millions of jobs and a cleaner, healthier, more prosperous future for all Americans now and in the future.

Sincerely,

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