Honorable Mayor Mueller and City Council Members, We're in a climate crisis. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports we have just 10 years to make drastic reductions in carbon emissions. The biggest sources of carbon emissions in our city are gasoline and natural gas. Menlo Park must move beyond gasoline for our transportation, and eliminate natural gas from our buildings to address the climate crisis and lead the way for other cities to do the same. This Tuesday brings an opportunity for Council to adopt Reach Codes that will encourage all-electric, natural-gas-free construction. These codes will make our homes and buildings safer, healthier, and more affordable, as well as helping us meet our climate action plan goals. It will future proof our city against expensive and uncertain supplies of natural gas, and make Menlo Park a leader and role model. The Reach Code will benefit our city by: 1. Saving money - All-electric homes save at least $6,000 in construction costs. 2. Improving health and safety by avoiding indoor pollution and flammable combustion sources inside our homes and buildings. 3. Making a highly visible and practical step forward to address the climate crisis, by breaking the cycle of fossil fuel dependency in buildings. Each new electric home saves up to 4 tons of carbon per year. All electric reach codes will be a strong market signal to spur development of more carbon free, electric solutions for existing homes. I hope you will support the Reach Codes as an important climate action to phase out fossil natural gas fuel use in our homes and buildings. Let's work together towards a fossil free and climate-stable future. Thank you for your leadership on climate. Sincerely, Janelle London Co-Executive Director Coltura P.O. Box 7721 Menlo Park, CA 94026 (650) 644-1199 Janelle_at_(domainremoved) www.Coltura.org http://www.coltura.org/ > Moving beyond gasoline for climate, health and equity Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/coltura.change/ > Take action: https://www.coltura.org/take-action > Demand clean cars for all Donate http://www.coltura.org/donate > today! Received on Mon Aug 26 2019 - 09:09:03 PDT
