Climate Change

Climate Change

Support climate goals and policies that are consistent with the best available climate science and that will ensure a stable climate system for future generations.

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Effective and Achievable Climate Action by Cities

By: Grace Winchell, LWVOC Climate Change Task Force

The Future of Heat Bill
Event Date: 
10/19/2021 - 12:30pm to 2:30pm
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LWVMA is pleased to co-sponsor the Future of Heat Webinar on Tuesday, 10/19/21, 12:30-1:30 pm, with Mothers Out Front, Gas Leaks Allies, Elders Clim

GSEP at the Six Year Mark
Event Date: 
10/12/2021 - 12:00pm
Event location: 

Zoom

In 2014, the Commonwealth embarked on the Gas System Enhancement Program (GSEP) - a plan to replace leaking fossil gas infrastructure.  This webinar provides important context for understanding the status of efforts to transition off foss

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Our Climate Change Committee challenges LWVL-DC members to take one action each month toward living a "green," sustainable lifestyle and fighting climate change. This month's challenge: Promote wind energy.

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My Electric Vehicle Shopping and Purchase

By: Paula Monroe, LWVOC Climate Change Task Force

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Event Date: 
09/25/2021 - 9:00am

NAACP Alachua Environmental and Climate Justice Committee will host a virtual discussion on how Alachua County can transition toward 100% clean energy. LWVAC Natural Resource Committee Co-Chairs, Roberta Gastmeyer and Jay Rosenbek and LWVAC Local Issues Chair, Jeff Shapiro serve on this committee. All League members are invited and encouraged to attend.

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released a report that clearly summarizes our desperate situation: We are already feeling the effects of climate change and the heat waves, droughts and floods will only get worse unless we accelerate our transition away from oil, coal and gas.

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Can California Wring Carbon Emissions Out of Buildings? So Far the Pace Is Slow

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The League of Women Voters of Alachua County supported the Gainesville City Commission’s 2018 commitment to 100% renewable energy and its 2019 Proclamation of a Climate Emergency. League members, like others in the community, recognized the potential health, economic, quality of life, and social and environmental justice benefits of a rapid transition from fossil to renewable energy.

Climate Change

 

Climate change is here and already changing our world. Bold climate action is needed now!

The evidence of climate change is all around us. More frequent and intense storms. Deadly heat waves and massive wild fires. Melting glaciers, rising sea levels and coastal flooding. These rapid and devastating changes highlight the urgent need for action — by all of us — as individuals and collectively — in our communities, at the state and federal levels, and internationally.

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