Dear Menlo Park City Council Members:
In case you didn't see these, I copied these headlines from the media yesterday. They cannot be ignored.
Both of the planet's poles experience extreme heat, and Antarctica breaks records NPR
As it enters a third year, California’s drought is strangling the farming industry The Washington Post
U.N. Chief Warns of ‘Catastrophe’ With Continued Use of Fossil Fuels
António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, said instead of replacing Russian oil, gas and coal, nations must pivot to clean energy. The New York Times
The SEC wants to know a lot more about what companies are doing about climate change CNBC
The science says we have until 2030 to cut global greenhouse gas emissions by 45%. We know where the emissions are coming from. The solutions are practical, affordable and ready for prime time. Climate Home News
There’s a Messaging Battle Right Now Over America’s Energy Future
Climate scientists and fossil fuel executives use the same terms when they talk about an energy transition. But they mean starkly different things. The New York Times
Our climate crisis is beyond urgent, beyond catastrophic. Each city around the globe needs to work to reduce its emissions; educate citizens to change their perceptions, attitudes and behaviors; and act NOW. I'm a Menlo Park climate warrior urging the Council to staff up to implement the CAP that was so beautifully stated and is of no use until it's given teeth by passing the plans into law.
Please hire a City Manager who is pro climate-change mitigation and who will organize staff to help solve this crisis. Please. Act. Now.
Cheryl Schaff
953 Cotton Street
Cheryl Schaff
Menlo Park Climate Team
Peninsula Clean Energy Citizens Advisory Committee
Climate Reality Project Leader, Bay Area Chapter
650.533.0307
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